Award Winning Luxury and Lifestyle travel blog by Beate Pluta
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…
I have done a few road trips in the past but the main ones were always in Australia (back in my backpacking years). One country, one continent. So being on a road trip through eastern Europe and visiting 16 countries I noticed the differences between…
How to do 4 countries in one day? Well, in Europe it‘s quite easy. After visiting 12 countries in just over two months I thought it would be fun to add a few more. While being in Graz, Austria and looking at the map I…
My last hiking day on this trip was two weeks ago in Bulgaria – Hiking the mountains of Bulgaria – so it was time to plan another one to keep the legs fit. The German and Austrian Alps are filled with walking trails, but I…
