In Savonlinna we were lucky to get there during a medieval market. We also visited the castle, before we went into the woods again and found the perfect campfire spot. At the beginning of the 14th century, when Finland was still part of the Kingdom of Sweden, the Treaty of Nöteborg laid the border between …
In the north of Estonia the coast is fantastic. We took a walk and admired all the boulders left here by the last glaciers. The name Lahemaa translates roughly as “Land of Bays”. It originates from the most thoroughly studied and visited part of the North Estonian coast, where four large peninsulas are separated from …
Where the river Oder reaches the Baltic Sea, its estuary forms a big lagoon through which the border to Poland runs. On the German side we went for a hike to an inland dune and the valley of the yew. Hiking over the dune We had spent the night at the harbour of Altwarp, a …
Near Flensburg at the Baltic Sea we went on a hike along the coast through a natural reserve called Geltinger Birk, a mixture of dunes, moorland, salt marsh and forest. Wind mill Charlotte Typical farm house Salt marsh and forest Beach rose – Kartoffelrose or Apfelrose in German Rosa rugosa grows on beach coastlines, often …
We needed some fresh air and to walk a little so we chose the Zwischenahner Meer – a nice lake in Lower Saxony – to walk around it. We started with good weather, but with time it became more and more overcast. The route around the lake was mostly on paths through lovely forest, always …
We had checked in at a very nice camping, where we could rent kayaks and explore the North of Groningen also per bike. Camping Marenland We were so happy about the good weather, although it was not very warm. At our camping we rented a kayak and did a tour around the channels of Winsum …
Today’s destination was one of the Top 100 in Germany, the Geierlay suspension bridge, once the longest in Germany, nowadays titled to be the most beautiful one. The Geierlay suspension bridge in the low mountain range of the Hunsrück was opened in 2015. It has a span range of 360 metres and is up to 100 metres …
Today we visited the Castle of Eltz – one of the most spectacular medieval castles in Germany, very well known and a favourite with photographers too. We parked at a hill to the south of the castle, where we could also stay overnight with the caravan. From here a circular route leads you to the …
Narrow gorges and crevices, overgrown with moss and lichen, huge rock towers, mighty stone blocks with bizarre weathering forms – a wild, original landscape we went to explore near Ernzen, close to the border of Luxembourg. Our tour led us through the Devils Gorge down to the river Prum and up to another part of …
We stopped at Speyer to admire the Imperial Cathedral and explore the city a little bit, before we drove on to Dahn, where nature left fancy rocks scattered in the hilly landscape to be discovered by hikers. Speyer Townhouse built in 1903 Roman Cathedral of Speyer In the 1020s Konrad II started to build this …
