Lebensfroh, sympathisch und gern unter Leuten mit den Ambitionen, die ganze Welt zu umarmen. Denn hey, was gibt es schöneres, als Reisen? Ich bin definitiv an Reisefieber erkrankt und gehe total auf, wenn es darum geht, Touren zu planen! :) Læs mere
  • Dag 24

    Big Sur I

    25. juli 2017, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    Day 23: First we did the Alcatraz tour we've missed yesterday. After a short ship ride we got there. It is just a small island with a small prison on it. But that prison has a huge and interesting history!
    When we got to our car again we drove towards the Hwy 1 southern. And ja we are on the road again. After about 3 hrs we passed Monterey. Honestly the Big Sur is closed at the moment. So we were looking for a campground near to that point where it is blocked.
    We found another kind family which let us camp on their site. Tonight we just relaxed. Tomorrow we gonna hike.

    Alcatraz ✔
    Highway One ✔
    Started the second half of the trip ✔
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  • Dag 23

    San Francisco III

    24. juli 2017, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    Day 22: The last day in San Francisco. I had a long sleep before I left for the last things to do.
    First I went to the Lombard Street where I was catched by a Google street view car (oops). Afterwards I continued to Mission District seeing some nice paintings on walls. After all I went to Market Street where I ate pancakes, bought a Shirt and went down to the harbour area again because we booked an Alcatraz tour. But because of the rush hour I had a delay and we missed the ship. We was able to change our tickets and will join the tour tomorrow.
    After all we went to the jazz bar I was yesterday where a piano player was playing.
    I asked him to play a tribute to Linkin Park and he played In the End focusing on Chester and Chris Cornell. Still incomprehensible.

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    Market Street ✔
    Castro theatre ✔
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  • Dag 22

    San Francisco II

    23. juli 2017, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    Day 21: The first milestone is reached, the first half is done.
    I woke up after an pleasant night and drove back to San Francisco. There I checked in at our hostel, rested for a while and started to explore San Francisco.
    I walked a loop thru the city seeing the harbour area and the Chinatown for example.
    San Francisco is a nice city but has a lot of homeless and druc-addicted people - too much.
    In the evening I went to a jazz bar where I wrote some postcards.

    Fisherman's Wharf ✔
    Coit Tower ✔
    Saint Peter & Paul Church ✔
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    Grace Cathedral ✔
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    Jazz bar ✔
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  • Dag 21

    Bodega Bay

    22. juli 2017, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    Day 20: I woke up at around 2am. because a phone bell was ringing all the time. So I decided to get closer to the hiking trail to continuing sleeping.
    I drove over an hour and saw tons of wildlife walking on the street. Suddenly the road turned to a gravel road that I didn't wanna drive on while darkness.
    So I returned to the next town, parked beside the road and slept 'til around 8am.
    After I got up I went to Bolinas. There I hiked to the Alamere Fall which turns directly into the ocean. In additional I walked beside Bass Lake, the Pelican Lake and the Bolinas Beach. Nice spots for taking photos!
    When I was at my car again I got to Oakland and ate a spanisch dinner at El Paisa Taco Truck.
    After all I recognized that I definitely need a effective night. Because off that and because it's almost half time I treat myself a pleasant night and was searching for a payable hostel, motel or hotel. Not that easy because all are sold out!
    I found the last free room of Motel 6 in Fremont and reserved directly.
    Now I'm sitting in a warm room with a coozy queen size bed, an own restroom and cold beer. An evening I needed.

    Alamere Fall ✔
    Bass Lake ✔
    Pelican Lake ✔
    Seeing sea side of Pacific for the first time ✔
    El Paisa Taco Truck ✔
    First Motel ✔
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  • Dag 20

    San Francisco II

    21. juli 2017, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    Day 19: At 5:30 I was awakened by a sweeper.
    I drove the car to the sea side and got ready for the day.
    California needs a Californian vehicle. So I exchanged the car today.
    With the new one I got to the downtown of San Francisco, washed some clothes and ate lunch at a San Francisco style diner.
    After all I went to the northern side checking the beach and area around it.
    The whole day I was extremely tired because I slept just about 4 hrs last night.
    Later I continued to Bodega Bay passing the Golden Gate Bridge. On the way I recognized that driving in the direction of western sea side while sunset is not that best decision 🙈 But the view of the sunset after I arrived was pretty cool!

    San Fran diner ✔
    Took some San Fran photos ✔
    Driving over Golden Gate Bridge ✔
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  • Dag 19

    San Francisco I

    20. juli 2017, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    Day 18: After Yosemite we got 3 days off before our hostel in San Francisco is booked.
    I read that Hillsong SF had a worship night this night. So I decided to get to San Fran to join the party.
    Before I started I got the chance to reach El Capitan. On the way to I had a break at Stockton.
    San Fran is not that city for cars. I got veeeery slowly thru the city and just found a car park because after 6pm you are allowed to park longer than 30 minutes.
    The worship night itself was pretty cool. Afterwards I had to find a stay for the night for me and the car. The whole city was full of homeless people so I didn't want to leave my car on the road there.
    I drove out of downtown and found a car park where I gonna try to sleep.

