France – Irgendwo ist immer Sommer

Once Around the Alps

66 days on the road, 4,500 kilometers, sleeping in a tent every night. On the way back, we’ll take the[…]

“And even when the weather’s bad, people are still walking around in T-shirts. If it gets even worse, they do[…]

For the climb up Mont Ventoux (1,909 meters above sea level, Hors Cat. (HC)), the day before we travel to[…]

We take the train to Offenburg and continue on to the German-French border—getting abroad as quickly as possible. The unfamiliar[…]

… 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[…]

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[…]

From Isère river, we cycle to the Rhône river and spend the night in Beaurepaire at a great, laid-back campsite[…]