We had decided that we want to go east this autumn, starting from Vienna at the end of August 2021. There are some fascinating countries to explore around the Black Sea and in the Caucasus. A new region with different languges and cultures for us. Our current plan is, to cross through Hungary and Romania …
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After a magnificent night at the Embalse del Negratín, we were on the highway again, until we spotted the castle of Lorca and took the turn off to visit this town, which was hit very hard by an earthquake in 2011. The Guevara palace is called the most significant building of all the civil baroque …
We had spent the night at a lake north of Granada, from where we had a great view over to the Sierra Nevada, living up to its name with still visible snowfields at the 3500 high mountain range. 50km east of Granada lies Guadix, a town very enticing with its cave houses, which you already …
From our lovely spot between the oak trees, we had made a detour to Estepona, but afterwards we went inland again to Torcal de Antequera. We had been here in February 2019 and had experienced this fantastic area with grey skies, fog and low temperatures. This time we were thankful, that it wasn’t as hot …
Since more than 30 years we own a very special American classic car, the very rare “DODGE RAMCHARGER” built in 1976. Since we own this classic car, we have invested in it each year so that it was always a very nice and joyful daily driver. In 2010, we moved the car from Austria to …
We had left the coast near Gibraltar and found a lonely place for the night somewhere. The next morning, we went to explore Castillo de Castellar. Once an abandoned village inside a castle, now revitalised by artists and with a hotel in the castle building. Afterwards we drove further inland to go for a hike …
We had reached Gibraltar, the tiny British Overseas Territory consisting of 6.7 square kilometres around the Rock of Gibraltar, where 32,000 Gibraltarians live in a densely populated town. In 1704, Anglo-Dutch forces captured Gibraltar from Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession on behalf of the Habsburg claim to the Spanish throne. The territory was indefinitely given to Great Britain under the Treaty …
At exactly 36 degrees latitude, the Punta de Tarifa is the southernmost point of continental Europe. The only parts of Europe farther south are islands – including the Greek island of Gavdos, which is the southernmost point of Europe. The North African capitals of Algiers and Tunis actually lie farther north than Tarifa. The distance to Morocco, and thus the African continent, is only 14 …
3 years since we left Jávea, 3 years living on 10 square metres, 3 years of travelling non-stop through Europe (Corona kept us here), 3 years during which we explored 34 countries. For sure something we wanted to celebrate! We are at the beautiful Costa de la Luz, enjoying the coastline, the beaches, the sea …
We had reached the Costa de la Luz at Cádiz, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Western Europe. The earliest archaeological remains are from the 8th century BC, as it was founded already by the Phoenicians. As Cádiz is situated on a narrow slice of land surrounded by sea‚ we started our walk around it along the …
