Actually we never wanted to go to Lviv. Nevertheless, this was were we fell out of a plane right on the first day of our tour across the Ukraine. And who was to blame? The UEFA!
Author: Simon
The Shadows Of Chernobyl
On April 26, 1986 reactor number 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded and contaminated half of Europe. A visit to the still highly contaminanted Exclusion Zone around the former power plant
To the Osterfelderkopf via the Bernadeinsteig
Today I’m writing about the third and last hiking suggestion from our vacation in Bavaria. We take the Bernadein path to the mountain station of the Alpspitzbahn and the AlpspiX viewing platform! 🙂
Around the Eibsee and to the Zugspitze
Today I have a simple and very nice hiking suggestion: we are going to hike around the Eibsee lake and then go the top of the Zugspitze using the ropeway or the rack railway! 🙂
500.000 kilometers
In 2007 I set out to visit all member states of the European Union. Eleven years later the mileage counter has cracked the magical mark of 500.000 kilometers 🙂
To the Graseck through the Partnachklamm
Not far from Garmisch-Partenkirchen lies one of the most famous gorges in the entire Alpine region. For thousands of years, the turquoise-colored Partnach has eaten its way deep into the soft rock, leaving behind a narrow valley with spectacular views of steep rock faces.
Through the Nuuksio National Park on the Korpinkierros Trail
You’re in Helsinki and want to escape the hustle and bustle of the big city for a day, but a trip to Porvoo also sounds too stressful? No problem 🙂 Several national parks can be reached within an hour by car 🙂
Summer in Porvoo
Wooden houses so beautiful that they have been proposed as an UNESCO World Heritage site? Those exist in Porvoo, about an hour east of Helsinki in Finland 🙂
The 29th Warsteiner International Montgolfiade
Hot air balloons are always a good photo motif. We had already intended to go to the Warsteiner International Montgolfiade in 2017, and this year it finally worked out 🙂