One of my road trip bucket list items was a stop at the Antelope canyon. The only way to visit it is through a tour as they don’t allow private vehicles into the area (plus we never would have made the sand roads in our rental anyway). As we once again were really late in…
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Grand Canyon to Lake Powell
The day started with a great breakfast at RP’s Stage Shop in Tusayan. They offer excellent coffee and delicious sandwiches. I so much prefer these small places serving freshly made food to all these commercial chains! After checking out of the hotel we headed to Page on Lake Powell. As you leave the area you…
Grand Canyon
Our ride from Flagstaff to the Grand Canyon took us over the famous Route 66. Of course we had to put the right music on and listened to Nat King Coles “Route 66” song. Well, the kids didn’t like it. I guess they need to get a bit older to appreciate such classics… We drove…
Traveling to San Diego
Today my younger daughter and I flew to Los Angeles were we met up with hubby and my older daughter. Both had already spent the last two weeks in the US, hubby working and my daughter on an exchange with an American friend in South Carolina. So after not seeing each other for two weeks…
A bit of winter in the Austrian Alps
Skiing wasn’t really meant for us this year. Instead of going for a whole week like we have been doing for the past few years this year we were only able to get a few days in. So when my dear hubby suggested to head for the Hochzeiger in the scenic Pitztal in Tirol, Austria,…
Skiing Brauneck, Lengries
This morning we sent our kids off to school and went skiing (yes, I know…) While the weather remained gray at home all day we were able to enjoy the most beautiful sunshine and excellent skiing conditions. Located at about an hours drive South of Munich Brauneck is ideal for a skiing or hiking day…
Obere Fristalm, Spitzingsee (Bavaria)
The weather can be tricky in the Bavarian Alps at the end of October. Some days you’ll end up seeing nothing but fog and you’ll be slipping and sliding due to the sleet on the hiking trails. But if you are lucky and happen to travel on a day when the “Foehn” winds clear the…
Looking back
Back home we are still dreaming about Australia’s vast and empty landscapes, about it’s oceans and forests, about it’s vibrant cities and very special wildlife. In conversation we still walk the beaches and watch the sites. When we initially planned the trip we said to ourselves we’d do a trip to Australia once in a…
Travel organization
These are a few things that we would do differently next time or wished we had known beforehand: Take less clothes: It’s always the same you take too much stuff (or at least I do). But as we traveled from cold Sydney to warm Alice Springs to hot and humid Darwin/ Cairns we needed everything from…