Here are some Christmas lights in London

I am going to take a one-post break from writing about our Valencia trip, because, while the weather was nice over the weekend, my friend and I took a hike along the Caminho do Atlântico (GR11) near Lisbon. It was absolutely gorgeous, I thought I would write it down in case anyone is interested in doing this in the future.
Continue reading “Hiking the Atlantic Way, Portugal”Diana is my best friend from Dublin days. We kept each other company during the lockdown time when our movements were restricted to a bare mininum. Soon after I moved to Lisbon, she relocated to London. We vowed to meet again, and we did!
Continue reading “London – St. James Park & Soho/Chinatown”A picture perfect day in the medieval town of Óbidos.
Continue reading “Óbidos, Portugal”The whole time I was in Salzburg, the sky was overcast. It wasn’t until the day I was leaving the sun finally came out.
So, instead of heading straight back to Munich as I had originally planned, I stowed my luggage at the Salzburg train station and went on a day trip to the village of Hallstatt.
Continue reading “Hallstatt, Austria”The Eibsee Loop Trail is only 4.3 miles (6.9 kilometers) long. There’s barely any elevation gains.
But it took me nearly 3 hours to walk it.
Continue reading “Eibsee, Germany”After lunch I went to check out a bakery with the best Baumkuchentorte in town.
Continue reading “Oberammergau, Germany”In the morning on my walk to Oberammergau bus station, I could hardly see anything.
Continue reading “Linderhof Palace and Park, Germany”You know you are with the right travel companions when after a trip, no only you still talk to one another, your friendship strengthens.
To be honest our week-long trip to the Algarve and Alentejo wasn’t entirely incident free – First, on the day of the departure, our Airbnb host cancelled our accommondation; Then we smoked the clutch on our manual rental car at one of the longest bridges in Europe; Thirdly we encountered a wildfire outburst, as soon as we reached the Algarve, near Monchique, it burned all night long, even spread to Portimão; Finally, just as we thought it wouldn’t get any worse, we scratched the side of our car making a tight turn in the medieval street of Estremoz Castle – Thank you American Express Platnium card!
Continue reading “Algarve, Portugal”***Due to the amount of photos and videos in the post, this is going to be a photo & video-log*** Continue reading “Venice Carnival 2020 – San Valentino”