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Croatia (Sep & Oct 2018)
In autumn 2018 we got the opportunity to work on a project in Croatia for our company. For this we were stationed in Rijeka where we had an office room. When we drove down to Rijeka mid-September we did not know how long the project would last.
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Corsica (June 2018)
For a long time friends kept telling us to visit Corsica and as we didn't have any plans for this summer we decided to go there spontaneously.
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Japan (February 2018)
We were dreaming of going to Japan for quite some time and this winter we finally made it happen.
And even though we are sure that spring and autumn must be very beautiful to visit Japan we were very happy with our decision to go there in Winter.
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Namaste Nepal (Oct & Nov 2017)
For a long time we were thinking about going to Nepal for trekking. So one year ago we started to plan this trip together with our two friends Kirsty and Freddy from Australia.
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Prague & Vienna for one week (August 2017)
together with Edgar's mother and brother we traveled to Prague and Vienna for a week
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Madeira (June 2017)
For this summer, a trip to the Portuguese Island Madeira was on the list. We decided to spend ten days there. The first 6 days we rented a holiday apartment in Santana in the north of the Island and for the other 4 days we stayed at a Quinta in Estreito da Calheta on the south side.
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weekend in Copenhagen (December 2016)
for an extended weekend we went to Copenhagen during the christmas time where we met our English friends Maddie and Paul
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Autumn in Armenia and a bit of Georgia, too (October 2016)
Our main destination of our Caucasus trip was Armenia. We imagined Armenia to be a rather small country so we thought we might as well spend some additional days in Georgia.
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"Hakuna Matata" in Tanzania (July 2016)
"Hakuna matata" is Swahili for no worries - that's what we had in Tanzania.
This holiday was a little bit different to most of our other long trips because we were almost always in company of either Edgar's family or Verena's friend Petra.
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weekend trip to Krakow (April 2016)
together with a friend we went to Krakow over a prolongued weekend. As usual we chose our favorite type of transport for city trips inside Europe: the night train
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Guatemala and a bit of Mexico and Belize (December 2015 and January 2016)
In winter 2015/16 we travelled through Central America for one month. The Yucatan Peninsula and Belize were our gateway to Guatemala - a wonderful, colorful country with beautiful nature were we spent the majority of our time.
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weekend trip to Budapest (April 2015)
On Thursday evening we left home by train at 8pm to Munich where we hopped on a night train to Budapest.
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dog sledging in Lapland (Feburary 2015)
We have been dreaming about this for a very long time and now we finally did it: ride a Husky sledge through the wilderness of Finnish Lapland.
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"Welcome to Jordan" (May & June 2014)
Jordan was the last stop on our trip around the world and we enjoyed the historical places and the beautiful nature and landscapes.
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2 days in Dubai (May 2014)
on our way from Iran to Jordan we spent 2 days in Dubai. On our entire trip around the world Dubai was the only place we did not really like...
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Iran (April & May 2014)
Many people asked us "why do you want to go to Iran" and there is one simple answer to that: the people.
The hospitality, friendliness, openness and their interest in foreigners is exceptional.
Besides wonderful people Iran has very diverse nature and impressive historical buildings.
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2 nights stopover in Doha/Qatar (April 2014)
We flew with Qatar Airways from Thailand to Iran. As they stop in Doha anyway we thought we might as well stay there for 2 nights. We did not expect much but once again we were pleasantly surprised.
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Singapore (April 2014)
Sometimes unexpected things turn out to be the best. Because it took so long to organize our Visa for Iran we spontaneously took a flight from Bangkok to Singapore and we really loved "the city of the Lion".
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Thailand (March 2014)
After 9 months of traveling it was a good time to recharge our batteries and Thailand certainly is not the worst place to do that ;-) We were looking forward to spending some relaxing days on the beach, eating delicious food, soaking in the sun and refreshing in the ocean.
