No need to drive a car and worry about parking and crazy Barcelona traffic! Public transportation in Catalonia is excellent. There is so much to see around Barcelona that you can easily reach by train […]
Category: travel stories
As I promised in last week´s post on 5 day hikes in Catalonia, I am working on documenting my hiking experience to prepare for becoming a tour guide in the Canadian Rockies. On Sunday I […]
If you’ve read my last posts you know that in order to become a tour guide in Canada I have to complete 5 day hikes prior to starting the training. I am fortunate enough to […]
Tossa de Mar As I have found during my research that when looking for interesting places to go for a daytrip from Barcelona too often results only include the same obvious answers the likes of […]
For a long time I didn’t openly admit where I was born, in fear of being stereotyped in a bad way. When prompted I would suggest or sometimes outright lie that I was from Switzerland. […]
There is another story I want to tell you about Porto. Well, actually two more. Last week I wrote about Maria and kindness. So I thought I’d continue the series with my Porto stories about […]
If you’ve been following my blog you know that I like to write about experiences that shape my image of a destination. The kindness of my hosts absolutely made my stay in the Provence last […]
7 cities in 7 days – how to get around in Germany I started 2019 with a week-long backpacking trip in Germany. There I saw 7 cities in 7 days: Schwerin, Cologne, Leipzig, Greiz, Erfurt, […]
On New Year’s Eve I sat at a table with four other people, two who know how much I travel the world and two who do not. There, a question came up. “If there was […]
Recently, I was lucky enough to spend a few days on Gran Canaria, the largest of the Canary Islands. They are part of Spain, but located much further south than the peninsula, off the Morrocan […]
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