Der Countdown läuft!

Was pack ich bloß ein?
Alles gepackt - wahrscheinlich

#Abflug

Erster Stop: Oslo
Kurzer Zwischenstop

War sogar ein See und ein Wald in der Nähe und Frühstück gibts ab 4 Uhr, ich glaub, wir gehen zweimal
#Avgang

Das Abenteuer beginnt, Abflug nach Svalbard!
Surreal Part I

Schnee, Wind, -2 Grad, Kaffeetrinken mit Phil aus Bulgarien und einem Mädel aus Sibirien in "unserer" neuen Wohnung für 1 Woche. Gleich Essen einkaufen im einzigen Supermarkt Longyearbyens...
Fragen, die sich in Spitzbergen stellen

Was ist cooler: Snowmobil oder Fatbike? Woher wissen die Eisbären, wo die Polarbear-protected-zone anfängt, die in der Straßenkarte eingezeichnet ist? Und mist, ist es Feiertag oder nach 18:30, daЧитать далее
Beertasting in der nördlichsten...

Alle Dinge sind hier die "nördlichsten der Welt" auch das Craftbeer. Und um als Local Alkohol zu kaufen, braucht es eine Permit. Zwei Kisten Bier und 2L Schnaps/Monat - mehr gibts nicht! Wein kannЧитать далее
Abgefahren! Satellitenstation KSAT

Hier kommen unsere Wetterdaten her. Und auf dem Weg nach oben kommt man am Saatguttresor mit 4,5 Mio Samenproben vorbei. Oben am Berg dann 2 Polarbear-guards getroffen, die erschrecken die EisbärenЧитать далее
Regeln der Höflichkeit

In Svalbard it is good custom to take off your shoes and leave your riffle outside, when entering a house (or a bank)
Visiting Santa

After Santas postbox and the northernmost church we challenged polar bears & attended the first Svalbard day - people from Svalbard sharing their regional food, result: haggis with Sauerkraut,Читать далее
Culture day in Longyearbyen

After learning about the history of northpole expeditions (crazy people back then! And I complain about the cold wearing perfect functional clothes) and visiting the Svalbard museum, we checked outЧитать далее
Meeting the dogs

Went cuddling dogs, use the binoculars some more, enjoying the sun and nice company + "became" svalbardians
I wear my sun glasses at night

Midnightsun - midnatsol - in Longyearbyen
Pyramiden & Glacier

Went on a boattrip today. Perfect weather conditions, saw Pyramiden (a former russian city, now ghosttown), met a bearded seal relaxing from a polarbear fight and whatched the glacier and the movingЧитать далее
Working in the coal mine

Tryed to hike to the coal mine, but got scared because of the melting snow and stone avalanche. Did a walk across town and stopped for a moose burger, yummy
#Avgang Part II

Leaving Svalbard to travel to Island. Sad to leave this overwhelmingly great tiny place on earth with a wonderful community. We will definetly be back
Iceland here we are!

Just landed in Reykjavik, waiting to go to our appartement. The view while landing was amazing: steaming geysers, black volcanos, even some vegetation
Suburbs of Reykjavik

0:30 a.m. in the suburbs. Tomorrow we are going downtown
Walk around Reykjavik

What an interesting place. Harbour, city, a lot of German, American and Asien tourists (I even managed a very asian picture pose 😉) and a tattoo convention - all in one day.
And key learning: hotЧитать далее
Planing must sees in perfect conditions

Cycling across town

Took a bicycle ride around town. Saw a lighthouse, the old airport, a beach (apparently 12 degrees is bathing weather for locals) and super nice streetart. Got shot at with a golfball as well, butЧитать далее
Learning Islandic & dining

The most important sentence is "allt i lagi", translates to ok, awesome or are you okay if you add a "?". More over we tried lopster soup and some nice fish sticks from the grill complimentary to myЧитать далее
May I introduce: this is Bodo!

Bodo will take us to nice places in Island during the next days. Today he showed us the peninsula Reykjanes with hot springs, the place, where the tectonic plates between Eurasia and Nord-AmericaЧитать далее
Golden Circle tour gone hot

Today our little Bodo-ride took us to the golden circle: main tourist attraction of Iceland. Aside from the asian and american tourists, the sights were awesome! Pingvellir national park, StrokkurЧитать далее
Renate Duggen
Auf jeden Fall Lars 😃