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Sabaidee Laos (February & March 2014)
When you drive through Laos on a bicycle or a motorbike there are hundreds of happy, joyful children waving and smiling at you shouting "Sabaidee" which means "Hello" in Lao. Their happiness is intense and honest and it is impossible not to smile back.
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Cambodia and Angkor (February 2014)
One of the main reasons people visit Cambodia is the huge and impressive Angkor temple complex. We had expected a lot from Angkor but we never would have imagined it would be so big with so many different temples spread around such a large area.
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Vietnam (January 2014)
We started our 4-week-journey through Vietnam in the North in the capital Hanoi. From there we traveled southwards - the further we got south the warmer it got - both the weather and the people.
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one week in Hong Kong
(turn of the year 2013/2014)
We spent the turn of the year 2013/2014 in Hong Kong which is considered the most vertical city of the world with countless skyscrapers and one of the highest population density.
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New Zealand Part 2: South Island
(November & December 2013)
The South Island gave us a warm welcome with lots of sunshine. We drove along scenic roads, hiked to mountain huts and slept there, went swimming in crystal clear lakes, saw animals you usually only see in the Zoo, went Sea-Kayaking and fought an unwinnable battle with billions of sandflies.
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New Zealand Part 1: North Island
(October 2013)
Where do we even begin?! Since we arrived in New Zealand over a month ago we have done and seen so many amazing things that it is very hard to put them into words...
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French Polynesia: Tahiti and Moorea
(October 2013)
After traveling for 4 months in rather coldish countries French Polynesia was our first stop where it was really really warm (and very humid).
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Easter Island / Rapa Nui and the Moai
(September 2013)
We have to admit we had high expectations when we came to the Easter Island. Usually high expectations are a bad thing because many times the destination can not live up to the expectations. Well... not in this case!
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Hasta Luego Latino America
Oh Latino America you beautiful, fascinating continent! You have really enchanted us and given us such a wonderful time!
Has it really been two and a half months that we arrived in Santiago de Chile and started traveling through South America?
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Peru: so much more than just Machu Picchu (September 2013)
What comes to your mind when you think of Peru? Probably Machu Picchu (which is indeed beautiful). But Peru is so much more than that.
You will find very high mountains, deep canyons, areas of lush green, sand deserts and an ocean with lots of animals.
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Beautiful Bolivia -
Part 2 (August 2013)
After Potosi (which is the worlds highest City with more than 100.000 inhabitants) we went to Sucre - the constitutional capital of Bolivia.
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Beautiful Bolivia -
Part 1
(August 2013)
It is only a small border you cross when you go from Argentina to Bolivia but this border changes so much! The people in Bolivia smile so much, are so joyful and very open.
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unexpected route-changes in Argentina
(July 2013)
We planned to stay only a few days in Argentina but things ended up being a bit different... :-)
From San Pedro de Atacama we drove over the Paso de Jama to Argentina.
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Traveling north through Chile (July 2013)
Our first stop after Iceland was Santiago de Chile. It was a weird experience flying from the green spring in Iceland to winter in Chile with brown and orange leaves on the trees. The winter in Santiago felt more like European autumn though.
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Hitch-hiking through Iceland for 4 weeks (June 2013)
We travelled through Iceland for 4 weeks and it was simply wonderful - what an amazing country!!
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Start of our Journey (6. June 2013)
The day where our journey starts is finally here...
we are really excited and looking forward to all the new experiences we are going to have.
First stop: Iceland
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Final travel preparations (May 2013)
We are getting to the final stage of our travel preparations and will start our travel around the world soon.
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Trip to Rome (February 2013)
for an extended week-end we went to the wonderful city of Rome together with Falk & Krissi.
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Test packing for Iceland (January 2013)
During a weekend with bad weather we decided to do a test packing so we would know if everything we want to take with us fits in our 2 backpacks. We started by spreading everything we think we are going to take with us on the floor.
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