I wake up at six, wide eyed and ready to start the day, but the rest of the household is still fast asleep, so I read until the alarms go off at seven fifteen. I hop down the stairs, it's a beautiful morning, warm enough even to have breakfast outside. Considering we're near the Belgian… Continue reading A hot day in the car
A good night, we wake up with the alarm at seven and the first thing we do is look out over the lake to watch the sun come up. As predicted the cloud cover is pretty low, but there's a hole that makes the lake glow with the reflection of the new day. Off to… Continue reading Die Deutsche Alpenstraße
It wasn't a great night.. noisy bed, lumpy pillows. Then again, we booked this hotel using loyalty points on the booking platform so it's basically free and that's an enjoyable fact. The reception was closed the day before and we used a code to get our key from a safe, but this morning there is… Continue reading Back in Konstanz
Today starts as a regular work day, so the electronic bird song starts at six ten. This time is perfectly calculated to allow me to hop into my cycling cloths, grab my soup from the bridge and start my bike commute to work, but today's special. I quickly fold yesterdays clean laundry, fresh from the… Continue reading To the Alps!
Alarm at seven, up at eight, it's turning out to be a real lazy holiday.. I feel perfectly fine, warm under the bedcover, but with the first steps out of bed I can tell it's a good idea to take a day off: my calf muscles are quite sore. It becomes better after moving around… Continue reading Quedlinburg, Roßtrappe & Rappbodetalsperre
It's a Saturday and we're still at home, so the bedside alarm is set at 7. Doesn't matter, we always get up at 7 on vacation days anyway. Today we drive to Braunlage, in the Harz region of Germany. Even though it's been a busy September, I did find some time to prepare and we're… Continue reading Holiday! Finally!
Up at six, lots to do today! Arne wants to spend some quality time with his computer, so after breakfast I head over to my Mom to continue our sewing projects. We're making a fleece vest and the first job is to make a pattern. That's my Mom's specialty and not really something I can… Continue reading hop east
we have a five day holiday planned in the Vosges mountains in France and as usual it starts with lots of packing. For only the second time ever we've rented a studio instead of booking a hotel room, so the packing requires a bit more thought than usual. I did prepare and make a few… Continue reading to the Vosges
We forgot to move the alarm clock, so up at 6 am it is. We finish up the last fruit and porridge, take care of some administration and then start packing. No stress, our starting point Münster is only a three hour drive away so we want to leave in the early afternoon and have… Continue reading to Münster
This morning I make an effort and refuse to open my book until it's almost seven. We reserved a breakfast slot at eight fifteen, there is time to kill and I browse through the online documentation about the New Forest, trying to find the best walk to do this morning. In the end we follow… Continue reading lots of traffic
Wwhat a stressful day. we wanted to leave home by noon, but got a text from the Eurotunnel warning of delays at the border, so we had to leave earlier and take a different route. the only thing that was actually finished on the morning of departure was the laundry.. so my clothes are clean… Continue reading cars on a train
early out of bed, we want to take advantage of the mild morning temperatures to take a walk through the Wilhemshöhe Bergpark. there is an app that has all the info, though we get mixed signals about whether the impressive waterfall system will be operational. on the website it says there is maintenance, other sites say… Continue reading home!
no rush today, we need to do about 400 kilometers from Lübeck to Kassel. even taking into account the expected roadworks and traffic jams we have plenty of time to take it easy. up at eight, breakfast around nine: since this is a big business hotel the buffet is extensive. we enjoy it to the… Continue reading to Kassel
we're visiting the island today. sounds simple enough, but it has a surface area of 1342 km² so we'll have to make some choices if we want to make it out before dark. we set off for the northernmost point and first visit Långe Erik, one of the many light houses on the island. we don't… Continue reading Öland
after packing, cleaning up a bit and hugging everybody goodbye, we hop into the car for the road east. today's goal is to reach Öland, according to Google Maps a five hour drive and 389 km. seems slow, but there are very few highways in this area. we'll have plenty of time to visit stuff… Continue reading to the east coast
we've had a very bad night.. the room was so warm that we had to resort to cold wet towels in the midde of the night! there was another big rainstorm and it got a bit better afterwards, so I think we've managed the minimum hours of sleep for full functionality. today's schedule is ruled… Continue reading animals all around
I have mentioned this before, but it's worth repeating: it's very hot out here. the newspapers tell us it's hot all over the world and Belgium has had the hottest Friday July 27th ever! I believe Frederikshavn and Göteborg actually might be relatively cool because they're right at the seaside and there is a refreshing… Continue reading Hot!
after a comfortable night's sleep in the air-conditioned hotel room and a breakfast on the rooftop terrace, we walk back to the car park with our luggage. it's a week day so there's quite some movement in town, even though all the shops are still closed at this hour of nine. in the spirit of… Continue reading Neue Deutsche Härte
we have a busy morning: I'm working until noon while Arne prepares the house for a two week absence. We had such a busy time the last days that we still have to pack when I get off from work. This however motivates us to pack quickly: usually we would dither and doubt about how… Continue reading on the road again
We're meeting up with some friends in Sweden end of July and will spend a couple of days catching up, taking sauna's, watching the kids play and generally taking it easy. We could of course fly there just for the midweek but we figured a little adventure is in order so we're taking a road… Continue reading Road trip to Sweden
Shoes are waxed, everything’s washed so we fill up the trunk and get ready to leave around nine thirty. It should be a 6 hour drive and it’s a Sunday, so we’re not expecting any traffic jams. Everything goes smoothly, we switch drivers every two hours and have a quick meal in a rest stop.… Continue reading drive to Hinterzarten
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