Going East in September: Ukraine – Moldavia – Romania – Bulgaria – ? #goeast

The target was: Travelling to a new destination within Europe, with swimming-opportunities, culture and adventures and different experiences.
The solution is: A trip from the Ukraine to Moldavia, Romania and Bulgaria.
I’ve just planned and booked the holidays for September. 2 weeks are left for this experience. The plane leaves on Saturday, Sep 3rd from Vienna [...]

On the other side of the bridge: San Francisco – Sausalito by bike

Drei Tage San Francisco (Mai 2010) sind zwar wenig, reichen für ausgiebiges Nightlife und Shopping und um den Besuch mit einer kleinen Radrunde nach Sausalito abzurunden. Drei Tage, da ich nicht mehr Zeit hatte, mir aber meinen Traum, mit dem Rad über die Golden-Gate-Bridge zu fahren erfüllen wollte.

Pannonia II • Neusiedlersee in Hungary

Last weekend I made a biketrip around the south-part of the Neusiedlersee.
From Austria to Hungary. And back to Austria – from Mörbisch to Illmitz.

Easy to handle on a sunny afternoon; around 65 km through winefields and hungarian puszta. Started at the border in Mörbisch. Then headed forward through small hungarian villages – really cool to see [...]

From Pannonia with love

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Die erste Radrunde brachte mich heuer um den Neusiedlersee. Es ging gut 85 km entlang des B10 Radwegs von Neusiedl gegen den Uhrzeigersinn über Mörbisch und Illmitz wieder zurück an den Ausgangspunkt.
Es war sonnig und auch ziemlich frisch – die Runde war super und irgendwie war’s auch schon etwas Frühling. Mit ein klein [...]

His name is Ayke. #eth2010

His name is Ayke.
I met Ayke in Weyto – in the south of Ethiopia.
Before we were leaving for a three-days trip through the Lower Omo Valley he said, “wait a moment, I’m going to pack my luggage!”.
I was sitting in the truck and was thinking, what he might put in his backpack.
Some shorts, a jacket, a [...]

An ethiopian toothbrush #eth2010

It was between Dessie and Mekele in the local bus.
After buying some oranges, roasted cerials, lemons and sugar-cane from local sellers, I thought, I might try “this” one – “this one” were 2 wooden branches.
I expected, that this is something similar to eat like sugar-cane: biting in and squeezing out the sirup.
In trying out, I [...]

Ethiopia: The GPS-tracked route on Google Maps #eth2010

Most of the steps in Ethiopia were recorded by my GPS-tool. For this I used a simple SONY GPS-Unit GPS-CS3, which I also used for geotagging my images.
Have a look at the images on the flickr world-map!

I am happy to show you an overview about the trip through Ethiopia in Google Maps. We travelled more [...]

Through the Simien Mountains with the Beer-Transporter (new images and GPS) #eth2010

Check out: New images uploaded on flickr today!
What a ride!
After the airplane in Shire (to Gondar) had “mechanical problems” we had to find alternatives in getting from Aksum to Gondar.
The route takes 1 1/2 hrs. by plane and – yes – 2 days by bus. That’s because of the very old italian unsealed road through [...]

Macchina, Gelato, Piazza – a lot of italian in Ethiopia (Day 9) #eth2010

When walking through Addis Abeba and reading the Lonely Planet, I was wondering, why there is so much italian influence around: Many words like Latte Macchiato, macchina, “Ciao”, Piazza, Spaghetti, Maccharoni, Bolognese, Calabrese, Pizza and a lot more are used in daily life.
I found the answer very fast: Long, long, long time ago, Ethiopia was [...]