We love to travel, and we also enjoy many outdoor activities. Read here about our outdoor adventures, from hiking and cycling to kayaking or diving!
„Oh yes, that is very blue!“ – „Oh, look – how blue it is!,“ shout the Japanese tourists, looking in …
Continue reading “The Shirakami Sanchi beech forest – a protected area in Northern Japan”
At 5 am, several alarms beep and jingle and shafts of light tremble through the room, until finally someone turns …
Continue reading “Hiking Mount Teide for sunrise – on Spain’s highest mountain”
Locals had warned us. Every time we mentioned the River Drau Cycle Path, they frowned and murmured something about “the …
Continue reading “On the River Drau Cycle Path – a chocolate wonderland”
“The trail is not easy: After passing ladders and iron clamps, you finally have to draw yourself up a rock …
Continue reading “Fly high – or hike – like an eagle on the Eagle Trail (Adlerweg)”
The first blog post we did in 2006 as a sort of technical test was a report about the „88-Temple-Pilgrimage“ …
“You will need long rubber boots for the walk to Lake Rausu: it’s quite muddy there. Also it would be …
Continue reading “Bears and other animals in the Shiretoko National Park”
Last update: summer 2021 After a few weeks hiking in Switzerland we feel like lingering there for a little longer …
Continue reading “The Jungfrau-Aletsch Glacier region in Switzerland”
Just over 100 km, but with an accumulated altitude difference of 6300 m! We spent 8 days in July and …
Continue reading “Hiking the Haute Route in the Alps: a variant from Chamonix to Nendaz”
Fuji-san is not only Japan’s highest mountain, but also its most important one, an icon of Japaneseness, one could say. …
Continue reading “Climbing Fuji-san – or not? A quest for Japan’s holy mountain”
A school of bright fish pass over the luscious blue of the TV screen, two divers floating behind them. So …
Continue reading “What do you have to learn in an SSI Open Water Diver course?”
