Bhutan, December 2024
A five night long fam trip to western Bhutan via Kathmandu, organised by Diamir, exceeded all expectations concerning the seemingly hard-to-reach Himalayan Kingdom. Taking it simply: a dream come true!…
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Taipei, October 2024
A few busy days during a rainy stop-over in the capital city of Taiwan.
Schwarzwald, October 2023
Just three days walking with two nights spent at two sites of the Schwarzwald Trekking Camps.
Valli di Lanzo, July 2023
A busy week in two of the three Valli di Lanzo in Piemont: Val Grande and Val d’Ala. Lesser known Italian Alps.
Grand Ventron, May 2023
A short overnight trip to the protected massif of Grand Ventron (also known in German as Winterau) in the Vosges (vel Vogesen) Mountains offered a chance to experience the special atmosphere of the French-German borderlands. However, rather than dwelling on the imperial history of unnecessary conflicts, this journey was about appreciating nature’s recovery from human […]
Beskid Sądecki, May 2023
A week with a small private group in the Beskid Sądecki region, exploring both sides of the Poprad River valley and including a visit to the Małe Pieniny along the way. A spring break in the Carpathians!
Hurtigruten, October 2022
The classical Norwegian postal ship route from Bergen up north along the coast and back.
Fjord Norway, September-October 2022
Before embarking one of the Hurtigruten ships we spent a week in a typically Norwegian house by one of the furthest branches of the Sognefjorden by Marifjøra, making trips around the area.
La Gomera, March 2022
A week of leisure and hiking on the island of La Gomera. Arriving and leaving with a ferry from Tenerife and staying in a rural house in the beautiful village of Alojera on the forgotten western coast of the island.
Percorsi occitani, September 2021
Three lazy weeks in Valle Maira in Piemont. First, a week on the middle part of the Percorsi Occitani trail. Then, almost two weeks penetrating side valleys, based in an old Piemontese house.
Gorce, June 2021
Staying in two cottages in the Polish Beskidy Mountains, we repeated a lot of our routes from the past in the Gorce range and in the neighbouring Pieniny and Beskid Wyspowy, with a short trip to the Polish part of Spisz.
Vestfirðir, August 2020
In the second half of our trip to Iceland in 2020 we went to the majestic Vestfirðir, the Westfjords, where we enjoyed an exceptionally stable fair weather.