Helgoland is a small island in the North Sea, about 2-3 hours from the German coast by boat. Some years back there was almost no tourism in winter time but that changed with the Gray Seals (Kegelrobben) appearing on the shores to breed an getting their little babys. Other than […]

For the first time in my life I was in real Africa (for me that is everything South of the Sahara). My plan was to do a Safari so I had to choose between several African countries and ended up with a private Tour in Tanzania together with two friends. […]

14 years ago I was in Rome on a school trip. Now it was the second time I visited the city and I was really impressed. October was a great time for the visit, temperatures about 26 degrees, sunshine the whole day long and not so many tourists around. Of […]

Probably the last hiking trip to the alps this season, and what a trip. Fantastic weather, very good view, clear sky – this is what late summer should be like (not like the horrible and rainy August…). I have already done this trip (to the Hochjoch area) about 2 years ago […]

Again the weather forecast was not that great but I really wanted to go hiking, so I went. This time the destination was the Burtschakopf (2244m) above Klösterle (am Arlberg). From the top of the Sonnenkopfbahn it took about 1,5 hrs to reach the top – a short tour. Especially […]

And the second weekend in a row in the Austrian alps. This time we stayed a little further south in Gaschurn, Montafon. Sadly the first day weather was again bad – it was like last weekend – hiking in the clouds. We did a full day tour starting with the […]