Ilmenau
May 3, 2015 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
With big and heavy backpacks we start our journey on a Sunday after lunch. Going by carsharing to Basel.
Basel
May 3, 2015 in Switzerland ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
First stop in Basel, were we've stayed with my Dad and Mercedes for a few days.
Zürich
May 5, 2015 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Daytrip to this nice city
Geneva
May 7, 2015 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Visited Ali's friends and ex-work colleagues. He showed me around many places and one day we went for a bike and hiking tour to Mt. Saleve
Milano
May 12, 2015 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Couchsurfing in Milano with Guiliano. Visited the World Expo and some great sightseeing spots as well as China town.
Venice
May 14, 2015 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Stayed with Maria from AirBnB in Padova and did a day trip to Venice.
Ljublijana
May 15, 2015 in Slovenia ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Even if we just had a few hours to spend in Ljubljana we've managed to see the castle and had a good lunch before going onto Zagreb by bus.
Zagreb
May 15, 2015 in Croatia ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Did AirBnB again with a nice couple. We've visited a Museum for Modern Art which had a slide. The next day we went to the Museum of Broken Relationships. The rest of the time we've walked around a lotRead more
Belgrade
May 17, 2015 in Serbia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
This city really surprised me in a good way. I can just recommend it to everyone to visit. It has a huge fort, busy market and the best ice cream ever!
Skopje
May 19, 2015 in North Macedonia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Interesting city with many road traffic constructions. We rented a whole apartment for ourselves and got good help to find it from our carsharing driver :)
Sofia
May 21, 2015 in Bulgaria ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Here we stayed with a wonderful couchsurfing family. During the daytime we walked around the city and its parks and monuments. In the evening we could enjoy a tasty homemade meal :) The whole cityRead more
Mount Buzludzha
May 23, 2015 in Bulgaria ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Together with Ivelina and her family we went by car to the countryside. Here we explored an abandonned building from the communist time. We then took a nightbus to go onto the next adventure.
Istanbul
May 24, 2015 in Turkey ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
We got the chance to stay in the shared flat with the boyfriend of my friend Elif even though she was in Japan during this time. Istanbul is wonderful, I especially like the less touristy Asian sideRead more
Ankara
May 28, 2015 in Turkey ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Our next stop in Turkey was Ankara. Here we had another great couchsurfing experience with a nice family. It was a little rainy, but we enjoyed the food and sights anyway ;)
Trabzon
May 30, 2015 in Turkey ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Just a small city close to the border of Georgia. We had some more good food and walked around the market streets. Trabzon is famous for its special bread. And this was election time in Turkey...Read more
Batumi
June 1, 2015 in Georgia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
On the bus to Batumi we would meet our travel buddy for the next few weeks: Killian from France.
Actually we all came to Batumi to get our visas for Azerbaijan. This took a week and so after two daysRead more
Kutaisi
June 5, 2015 in Georgia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Just a quick stop for 1 night in a little hotel. We've tried some Russian food and got hunted by some dogs. I don't know why, but they are always more interested in Ali than in me
Tbilisi
June 6, 2015 in Georgia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Met up again with Killian with some nice food and drinks. Next day we've walked around the city, where a marathon was going on.
Baku
June 7, 2015 in Azerbaijan ⋅ 🌬 25 °C
Went by overnight train to Baku. It was a long ride (4.30pm to 10am), but I slept well.
In Baku we had to wait for our ship to Aktau (Kazakhstan). As we decided not to take the ship on the next day weRead more
Caspian Sea
June 14, 2015, Caspian Sea ⋅ 🌬 25 °C
With Killian and a Russian girl called Lena who we've shared a cabin with on the cargo ship. We were the only tourists there and so the boat crew took good care of us. We got food 3 times a day andRead more
Aktau
June 17, 2015 in Kazakhstan ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
Here we've arrived by ship early in the morning and somehow hitchhiked into the city. There we've stayed with our couchsurfer Askar and his father in law, who prepared a tasty plov for us. After twoRead more
Astana
June 21, 2015 in Kazakhstan ⋅ 🌬 25 °C
Finally we've arrived in Astana (the capital of Kazakhstan). All was clean and modern and we stayed in a big flat with Ali's brother and his family.
Almaty
June 26, 2015 in Kazakhstan ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
After another 24 hours in the train, we were finally in Almaty. Our couchsurfer Ataner provided a whole flat for us, which actually was a guesthouse for clients of his company. The last two nightsRead more



































































































