    The only thing that is dampen the mood is the news that Chester Bennington commited suicide right when I started my ride to San Fran just a few miles away. An idol is gone. Rest in peace legend! ♥

    “So say goodbye and hit the road
    Pack it up and disappear
    You better have some place to go
    'Cause you can't come back around here
    Good goodbye“ - Good Goodbye, Linkin Park

    El Capitan ✔
    Golden Gate Bridge ✔
    Hillsong San Fran ✔
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  • Dag 18

    Yosemite II

    19. juli 2017, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    Day 17: Okay Yosimite you're not that bad!
    When I woke up the dust was gone and the sky blue again.
    After taking a shower I decided to hike the Mist Trail. Probably the most difficult and longest hike could choose how I noticed later. I hiked along two powerful waterfalls up to Half Dome. I reached the top after 5 hrs and all 4 litres of water I brought were gone. The outlook was such amazing!
    So I needed to go down again. Without water! My legs were very shaky and I was absolutely dehydrated. Almost 4 hrs later I got down and was absolutely done.
    Later I found Antonia and Leo we went to the backpacker campground eating some pancakes and went to sleep.

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    Vernal Fall ✔
    Nevada Fall ✔
    Half Dome✔
    Overlook over Yosimite ✔
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  • Dag 17

    Yosemite I

    18. juli 2017, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    Day 16: O my gosh! Yosemite is not gonna be my favourite national park so far! 😧
    When I woke up I drove to Bodie. This is an old ghost town. Nice to take photos ;-) On my way to Yosemite I found a beautiful and huge lake called Mono Lake.
    When I got to Yosimite I picked up two hitchhikers from Cologne and Switzerland that was hiking the PCT. Those two I took to Yosemite Village. They were on the way to San Francisco.
    Afterwards I started looking for a car park. 2 hrs later!!! I found a lil space for my car that wasn't official at all.
    I hiked to the Yosemite Fall seeing some mooses and returned to my car again. I moved it to an official car park at Half Dome Village and ordered a pizza that the hitchhikers have recommended.
    When I returned to my car I was wondering why my car is grey not even black and I saw a strange dust in the air all the time. While I ate my pizza I spoke to a woman and her daughter. They told me that there is a forest fire south western of the Yosimite. Actually you was able to smell the fire in the air.
    I was afraid that the western exit gonna be closed so I decided to leave the park and sleep outside (8pm). A lot of people wanted to do that so the traffic went very slowly. I drove down the 140. But after about 1 1/2 hrs I was stoped by the police because the road was closed because of the fire. So I turned back to Half Dome Village where I started parked my car and slept in it - definitely tired (11:30pm)!

    What a day! 😧

    Bodie ✔
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    Yosemite Fall ✔
    Seeing some mooses ✔
    Taste the Yosimite pizza ✔
    Feeling a forest fire ✔
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  • Dag 16

    Topaz Lake

    17. juli 2017, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    Day 15: Today's morning Antonia started hitchhiking towards San Francisco to surprise her boyfriend picking him up from the airport.
    I planned to hike the Eagle Falls Trail. But all I saw were million of cars. There was no more space for mine.
    So I changed my plans and decided to take a day off at the Pope Beach. Because I only was able to pay by cash I got my first after 2 weeks! 💵 Almost everything you can pay by card 💳 I enjoyed the sun for a while. Suddenly it was getting fuller and louder. I guess the working day of the Americans was over.
    Well I packed my stuff, found a campground on the map and started to get there.
    Wow! The landscape changed dramatically and it was so wonderful! 🏞 My campground was at the Topaz Lake. A huge lake between dry land. Such amazing!

    And hey: welcome to California! 🏖 That state is gonna be my favourite one! I got there and directly felt the summer, the beach, the holiday. And the landscape is awesome! I'm excited for the next days 😇

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    Pope Beach ✔
    Amazing roadtrip across California ✔
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  • Dag 15

    Lake Tahoe

    16. juli 2017, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    Day 14: We started our long ride across the desert of Nevada. We passed the Great Salt Lake one more time and drove and drove and drove . That was our longest ride of the trip. It took about nine hrs and the sun was burning (up to 105 degrees Fahrenheit / ~41in Celsius).
    We stoped at a Indian Monument which was next to the I80. This Monument was built for killed Indians.
    After hours we did it and arrived at the Lake Tahoe.
    We found a campground where we just had to pay for the car park.
    At the end of the day we just relaxed at the beach of the lake.

    Indian Monument ✔
    Longest ride of the trip ✔
    Lake Tahoe
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