“Ahhh, what a boring question!” You might think. If so, please feel free and close this blog entry, you might find something more interesting the next time around. Let me start with why I hike: I am not sure! Perhaps I have to start with the fact that I love to hike but at the … More Why do people hike?
I am back in Berlin… since the 1st of August… until I fly to Japan on the 31st of August. Why? That my plans would be in constant flux was a given from the beginning; I was just surprised how fast that would happen. I was on my fifth day of hiking the Kungsleden and … More Better safe than sorry…
I have been told, that nature above the arctic circle is breathtaking but I had no idea how much so. The first couple of kilometers it felt just nice, a hike like nearly any other in a more wooded area. But the further I came the more breathtaking were the views. What I am going … More Overwhelmed by Nature – and suspension bridges.
When I publish this I will have been offline for a whole week. No reception whatsoever between Abisko and Vakkotavare . Only my satellite GPS communicator was able to let people know where I am if they have the link or if I used some of my very precious free messages per month that are … More Seven Days Disconnected
Sweden is pretty. People are nice and helpful and completely understand when you do not understand a single word, at least when you are listening to them. When I reached the platform from which my night train was supposed to leave, it was already very busy. Many backpacks with many people ready to be taken … More Are Swedish Trains as bad as Germans?
For more than twenty years I have been dreaming of taking a year off and traveling the world. Whenever I attempted to do so something just was not right or I got that one job offer I could not resist, never mind that I had applied for it in the first place. Let’s not talk … More And now something completely different…
One Year - Five Continents 