At long last we were in for a few hectic days in the famous cities of Toscana (Tuscany), in the old cities of Florence, Lucca, Pisa, Arezzo and...
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The Eternal City of Roma and the Vatican
We were on an InterRail. In Italy we first went to the Eternal City, Roma (Rome) and the Vatican. The view from St Peter's was fantastic. After this...
Day trip to Monaco
We spent a few days in southern France and made a day trip to Monaco before we continued on a night train to Rome. This article is no. 6 in a series...
Provence and the Cote d’Azur
Our InterRail ticket had brought us to Provence and the Cote d’Azur. Here we went to visit the papal city of Avignon with an unfinished bridge,...
The Loire Valley and its palaces
Grand palaces and parks in the Loire Valley. The town of Blois was an exquisite base to explore the palaces of Cheverny and Chambord. This...
Normandie and Bretagne
What follows is a visit to a famous tapestry and D-Day beaches in Normandie (Normandy) and a strange mountain in the sea in Bretagne (Brittany)....
A few days in Paris and Versailles
Sightseeing in Paris and a day at Versailles. There are so many world class attractions that one gets completely overwhelmed. This article is...
InterRail in Germany, France and Italy
This is an introduction to an InterRail train journey to Germany, France and Italy. We started in Norway and transited through Sweden and Denmark....
A short visit to Brussels
We made a short visit to Brussels and managed to visit famous squares and statues in Brussels, before we had to leave. This is article no. 6 in a...
Vienna and Salzkammergut
On our InterRail in Europe we had reached Austria. Here we went east to the capital of Vienna and then Salzkammergut, a region in the west. These...
Budapest and other parts of Hungary
Hungary is a very nice country, with beautiful scenery, good wine and transportation challenges. Here is a visit to Budapest and other parts of...
The eastern part of former Czechoslovakia
The journey through the now non-existing country of Czechoslovakia here continues with the eastern part of Slovakia. This...
The western part of former Czechoslovakia
Unlike East and West Germany, this chapter is about a country still united, later divided. We were going to the western part of former...
Berlin and former East Germany
This is my diary from a four week train journey to Eastern Europe. We first went to Berlin and the former republic of East Germany. This is article...
The Jotunheimen hikes – Besseggen
This last day in Jotunheimen was devoted to the ridge of Besseggen, Norway's most famous mountain hike. We chose the most common alternative of...
The Jotunheimen hikes – Leirvassbu to Gjendebu
This is a hike from Leirvassbu to Gjendebu in Jotunheimen (19 km). Any mountain hiker is accustomed to walking uphill, behind the next...
The Jotunheimen hikes – Spiterstulen to Leirvassbu
Join me on a hike from Spiterstulen til Leirvassbu in Jotunheimen (15 km). This is a great hike in a wide valley with a number of peaks over 2,000...
The Jotunheimen hikes – Spiterstulen to Galdhøpiggen
Norway's highest peak Galdhøpiggen is normally climbed from the mountain lodges of Juvasshytta or Spiterstulen. We had stayed on the latter and were...
The Jotunheimen hikes – Glitterheim to Spiterstulen
Join me on a hike from Glitterheim to Spiterstulen in Jotunheimen. Yesterday had been a long hike from Gjendesheim and we saw no reason to conquer...
The Jotunheimen hikes – Gjendesheim to Glitterheim
Join me on a hike from Gjendesheim to Glitterheim (23 km). This is the first of six in Jotunheimen (literally "Home of Giants"), a large mountainous...
Impressions from more than a month in Chile
Finally in this diary from Chile I will, as before, try to write down a few summarising views and impressions from what we experienced during our 43...
Towns and places in the central parts of Chile
Back to Santiago, Valdivia and Valparaíso in the central parts of Chile for the last two weeks before the long way home from South America. This...
The German South of Chile
We are taking a closer look at the towns, lakes and islands in the German south of Chile, in Puerto Varas, Puerto Montt and Chiloé. This article is...
The Lake District in Chile
Moving south from Santiago to the Lake District in Chile, an active volcano and a vacation within the vacation. This article is part of a travelogue...
Santiago – Relaxing days in the capital of Chile
We had some relaxing days in Santiago, the capital of Chile. It was a wonderful city, much to see and with lovely summer weather. This article is...
Peace and prosperity in northern Chile
In northern Chile we found peace and prosperity. After 36 hours on the train from Bolivia we had a belated arrival in a country very unlike its...
Impressions from 13 days in Bolivia
13 days was unexpectedly little, but I still have some impressions from Bolivia. Even less expected was the fact that we did not get anywhere but La...
Leaving Bolivia on a train to Chile
We left Bolivia on a train to Chile on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. It was no easy matter. For us it involved a long train ride across the...
Lazy days in La Paz
Our stay in La Paz were quite lazy with little happening. We had several excursion plans but not all were accomplished. This article is part of a...
The road to La Paz from the north
This is my story about the trip to La Paz from the north, across the Bolivian Altiplano to the city of presumable peace. This article is part of a...