The plan is to make a trip of twelve days through Portugal. Of course not enough time to see the whole country but we will certainly get a good impression. I have been in Portugal before but it was only for a 2 day business trip to Lisboa which is precisely where we want toContinue reading “Road trip through Portugal: (I) Lisboa”
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Eastern Germany: Leipzig, (Berlin and Dresden)
We started the third and final leg of our road trip in Dresden and drove to Leipzig via Chemnitz. We did not take the shortest road but decided to visit Chemnitz (formerly known as Karl Marx Stadt), only to see one thing: the Karl Marx monument: the so called “Nischl. The bust is huge, 13Continue reading “Eastern Germany: Leipzig, (Berlin and Dresden)”
Eastern Germany: Dresden, (Berlin and Leipzig)
Our next destination on our road trip through Eastern Germany is the capital of Saxon: Dresden. Driving from Berlin we do not take the fasted road as we want to make two stops. For our first stop we need to cross the border into Poland and drive to the little town of Boleslawiec. Only aContinue reading “Eastern Germany: Dresden, (Berlin and Leipzig)”
Eastern Germany: Berlin,(Dresden and Leipzig)
We are planning a week long road trip to three cities in Eastern Germany. As we travel by car we will make a few stop on the way as well. This part of Germany is rather unknown to us. For Carolina it will be her first visit whereas I have been in Berlin just afterContinue reading “Eastern Germany: Berlin,(Dresden and Leipzig)”
Brugge / Bruges
After a year of Covid-19 and no foreign trips we are finally resuming traveling. It feels a bit strange to be on the road again whereas the pandemic is certainly not over yet. We are both vaccinated but still we expect some places to be closed or hard to get in. Our first trip isContinue reading “Brugge / Bruges”
During -Covid19 Road trip to Venice
After having been 3 months in an “intelligent lockdown” (government language) we are finally going on the road again. It will be our first trip after the journey through Patagonia. We have our mouth masks packed and are even taking a thermometer with us. It will be interesting to see if and how Europe hasContinue reading “During -Covid19 Road trip to Venice”
Traveling on hold
It has been ten weeks since we came back from our trip to Patagonia. Two days after we were back home, the Dutch government declared a lockdown of the country due to the rapid increase of the Corona virus. We knew while we left Chile that this was about to happen and seriously considered toContinue reading “Traveling on hold”
Trip to Patagonia and the Carretera Austral
Introduction For many years we have been thinking about taking a trip to the end of the world. We are both very familiar with Chile and Argentina. Carolina grew up in Temuco, Chile and we met while I lived in Santiago for a few years. Since our marriage we lived in California and several EuropeanContinue reading “Trip to Patagonia and the Carretera Austral”
Traveling at 60 