We met our son at the Globe Trotter Rodeo in Austria to spend some adventure days together. When we arrived, he was already off-roading with his 1963 UNIMOG 411 at the Erzberg. Yellow sticker for the car to enter the off-road area UNIMOG 1963 @ Erzberg Styria, Austria Already after one hour of driving the …
Every year in August overlanders and 4×4 enthusiasts meet at the Styrian Erzberg in Austria for the Globetrotter Rodeo to party, chat about traveling, 4×4 trucks and offroading! Is this the right terrain for a camper like ours? We attended the Globetrotter Rodeo for the first time and enjoyed the camp, the exhibition of vehicles and …
We had to be in Tyrol/Austria for work, but there was enough time for a lovely hike in the Austrian Alps. We stayed at the Reintaler See near Kramsach. It is said to be one of the warmest lakes in Tyrol, which doesn’t imply that the water is very warm, it just isn’t as cold …
Since we have our Cadac Safari Chef, outdoor cooking is so much fun that we start already at breakfast with some fried eggs. The flat griddle is a really versatile part, this time used for fried eggs for our breakfast. We started with some spring onions and cherry tomatoes before the eggs were added. …
After the little accident with our navigation system, we were on the way through Bavaria when we stopped at the lovely town of Oberammergau. Oberammergau is famous for its “Lüftlmalerei”, frescoes of traditional Bavarian themes, fairy tales, religious scenes or architectural trompe-l’œil (= deceive the eye – a technique to create the optical illusion of …
DANGER: pairing your phone with the original Mercedes car radio could cause the suicide of the Mercedes device! After trying to connect my phone via Bluetooth to the Mercedes device, the radio/navigation stopped on one of the user interfaces and did not accept any input. Even all hardware buttons were out of function. In the …
On one of the hottest days in August, we decided to go to Hungary for off-road biking and to go for super moto on a racetrack in Austria near Vienna the next day. Very good Monty, rear and front braking into the left-hander … Our aim was to improve cornering skills, because cornering is always …
