hiking

Have you ever dreamed of camping in the middle of nowhere? No people, no cars, no internet connections – just you and the nature! Backcountry camping was part of my trip in Yellowstone National Park – my best camping experience so far. Besides camping Yellowstone offers stunning views from secluded trails, diverse wildlife (yes, we saw a bear!) and picturesque hot springs and geysers. Of course, we not only visited the Park, but made a little road trip before and … Read More

My first visit to San Francisco was in summer 2013. Although it was quite foggy all the time I fell in love with this inspiring active and beautiful City by the Bay. Like no other place San Francisco is a melting pot of many different cultures and ‘tribes’. Being only 7×7 miles in size you can wander from Little Italy to Chinatown, meet Middle Easterners around Tenderloin, take a Japanese bath in Japantown, get into Spanish conversations with a Mexican … Read More

Do you need a break from your busy city life and experience the feeling of total relaxation? Go to Iceland! This small Nordic European country has quite something to offer: From fascinating natural hot springs and waterfalls over magnetic glaciers and coastal cliffs to a vibrant music and art scene and so much more. I chose to discover Iceland because the flight search ‘Germany – San Francisco’ suggested to travel with WOW Air and stop in Reykjavik. Why not expanding the stopover to one … Read More

Surfing, sunshine, pineapples, beautiful beaches, aloha, hawaii shirts, hula necklace, kalua pig, laid-back folks, volcanos, blue sea, macadamia nuts,… words that come to mind when you just start thinking of Hawaii. In my case at least. Last summer I traveled for the first time to Kauai and Maui. My imagination was pretty close to reality. Hawaii is a nature paradise for foodies and sport geeks. Thanks to my awesome friends who are Hawaiians (or Hawaiians by choice), I got some great … Read More

Living in Munich made me go to the mountains very frequently as there are so many hiking possibilities on the doorstep or just a short car or train ride away. There are so many possibilities for awesome hikes, I have picked some which are really nice and some of them are even easily accessible by train. Here are my favorites: Kochel / Walchensee from Walchensee to Herzogstand (1731 m, 900 m climb, 14,5 km, medium, nice views, summer, car) roundtrip from … Read More