Irgendwo ist immer Sommer – Trümpers auf Reisen

After 9800 Kilometres ‘an Air Jump’ Back Home

… from Antalya to Faro,… from Turkey to Portugal,… from east to west,… from sunrise to sunset,… from eternal spring[…]

This morning, we pack up our camping gear, stow away all our utensils and take down the tent. The tent[…]

We are at the Algarve, which is so sun-kissed, spectacular and touristy that we do not discover it. We are[…]

The Portuguese EuroVelo (EV) 1, which begins in the north at the Spanish border, runs down the Atlantic coast and[…]

A handful of cycle tourists are cycling across the north to Portugal. That is what we read in the ‘Europa[…]

… is located in A Coruña and is the oldest functioning lighthouse in the world (built in the 2nd century).[…]

We wake up to drizzly weather and 150 per cent humidity. The clouds hang low over the mountain slopes in[…]

At Irun, we cross the border to Spain. The student at the supermarket checkout in Irun tells Astrid that he[…]

…at Camping Pio de Pelle, near Saint-Julien-en-Born, just like with Rolf’s Youth Club 40 years ago: 1980. Johanna was born[…]

We cycle along the Lot river. The heat is becoming increasingly oppressive. We are so naive that we set off[…]