Travel Day 813 – Lisbon to Detmold, GERMANY This was unfortunately already the last day of our little side trip from Barcelona to Lisbon and it started as a pretty foggy one… As the day yesterday had been so great and we had walked around quite a bit, on this comparatively chilly morning we opted […]
UNESCO Hieronymites and Belem Tower
Travel Day 812 – Belem, Lisbon, PORTUGAL Since this was not only our fist but also our only full day in Lisbon and since we still wanted to see everything in town, we needed to get ourselves a bit organized… First off we took a stroll down from Praca Dom Pedro to the nice old Praca do Comercio at […]
UNESCO site Historic Centre of Evora
Travelling back in Time to Portugal
Travel Day 810 – Seville to Evora, PORTUGAL Once again we would have liked to spend more time in Seville, but meanwhile we had to move on, only how best to get to Portugal was the big question of the day.. For some reason it had been impossible to find reliable information about bus connections between […]
UNESCO Alcazar and La Giralda in Seville
Travel Day 809 – Granada to Seville, SPAIN Although Granada was absolutely a great place to stay for a while, unfortunately we were a little short on time and so the best idea seemed to be continuing towards Seville by bus… On a first glance Seville seemed to be a much bigger place than Granada with […]
UNESCO Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzin
Travel Day 808 – Barcelona to Granada, SPAIN After a really great day of walking through the historic parts of Barcelona yesterday, we hopped in the evening on the overnight train, slept away the distance to Andalusia and woke up in Granada… Initially we wanted to continue our little side trip towards Madrid, but then […]
Barri Gothic and Port de Barcelona
Travel Day 807 – Barcelona, SPAIN Since we walked yesterday in a big circle all over town, today we decided to have a more focused look at the city center around Barri Gothic which was right in front of our door step… So we started our day with a stroll down popular La Rambla, the mayor shopping […]
UNESCO Sagrada Familia by Antoni Gaudi
Travel Day 806 – Barcelona, SPAIN It was our first full Arrival Day in Barcelona and we already completely acclimatized to the nice spring weather. The only headache we had after breakfast was due to a little mission impossible… The first and very important task we had on our agenda was to find a bookstore […]
Barcelona, the Winter Place in Europe
Travel Day 805 – Detmold to Barcelona, SPAIN After one month in Germany, it was about time to escape the greyness for a while and do a little side trip. For obvious reasons the south, like Mediterranean Spain and Portugal seemed the perfect destinations… Initially we had the idea to travel by train all the […]
Autobahn, the German way to Travel
Biking to Waterfalls in the Mountains
Traveling Spanish Classroom kickoff
Travel Day 014 – Quito to Banos, ECUADOR Today was finally the beginning of a one week Side Trip, namely my Traveling Classroom with the goal to learn some Spanish while travelling with a teacher through local villages… Initially there was supposed to be a group of people travelling and learning together, but either because […]