🇧🇬 Sofia, the Wise City and our Welcome to Bulgaria
Red wine for breakfast? - yeah sure!
A wedding to start with
Diary Entry 1
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Browsing Category
Travel Blog
A Backpacking Journey through Singapore & Philippines (2016)
A Backpacking Trip through South Korea (2013)
A crazy Balkan road trip I - Albania & Montenegro (2017)
A crazy Balkan road trip II - Bosnia & Croatia (2019)
A crazy Balkan road trip III - Bulgaria (2021)
A crazy Balkan road trip IV - Serbia (2021-2022)
A Great Caucasus Road Trip (2017)
A joyful Hike along Ireland's rugged Coast (2016)
A juvenile Backpacking Trip through South East Asia (2004)
A leisurely central South America Family Vantour (2025)
A Pilgrimage on Japan's Kumano Kodo (2019)
A Road Trip Exploration of Iceland (2014)
A South America Road Trip with a Toddler (2022)
A Sri Lanka Expedition with a Toddler (2024)
An amazing Road Trip through Azerbaijan (2025)
An Exploration of the wild East Africa (2024)
An Iran Backpacking Trip (2018)
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Destinations
Indochina Backpacking (2004)
Kayak Travels
Motorbike Travels
Traveling with child
🇸🇪 Uppsala and the Return to Civilization
I'm traveling back towards Uppsala. I want to go to Färnebofjärdens National Park to hike one last-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇸🇪 In the far north of Jämtland
The next morning I get up at five in the morning and it seems to me that the brightness has not-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇸🇪 My tent on the Beach in Skutskär
After Aland we stay a little longer in Stockholm with Couchsurfer Steve and a few outdoor shops. We-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇦🇽 Access to the forgotten nation of Åland
It is remarkable. While I left Germany anxiously, where precautionary measures regarding Corona were taken-->-->-->-->…
🇸🇪 The Island Gräsö in the Swedish Archipelago
The next day after I left Christian I follow the street and hope to hitchhike to the city of Gimo, but-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇸🇪 From Länna over Knutby to Gimo
The next day we go in full and do thirty kilometers on the Ullandsleden from Länna to the small town-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇸🇪 Starting The Upplandsleden
The way of the next day is very demanding. However, we only start again around noon. Finally the road-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇸🇪 In the Corona rebel nation Sweden
I reach Arlanda Airport and there is no sign of entry controls due to Corona. Officially, you should only be-->-->-->-->…
🇹🇷 From an informal Refugee Syrian camp
Aid to the refugees in the city is the bulk of Tiafi's work. Most refugees still stay in wild camps outside-->-->-->-->…
🇹🇷 The TIAFI Refugee Center – Help for Syrians in Izmir
The media are full of reports on the current refugee situation. On March 4, 2020, Turkey's borders were opened-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇱 The Medieval Hanseatic city of Gdansk
to come across the sea from Sweden to Poland. It is eerie to start out of the port in the dark,-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇸🇪 A New Year in Karlskrona
We have a long train ride behind us, Sara and me. We leave Freiburg im Breisgau immediately after the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇩🇰 Night Train to Copenhagen
We leave Freiburg im Breisgau with the family immediately after the Christmas holidays to visit Sara's-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇭🇷 Croatia’s Colors – Need for Adriatic
Behind the border lies one of the country's many special tourist attractions, the Plitvicka Lakes.-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇦 The epic Waterfalls of Strbcko Buk
The next day we land in a place that is actually called "Martin Brod". Here, too, there are beautiful-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇦 Srpska – The Republic within the Republic
In return, Jajce has surprises in store for us in the early morning. The first reveals itself to us in-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇦 How we get to know the BosniaK Soul around Visoko
Our next stop is Visoko. This city is known for being at the foot of a mountain that looks-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇦 With the backpack through the mountain villages of the Bosnian Balkans
The next morning we drive our car far into the mountains to the village of Umoljani. Our hike to-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇦 My Visit to the The harmed Sarajevo
I had already given myself a lot of ideas about Sarajevo. Images of the war-torn city always come-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇦 Konjic and Dictator Tito’s Bunker
In Konjic we cannot find our accommodation at first. Instead, we find someone in a bar near the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇦 From Stolac to Jablanica and the Ivanas of the Balkans
Breakfast is plentiful and I talk to the grandmother of the house for a long time while Chris and Uwe-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇦 The Monastery of Blagaj – The Home of the Dervishes
The Sufis withdrew to this place many centuries ago to have their peace. The Blagaj Monastery is-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇦 The Heritage of Bosnia’S Wars – Hiking in Mine Fields at Mount…
In the morning we again stroll through the city in search of food. We are looking for a peccary to-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇦 Amazing Mostar risen from the Ruins
In the afternoon we continue from Hercegovina's Waterfalls to Mostar. We have already seen the most-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇦 The charming Beauty of Hercegovina’s Waterfalls
Croatia took our breath away with its clear waters on the Riviera. We are a little sorry that we are-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇭🇷 The clear Water of the Croatian Riviera
We're a little tired, but we're looking forward to Chris. We collect it with our rental car and the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇭🇷 Zadar, the Entrance to Dalmatia
I resisted going to Croatia for a long time. Not because this country isn't-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇹 A Heart for Faro and Portugal
Ultimately, we have to go back to Faro to start our journey home. We hadn't planned much time for this-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇹 The Hacienda in The Land of Cork Oaks
Near the Spanish border and through extensive plantations of cork oaks, we drive south and past-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
