A dream and some castles

After two years of not being able to make it, I wanted to try again to climb Kriváň in the Tatra Mountains. Since the way to get there was a bit longer, we added a few stops to visit a castle and two ruins. July 30th, 2022 – Vršatský hrad July 31st, 2022 – Hrad …

Easter in Slovakia

A few days off and the car just goes to Slovakia with me. I start to think, my car seems to really like it there. Once again I went searching and hiking for ruins and found some beautiful ones. April 15th, 2022 – Katarínka / Dobrá Voda April 16th, 2022 – Hrad Uhrovec April 17th, …

A week in beautiful Slovakia

I still had vacation days from last year that had to be taken, and what could be better than spending them in beautiful Slovakia. My bucket list for ruins there is so long, so I wanted to take a look at a few of them. Every day a beautiful place. March 5th, 2022 – Veterlín …

Slowly autumn is coming

Since the Little Carpathians are mainly a forest of deciduous trees, I didn’t want to miss experiencing autumn there. It was not yet full autumn, but the first coloring were already visible. Together with the perfect hiking weather (sunny at 17 °C) it became a very pleasant weekend. Saturday, October 2nd, 2021 – Skalnatá – Veľká …

A weekend in the Little Carpathians

As the weather in Germany and the Czech Republic was announced to be very bad for this weekend, but not in Slovakia, we decided to move our hiking weekend to the Little Carpathians. Because I had already been last year in the Little Carpathians, I already knew it was going to be beautiful and which …

Linz – Bratislava; over 350 km for some ice cream

If you don’t know where your limit is yet, just keep going. Over 350 km, 4500m of altitude and ninety-seven hours on my feet. My motivation to hike through 13 days and take on all these kilometers? I knew that my favorite ice cream was waiting for me at the end of the trip. Via …

Slovakia – an unforgettable journey

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The country where I left behind fear and a part of my heart!