Birthday and Wine 👑🍷 - best combo
June 5, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Well would be there to m see do on your birthday then having a lot of wine in a beautiful region of this world? Hence, it’s all about tasting Marlborough’s best wines and enjoying the wonderfulRead more
Queen Elisabeth Track
June 6, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
A wonderful jewel to hike in the north of the Soith Island: Queen Charlotte Track: just stunning views, little fantails, baby goat and and sheep…
Abel Tasman 1 - entering paradise
June 7, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Finally, it’s time to out a recommendation everybody gave me for the south island of New Zealand: Abel Tasman National park.
And it was a truly amazing day: it goes with the water taxi from MarahauRead more
Abel Tasman 2 - from Bark Bay to Marahau
June 7, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
And then, if I hike, from Bark Bay back to Marahau - a 30km hike with stunning view, Wekas, wonderful little beaches…
Mohua / Golden Bay 🤩
June 8, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
After yesterday‘s hike, it’s time dir a chill-day in Golden Bay. Sleeping in, an amazing breakfast in Waitapu Springs B‘n‘B. And then off to Te Papa Atawhay. A short stop at Cape Farewell, theRead more
Going to Hokatika
June 10, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
A rainy day of driving and a slow day in Hokatika, well that’s also travel reality. To make the long distance between golden bay and Franz Josef, I decided to do a short stop in Hokatika andRead more
🚁 off the the Glaciers
June 11, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C
One thing Iceland and New Zealand have in common (apart from an amazing amount of nearly untouched nature) are glaciers. And how could one best gaze at them in wonder if not from the air… or evenRead more
Wanaka
June 12, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 0 °C
One jewel I have been discovering in the last days is Wanaka. And despite rain and clouds it was just an amazing spot.
No hikes done there but just some quiet chilling out with an amazingly nice crowdRead more
🛥️ Cruising Milford Sound
June 15, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Another little adventure… as it is not the season for the great hikes… too cold and dangerous … I take a bus tour to Milford Sound Fjords and hop into a cruise ship.
Wonderful views despite theRead more
Doing THE Jump 🤪🤩
June 16, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C
What should I say, I’ve actually never been interested in doing a bungee jump! Yet, when you come to the place, with the first ever Bundy jump has been done, and it looks so beautiful as it doesRead more
Hooker Valley Treck Aoraki
June 18, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌫 3 °C
Today, I am hiking the Hooker Valley Treck at Aoraki/ Mount Cook. Well, the weather is quite rainy, but I still head off on my 20 km hike to the glaciers, wearing my raincoat.
And from the middle ofRead more
Hiking at Lake Tekapo😍
June 19, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 0 °C
Well, as always, I am a lucky cookie. Not only that I have a four bed bedroom with an en suite bathroom for myself this night, I woke up to the most beautiful, sunny weather at Lake Tekapo. And evenRead more
Wonderful Christchurch
June 22, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
As my stay in New Zealand is coming to an end soon, I get to discover the beautiful city of Christchurch. In the aftermath of the massive earthquakes in 2010 and 2011, a lot of buildings in the cityRead more
My last days in NZ - Auckland
June 24, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
So, this is it! My last day in New Zealand has started and I spend it in Auckland. And Auckland welcome to me with sunshine and near to 20°. That means stripping off some of the layers I reallyRead more
Finally Canada
June 24, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Time is running and I’m finally at my last country for this trip: Canada. After a 13 hour flight (+1hour on the plane until delayed take off) I arrive in Vancouver - summer, finally!
Thanks to ChrisRead more
Rainy weather at grouse mountain grind
June 26, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
What better is there to do than a nice hike in a rainy day.. well i could have chosen my hiking boots but the hike: 10k
Hike with 800m up and down the mountain and visiting the grizzlies :)
Relaxing on Galliano
June 30, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Thanks to Chris, one of my cousins, best friends who lives in Vancouver, I got to stay a few days in a cottage on Galliano Island. And it’s a great time, not only do I have a room for myself for aRead more
Back to Vancouver
July 2, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
And it’s back to Vancouver again… I would love to still be on the island, it was so peaceful and quiet and just relaxing. I really enjoyed that! But Vancouver is beautiful as well so I take theRead more
Stanley Park (part 1)
July 3, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Another wonderful and sunny day in Vancouver. Although it’s a little windy, it’s beautiful and warm! So after sleeping in, I head out to do a hike along park that beautiful green lung of VancouverRead more
Stanley Park (Part 2)
July 3, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
More impressions of Stanley park
Rolling Stones Hackney Diamond Tour 2024
July 5, 2024 in Canada ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Today was a pretty packed day: first we walked round Granville market, then over to sunset beach, walk along the beaches and off to a 3 hour walking tour through downtown Vancouver. Well and then,Read more
Bears bears bears
July 9, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Bears, what more is there to say? 😍😍
Bears, Whales, Otters… (1)
July 9, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
today we were heading for whales and bears: Startung our first tou at 9 in the morning - looking for black bears - And at first it seemed that we were not going to see any bears at all… but we wereRead more
Bears, Whales, Otters… (2)
July 11, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
More cuteness
The Calgary Stampede 🐎
July 12, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
So what to do when you are in Calgary in July? Yes: go to the stampede: a huge Volksfest with rodeos and shows and 1000s of cowboys. What an experience! I was so shocked about the bull wrestling, thatRead more
Alles Gute zum Geburtstag, genieße die noch verbleibende Freizeit. [Papa]