Adventure

A full guide on hiking Roy’s Peak

Hiking Roy’s Peak is on the list of a lot of travelers coming to the South Island of New Zealand. It easily is one of the best day hikes you can do in the country. The Roy’s Peak Track is challenging, but the stunning view over Lake Wanaka and the…

Places to visit on the South Island of New Zealand

The South Island of New Zealand is without a doubt one of the most beautiful places I have ever visited. It simply has it all: vast mountains, empty beaches, rain forest and enough activities to keep any outdoor lover and adrenaline junkie entertained. What I love about the South Island…

Visiting a Favela in Rio De Janeiro

Gangs, drug lords, shootings on the streets- that might come immediately to your mind when thinking about every day life in a favela. This might have been the case in the past, but in recently a lot has changed for the better in the favelas. There has been a lot of…

Liberation Route: Along the traces of WW2

The wind is blowing strong, rain is falling heavily and the air is freezing cold. We are crammed in the back of a WW2 truck.We are shivering, moving closer together, trying to warm each other. We are driving past a forest, through fields. Suddenly the car stops. A tree is…

Learning how to ski in South Tyrol

On top of a mountain, everything covered in white, powdery snow, the sun coming through the clouds. Putting on my skis and letting go, feeling the cold wind blowing in my face as I get faster going downhill, trying to do curves to slow myself down again a bit. Gorgeous…

Icebergs aren’t infinite: A little thought on climate change

It is a hot summer day in Germany. Finally after a long, cold and miserable winter that didn’t seem to end. Not only Germany was facing the fact of strange weather conditions this year. Winter didn’t seem to end, we had snow sin June, horrible floodings and then a week later the…