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Back to Reykjavik🌞

Peeking through the curtain this morning...👀 Blue sky, sunshine, perfect visibility.🌞 So let's get out of bed, check out, and quickly head to the bakery.🥨☕️ 3 hours to the...

The first day in the camper

Still need to upload the pictures......🙄

Arctic Circle

In Akranes, we waited in hopeful anticipation of good weather for the solar eclipse. We would have also gone somewhere else at short notice if there had been good weather there....

Summer 2019

After our first city trip to Berlin, we truly set off alone to Münster and Hamburg in the summer of 2019. We got up at 4 AM to head to the bike and...

Offroad in Paradise

Day 3 in Namibia starts with a delicious breakfast 😋 Rejuvenated, our first stop is a tire service in Mariental. Fortunately, everything went smoothly 😅 With 5 driving tires...

A day of illness

Mileage: unchanged For Sebb, the past night was not a recovery. When the chills came in the evening, we already knew that the rest of the

Rostock/Warnemünde

We are back in Germany and making a last stop in my hometown, where I was born 61 years ago in Rostock. This year, the Hanse Sail takes place here from August 6 to August 9, so we...

Gedser

Shelter, a free overnight option for cycling tourists with their own equipment

Border experiences 😉

The border crossing from Zimbabwe to Botswana is a small adventure in itself – consisting of four stations: First, the cars drive through the disinfection bath, while we walk...

Good-Bye, Zimbabwe

From Victoria Falls, we take the bus through the Zambezi National Park towards Botswana. The road seems to stretch endlessly straight ahead – which doesn't stop our driver from...

Following Celtic Trails in the Alps

I have one free train trip left in Austria this year, which we will use for a trip to Hallein, located south of Salzburg at the edge of the Alps. The salt and Celtic town is known...

Vestmannaeyjar😎

We woke up this morning in an impressive setting. Glamping is almost like comfort camping... So breakfast at the delicious island baker.🥨🥐☕️ And it didn’t rain today.🥳 However,...

2026 - August - Tarragona

Tarragona is one of those places that is often underestimated as a vacation destination. Fortunately, I think, because who needs tourist crowds?  The city is absolutely worth...

Bretignolles-sur-Mer

Mileage: 159277 It's never exactly clear where you catch something, and Sebb experienced the same

Zambezi Sunset

Without words... 😳🙏🤩

Just flat out

Vacation and still getting up at 7 AM 🥱 because we are heading to the Kalahari Desert On the stop to our accommodation, we drove to the Hardap Dam including a wildlife resort. ...

The Smoke that Thunders 🌊

King Bambino is taking us this morning by his taxi to Mosi-oa-Tunya – the "Smoke that Thunders", the original name of the Victoria Falls. "Born, bred and buttered" in the town of...

Summer Vacation 2026 - Forggensee: Mia's Birthday

Of course, today everything was under the motto 'Mia's 14th Birthday'... That means: almost everything. Since my wife had sore muscles in her calves from the long walks on the two...

From Bali to Lombok

In mid-July 2026, I took the ferry from Bali to Lombok. In the capital, Mataram, I wanted to extend my visa and have my mobile phone repaired.

It never rains in Southern Iceland...man it pours💦💦

Today we had time pressure for the first time... ⏰️ We had to catch the ferry to Vestmannaeyjar at 7 PM. 330 km drive ahead of us along the south coast. Unfortunately, the weather...

Nantes

Mileage: unchanged After leaving the Brittany region with our journey yesterday and traveling to the Pays de la Loire, it was time to vis

...a long day ...

After a restless night🌛 on the plane, we were served breakfast 🥞 and waited for our layover in Johannesburg 🇿🇦 Phew, it was cold here, only 6 degrees 🥶 Then we flew ✈️ to...

My Rescue -Helpter Lake- Friedland

The rain at 7:00 AM lets me drift back to sleep one more time. Unfortunately not for long, as a glance at the weather map subtly warns me

From Queues to Elephants

30 hours of travel are behind us. Thirty. 😅 In between: a layover in Johannesburg and waiting in rather wintry temperatures at – according to a British co-traveler – the “worst...

Overnight stay with a stranger at the Pasterhof - Eichhorst-

Today starts off quite relaxed. After yesterday, I really need it: The sun shines mercilessly even after swimming, and in Oertzenhof I ne

Summer Vacation 2026 - Forggensee: The First Days

Intro A summer vacation of firsts: our first summer camping trip within Germany (and even in our Swabian homeland), and also the first vacation at all in 13 years not as a family...

Mount Takao

Finally arrived at the top of the mountain. At nearly 600m, there is a beautiful view, even though the air is not entirely clear. Unfortunately, the center of Tokyo, which is 50...

Takaosanguchi

After nearly 90 minutes of train travel, I have arrived at the entrance to Takaosan (Takaosanguchi). Today, I'm heading up the mountain, where there are various routes to take. I...

Among ice giants🥶

Today we had a full schedule, and fitting for summer, it was all about ice.😉🍦 A quick catjump from our accommodation to the Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon, marveling intensely at...

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