22 Aug 2023 | hiking, travel, universe
After a night of waking again and again to the roaring river next me, I start off early. The sunrise on Mont Blanc greets me on the way down the valley. Detouring Courmayeur, I hike up to the Lago Combal, a fascinating flat lake full of reeds and the clearest water...
21 Aug 2023 | hiking, travel, universe
Day two on the Tour du Mont Blanc starts out bright and sunny. On another hot day, I hike up the valley to La Foly, where I get some baguette and cheese and take a long lunch break. At two, I start hiking up the mountain towards the Petit Col Ferret, at 2500...
20 Aug 2023 | hiking, travel, universe
After a pleasant train ride to Martigny (the Swiss train had more delay than the German (4 minutes))!!) I start on my first day of hiking around the Mont Blanc mountain range. The Tour du Mont Blanc doesn’t traditionally start IN Martigny, but it was just much...
19 May 2023 | cycling, travel, universe
I start out around eight and the first couple of kilometres are uneventful. The weather is better than expected with the sun even showing its face now and then. In Marcumere, a military garrison town, I quickly stop for snacks and then continue north-east. The hills...
18 May 2023 | cycling, travel, universe
Riding out of Cagliari is fast, even in the morning rush hour and the first few kilometres on mostly flat roads fly by quickly. The sky is cloudy and it’s perfect cycling weather as I pass an old necropolis (really just some holes in the rock) and a thousand...