Something strange is going on with Daisy’s front tire. It wears off irregularly and the tire tread is not looking too good anymore. We talked to several specialists, but nobody really seems to know what’s going on. One says it’s…
Beware! The ice is frozen here! :-)
Our last few ‘warm’ days. The landscapes are perfect for long trails and endless walks, watching, enjoying and being amazed… Not only about bigger landscapes, but also little things: the murmur of water below the ice, sunny dots in the…
creaking and squeaking
Cinder road. Dirt road. Gravel road. And most of all holes-in-the-road. Countless kilometers of humping and bumping bring us to far off places, from where we can start our walks with the dogs. However the many dirt roads also make…
night calls
Very fast the days are getting shorter now. Dusk falls quicker and quicker every day and we have to take that into account during our evening walks. And yet it doesn’t bother us that much, ‘cause the evenings in the…
Should I stay or should I go :-)
The advantadge of a multiple entry visa is that you can leave the country without loosing the possibility of returning. That gave us the opportunity to hop into Scandinavia and still be able to continue our travel in Russia at…
from taiga to tundra
From taiga to tundra. From dence forests, swamps and lakes to moss and rock and small bushes. What both areas connects to one another is the daily lightshow in the sky. The fall doesn’t just color the vegetation, but also…
all merge into one
Sometimes life gives you rubbish, ugliness, or a broken gearbox. And then beauty is thrown right into your lap. Overwhelming, pure greatfulness and knowing: this is ìt. The beginning, the goal, and everything in between…
northward
For 5 days we are stuck on the boiling hot parking lot of the garage. Tired, tense and overheated. We can imagine more fun moments than that… But the Russians try their best. On day 1 the mechanics take out…
about mushrooms and bears
It’s a long and pretty boring trip through Germany, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. Forests and fields are the more interesting parts of the trip. Up until Warshau we drive on highways, then we continue on regular (and sometimes very patched)…
Previously…
For 20 years, we ‘ve been travelling as backbackers. We threw our rucksacks on whatever came along: in the back of trucks, on tractors and carts. We slept in busses, in lodges, local homes and in our tent. Most of the…