Burning Man 2018 - Arrival and Daytime

I couldn't believe that it would finally happen. Earlier this year our friends Todd and Tiff announced that they plan to go to Burning Man this year and that they had a spare ticket. This isn't really something we considered before, but the more we talked about it the more exciting the idea got. For...

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USA - California - Portland and Seattle

Final post of this series.. For the last part we took a flight from San Francisco to Portland and then booked a one-way car-rental to get to Vancouver over the course of a few days. Highlights include the Portland Japanese Garden, the Edgefield hotel and beautiful nature landmarks along the way..

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USA - California - Redwood Forest

This time our trip continued fron San Francisco up north to the famous Redwood Trees in the Humboldt Redwoods State Park. What makes these trees so special is that they are the tallest and one of the most massive tree species on Earth.

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USA - California - San Francisco

Here we are again. This time our trip takes us to lovely San Fancisco. We stayed here only a few days and explored the city and the nearby San Jose. And last but not least .. a Pirate festival! I got your interest? Then keep reading...

San Francisco

I'll keep this part of the trip relativly shor...

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USA - California - LA

New update! Finally found some time to finish off this post and others should follow soon.

We're now halfway through our tip through California with JJs parents and grandparents. This time exploring LA and the some places surrounding it. Hope you enjoy!

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USA - California - San Diego

After a few days in Las Vegas we went on to our next stop San Diago. First we met up with JJs grandparents and her uncle who would join us for a few days. Next we rented a car for our time in southern California.

Balboa Park

Our first day after arrival was spent in the Balboa Park. Balboa Park...

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USA - California - Las Vegas / Gran Canyon

This post has been in the making for a while now. But since the year is nearing its end I wanted to make sure to finish it.

It all started with JJ announcing that both her parent AND grandparents want to come to the US to visit friends and see the country. They would start in Chicago but that was...

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Galiano Island

Sorry for not sending many updates, but JJ and I have been super busy with trips in the past two months and are just finding time to catch up. I'll start with our trip to Galiano Island, which started with an invite from Jonas and Monette to join them.

They alrady planned on sailing over from Van...

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Egmont Day

Sean invited us to join him cfelebrating Egmont Day on this lovely weekend trip in his hometown Engmont. Around 330 people live there and it lies at the north end of the Sechelt Peninsula on the Sunshine Coast.

To get there we took the ferry from Horseshoe Bay with Ma... more...

Days in the Netherlands

The last few weeks I have been quite busy with my new job. But now I finally found the time to wrap our last trip. We only had 2 days available leaving Bremen until we had to catch our flight, so some good planning was required to make most out of our short trip. Luckily for us the Lights Festival w...

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