Ilmenau
3 мая 2015 г., Германия ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
With big and heavy backpacks we start our journey on a Sunday after lunch. Going by carsharing to Basel.
Basel
3 мая 2015 г., Швейцария ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
First stop in Basel, were we've stayed with my Dad and Mercedes for a few days.
Zürich
5 мая 2015 г., Швейцария ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Daytrip to this nice city
Geneva
7 мая 2015 г., Швейцария ⋅ ☀️ 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
12 мая 2015 г., Италия ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Couchsurfing in Milano with Guiliano. Visited the World Expo and some great sightseeing spots as well as China town.
Venice
14 мая 2015 г., Италия ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Stayed with Maria from AirBnB in Padova and did a day trip to Venice.
Ljublijana
15 мая 2015 г., Словения ⋅ 🌧 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
15 мая 2015 г., Хорватия ⋅ 🌧 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 lotЧитать далее
Belgrade
17 мая 2015 г., Сербия ⋅ ⛅ 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
19 мая 2015 г., Северная Македония ⋅ ⛅ 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
21 мая 2015 г., Болгария ⋅ ⛅ 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 cityЧитать далее
Mount Buzludzha
23 мая 2015 г., Болгария ⋅ ☀️ 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
24 мая 2015 г., Турция ⋅ ⛅ 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 sideЧитать далее
Ankara
28 мая 2015 г., Турция ⋅ ⛅ 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
30 мая 2015 г., Турция ⋅ ⛅ 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...Читать далее
Batumi
1 июня 2015 г., Грузия ⋅ ⛅ 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 daysЧитать далее
Yavuz GüneyIt was my pleasure, hope to meet you again. By the way your jackets are still with me :)
Kutaisi
5 июня 2015 г., Грузия ⋅ ☀️ 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
6 июня 2015 г., Грузия ⋅ ⛅ 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
7 июня 2015 г., Азербайджан ⋅ 🌬 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 weЧитать далее
Caspian Sea
14 июня 2015 г., 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 andЧитать далее
Aktau
17 июня 2015 г., Казахстан ⋅ ⛅ 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 twoЧитать далее
Astana
21 июня 2015 г., Казахстан ⋅ 🌬 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
26 июня 2015 г., Казахстан ⋅ ☁️ 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 nightsЧитать далее
Bishkek
30 июня 2015 г., Киргизия ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
We had nearly two weeks to discover Kyrgyzstan. Because our flight to Delhi was already booked we've spent the time in canteens, undertook some sightseeing and organised a trip around the lake. IЧитать далее
Karakol
2 июля 2015 г., Киргизия ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Came here for hiking and horesriding and stayed in a cute warm yurt. Our hostel owner Eleman took good care of us, and did I already mention: Kyrgyz food is so good!