“Come in and sit, come, come!”, she said with a friendly smile and sparkling eyes staring at us. We were in the middle of a lonely village road, close to the Horton Plains in Sri Lanka, Yuily sitting on the asphalt, totally not ladylike, while Stephan walked around holding his […]
Difficult to find, on German streets you can find gold-colored tiles like this. Some of them in residential areas, some in the front of a shop, some in front of a seemingly new building. We didn’t really notice them until our Couchsurfing host in Berlin told us to watch out […]
It was early October. We knew we would have some time to journey through Europe, but this continent with its vast amount of cultures and sights is almost impossible to completely explore – even if you have time for a few years. So we would have to set ourselves a […]
In New Zealand, in addition to Lake Pukaki, another one of my favorite lakes is Lake Matheson. Lake Matheson is on the South Island, located near Fox Glacier, and is famous for the mirror reflection of Mount Cook and its surroundings. I took my first trip to Lake Matheson with […]
As my mom was scheduled to return from Portugal, I was finally heading home. After more than 20 months of traveling and living abroad, it does carry quite a few emotions and a lot of happiness. All the while, it lasted only a short time by many standards until we […]
After our quick trip through Denmark, we were back in Germany, ready to go to two of it’s greatest cities and me anticipating to go home for the first time in 20 months, ready to meet my mother as she got back from a trip to Portugal herself. Click on […]
Originally there was no plan to go to Denmark, but since we went to Sylt, the thought to visit Germany’s northern neighbor didn’t leave Yuily’s mind. In retrospect, it was a really nice trip, absolutely worth it. We hitchhiked for the most part, experiencing both: the good and the bad […]
Going for a trip through Europe had a special importance for both of us. Yuily had to prematurely cancel a Europe trip on her own because of family events and Stephan had mostly seen Europe only on trips with his parents. Additionally, I had been abroad for 20 months and […]
