In the north of Albania we had found a lost military airbase from the communist era. On the internet there are some really interesting pictures of this place, so we went to have a look. Driving over the lost airfield Link to the pictures which had us visit this place: URBEXTOUR What we found on …
On our route to Berat we passed Fier where we saw huge industrial structures on the city outskirts. We already knew about the “lost power plant” from another travel blog so we went to have a look. The 1,5 km2 site of the thermal power plant and fertiliser factory is already inactive for years, as …
We had traveled further along the coast and spent the night at Adrasan, from where we hiked along the coast until we reached a little lighthouse. Building near the lighthouse Adrasan has a beautiful bay with a long sandy beach. We had parked just behind the beach and spent the night there. The next day …
If you drive east along the coast from Sitia you will see a little village at the sea side from the distance which looks different somehow. Something looks wrong, somehow lost. We stopped at the closed gate to explore the story of the “Dionysos Village” … Google gave us some hints: The place was built …
After ending the last day at the harbour of Kótronas, we had parked there for the night. The next morning we decided to hike up to the monastery of Sotiras. For our hikes I use the Rother guide of the Peloponnese, which I had bought in Austria and downloaded the GPS data into the Rother …
We were on the way to this ship wreck when we had a little crash into a balcony 🙁 As usually, we were making our way along windy roads and through villages with extra narrow passages. At one village we had to navigate through a roundabout which was around a church – a first for …
When driving over the Shipka Pass, we took a detour to visit a famous communist monument built high on top of a mountain. Buzludzha – derived from Turkish buzlu = icy – is a historical peak in the Central Balkan Mountains. The peak is 1,432 metres high and is a site of historical importance. It …
Maybe this “Support of the European Union” for Bulgaria reached the wrong hands …
We headed in direction of Bad St. Leonhard, where we had arranged an appointment with our friend Klaus to pick up some of his excellent Tuscany olive oil “Fabiani di Sotto”. He showed us his historic cinema called “Lichtspieltheater”, which he had bought years ago. It was opened in 1953 and closed in 1970, and had …
We needed some exercise again, so we looked for the next Via Verde, which we found between Segovia and Nava de la Asunción along the former train line which followed the Eresma river. There was a parking at Nava de la Asunción (41.158436, -4.486036) directly at the Via Verde. It seems that this bike …
