After her first years of work in Freiburg, Julia quit her job and embarked on a long-term journey that would take her to the other side of the world in 20 months, from Russia via China and Vietnam to New Zealand. She covered the first leg on the Trans-Siberian Railway from July to September 2017….
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High-speed Interrail trip – Paris, London and Amsterdam in five days
The background story of the Interrail trip of the four students Isabelle, Jeni, Pauline and Zoé from southern Germany is quite unusual: an unexpected ticket win had led to their trip together. Having just started their studies in Freiburg, none of the four friends had planned to go city hopping in Europe. Money is tight…
From Europe to the Caribbean by catamaran. A cruise
To sail once the Atlantic – from the Southern end of Europe to the Caribbean! This sounds like a wild dream that many people have in their minds but exceedingly few act the thought out in reality. The two student colleagues Niko and Nicklas actually dared it. The three-monthly sailing cruise was just a small…
Seven days Transalp. From Stuttgart to Lake Como by bicycle
“Not the pace but your personal focus directs your life.” This is the travel guiding credo of Sandy Steven Weckemann, nickname Sandweck. For him, who was born in Stuttgart, Germany, it is not interesting to see as many things possible but to undergo a inner journey, too. Nowadays it is easy to travel anywhere. But…
Alpaca hiking in the Bergisches Land region
The Bergisches Land region offers verdant green hills, forested mountainsides, plenty of dams and glistening streams and rivers. The area, which is close to the cities Cologne, Düsseldorf, Wuppertal and Remscheid invites you to diverse nature experiences. A very special experience for the whole family is hiking with the curious but shy alpacas. Alpaca hikes…
The Green Belt – Experience German history by foot
32 years ago, on 09 November 1989, the German domestic border between FRG and GDR was lifted (called BRD and DDR in German). After around 40 years, the Germans were re-united and the wall was removed from the so-called death zone. Over the past decades, the former border became a tourist attraction in Berlin. Now…
Mongolia on Horseback
„A horse without a rider is still a horse, but a rider without a horse is just a human.”, as a Mongolian saying goes. [1] There are plenty of sayings from Mongolia that are built around horses – which shows how deeply rooted horse riding is in the Mongolian culture. The Mongols are descendants of…
Cave expeditions. Only for adventurers?
Jakub Kaleta has an unusual hobby. Since about five years, he is exploring caves on his own. These are short day trips, which take him out of his daily life into an alien world. It is a thrill and nature experience at once – a real adventure. He doesn’t need lots of technical equipment: usually…
Volunteering in North America
It is not just a travel story – it is an international love story of two adventurous long-term travelers, who met each other in a deserted place where usually just seals and polar bears roam around. The meeting changed the future travels of both, led to Slow Travel through North America with lots of volunteering…
Donkey hiking. Individual travel or guided day trip
„Donkeys, it seems, are an indispensable asset to the would-be slow traveller“, writes Nicky Gardner in the Slow Travel Manifesto.[1] Donkeys as transportation unite the longing for speed of the 19th century and the desire for slowing down of the 21st century. Earlier adventurers preferred fast donkeys over camels to cross deserts. Today, donkeys are…