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The family and wedding time is over. So, after all the eating and vodka drinking (yes, there is always lots of it), it was time to be active again. Hiking in Poland is very popular amongst the locals, and there are lots of trails to…

The past few days I have been busy with family and recovering from the wedding. I only had some time now, to tell you more about the second part of the journey through Poland as well as Warsaw, family time and the wedding. Soo much…

Being born in Poland and growing up in Germany had its advantages and disadvantages, and the older I get the more I like to know more about my birth country. (See story below). As I was coming from the Baltic States – Driving through the…

I crossed the Baltic Sea on a big cargo ferry, ready to be driving through the Baltic States – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, stopping at the capitals. That’s right! I left north of Stockholm (Kapellskär) and arrived in a small harbour town (Paldiski) near the capital…

After the big Trolltunga hike, I woke up feeling a sense of accomplishment (and a little – or more a lot – of soreness). It was time to drive 600km back across the country, and back to civilisation. I had one more week in Scandinavia,…

When planning my trips I like to keep it versatile between visiting cities and adding a few challenging and easy hikes in between. (I hiked Mount Olympus only a few months ago – Hiking Mt. Olympus – and it was amazing). I have to keep…

I have been in Sweden for a few days now and let me tell you, there is a midsummer madness in the Archipelagos of Sweden. You have to keep on reading to see what I mean. It might be due to the weather as there is…

Leaving Hamburg behind I went up north towards the Danish border. I thought it would be nice to drive through Denmark rather than catching the ferry from Kiel to Copenhagen. I will be crossing the ocean with a ferry pretty soon (Sweden to Baltic here I come), so…

On the road again!! After my previous 2 months trip, exploring Eastern Europe (e.g. Croatia, Greece, Bulgaria) it was time to head north. Hamburg was my first stop, followed by a Northern Europe road trip, through Denmark and Sweden (and maybe back east and towards…