Monthly Archives: June 2013
Hiking the Azores – Everything BUT Hiking
The Azores generously provide a large variety of diverse hiking trips, along the Atlantic ocean’s coast or in the middle of the island through forest thickest that almost makes you forget that you are on a small island in the … Continue reading
Hiking and unvolutary wading around – and through – Furnas lake – Azores tour #4
What did we learn the last time, at the tour to the waterfall Salto do Prego? Well, mainly that Sao Miguel is a beautiful island and ideal for trekking – if it is high season, i.e. June, Juli or August. … Continue reading
To the waterfall Salto do Prego – Azores tour #3
Welcome to the third Azorean trekking report. This time we head to the south-east of the island, to the small village of Faial da Terra. In this area of the island you find old forests through which a small mountain … Continue reading
Loneliness at the cliffs of Rocha da Relva – Azores tour #2
Finally, the weather cleared and the second tour took me to the south-west end of the island, a handfull of kilometers away from the capital Ponta Delgada. This hike follows an ancient path along the cliff line where a few … Continue reading
Visto do Rei and Caldeira das Sete Citades – Azores tour #1
The first trekking on the Azores took us to the well-known viewpoint of Visto del Rei. From the 565 m high crater top you have a beautiful view on the twin lakes Lagoa Verde and Lagoa Azul. Unfortunately the weather … Continue reading
Hiking the Azores – Overview
The Azores are famous for the meterological anti-cyclone that is supposed to be accountable for all the good weather and sunshine in Central Europe. On closer look, they are a bunch really far-stredged islands in the Atlantic between Europe and … Continue reading
The full moon sauna event in Bad Ragaz
The full moon gracefully hid behind a thick layer of grey clouds and temperatures dropped to the one-digit range. In other words, this seemed to be the perfect day to escape the rainy weather and to dive into a full 90°C relaxation. … Continue reading
Hiking up Dragonstone
On a sunny Pentecost saturday, a bunch of old friends meet rather early at the parking lot of the rustic restaurant ‘Alte Schmelze’ near Bad Dürkheim in a region called ‘Pfälzer Wald’ in Germany. The region is known for good … Continue reading
Spa and Travel 