Travel Logs

July 10th, 2023 - July 29th, 2023July 10th:The plan was to go on a second road trip, this time to England, Wales and Scotland, which we wanted to do last year ... but, due to very unfavorable weather conditions, we thought it best to postpone the Uni...

May 27th, 2023 - May 29th, 2023Part 1 - GERMANYJune 8th:Today we went to Bremen, the city with the Town Musicians. The cheapest parking lot is a garage that'll cost you a mere 4 euros for an entire day, but it's small, both the spaces itself as the h...

April 12th, 2023 - May 8th, 2023Part 1 - BARCELONAApril 12th:Arrival. The plane arrived in the evening, it was quite uneventful, just ... landing, collecting the luggage, getting to the hotel. It was a challenge to get the physical public transport t...

July 7th, 2022 - July 29th, 2022Part 1 - GERMANYJuly 7th:After visiting friends and family in Belgium, we left around noon towards Germany. In Walloonia we ate some homemade lunch and then continued on the trip.​Our absolute first stop was the Deiere...

March 10th, 2022 - March 29th, 2022March 10th - March 24th:We had stayed in Murcia province prior to visiting Granada, but a huge Sahara desert storm and other types of bad weather disrupted many plans for excursions and hikes.The Sahara desert storm...

August 19th, 2019 - September 2nd, 2019Part 1 - ENGLANDAugust 13th:The boat left Dunkirk at eight, so we departed from Ghent at five. A few days before departure the weather expectations were terrible, we even considered not going, but now, on t...

May 27th, 2019 - May 29th, 2019May 27th:Valkenburg has plenty of caves to visit. But it is worth noting that most (if not all) are reconstructions. But they are impressive and interesting nonetheless.​The Fluweelengrot (Velvet cave) lies near the cas...

May 3rd, 2019 - May 12th, 2019May 3rd:The flight that was supposed to leave at 6:30 in the morning had a delay of over six hours. Of course was this something we only learned as we had arrived at the airport at around 4:30. The staff in the French sp...

January 5th, 2019 - January 13th, 2019January 7th:(on the 5th we arrived and did nothing else, and the 6th was a holiday so everything was closed)​We drove to the Sierra de la Muela. Defending the Bay of Cartagena is the Batería de Castillitos. The c...

December 6th, 2018 - December 12th, 2018December 7th:We actually arrived last night and only got to the house at around half past one in the morning.​After waking up and having a nice breakfast and such and doing some grocery shopping, we went to a d...

September 6th, 2018 - September 15th, 2018PART 1 - ESCH-SUR-ALZETTESeptember 6th - September 9th:We were staying on Camping Gaalgebierg, the climb is steep!We're here for the International Animal Rights Conference. Very interesting lectures, speakers...

June 21st 2018 - June 25th 2018June 21st:Arrival. The airport felt smaller than it should've be.​The first stop is the Pergamon Museum. I had been there before, and I loved it, so I definitely wanted to go back now. The Ishtar Gate - one of the sever...

February 23rd 2018 - February 27st 2018February 23rd:We arrived late, so we stopped for groceries real quick and then proceeded to the hostel. There was kitchen so luckily we could cook our own food, but there were so few utensils, pots, pans ... it ...

February 7th 2018 - February 21st 2018PART 1 - ATHENSFebruary 7th:We took the train from Ghent to Charleroi Airport. It's been snowing in Wallonia! A few hours later we landed in Greece. With a temperature of 15°C we don't need scarves or even a coat...

May 30th 2017 - June 5th 2017May 30th: Arrival. The trip (via bus) from the airport at Keflavík to the hotel made me feel like I was on a whole other planet. After checking in at the hotel, I walked to the tourist information center, it's about ...