Cochecito on tour

Today we crossed the Artic Circle rather unspectacular, but the next hike at Pyhä with its 2 billion years old mountains was truly fascinat...

In Northern Karelia the Oulanka NP is famous for its 80km long hiking route called the bear trail. We did the little bear trail "Pieni ...

At Hossa, we did a tour around a lake which is squeezed in between rocks, something different to the flat lake district we had been travel...

A very rainy day was perfect to make some kilometres to the North. We stopped at a visitor centre which informed us about Finnish carnivores...

What a sucessful day! After we went for a hike to the rapids of Ruunaa near Lieksa, we visited Karelian houses and Edi found this wonderful...

South of Lieksa we visited the home of a famous Finnish artist after we had explored the Patvinsuom NP close to the Russian border.

At the almost completely flat landscape of the Finnish lake area, some little mountains suddenly give you a completely different perspective...

On the way to the Koli National Park we stopped in Joensuu to visit the North Karelian Museum. Afterwards we found a lookout point and a nic...

In Savonlinna we were lucky to get there during a medieval market. We also visited the castle, before we went into the woods again and fo...

We had left the coast of the Gulf of Finland and were on the way North to the lakes Finland is so famous for.

From Helsinki we were now on the way to the East exploring the coast and little towns.

To get the first impression of the Finish countryside, we went to Nuuksio National Park in the North East of Helsinki for a hike around fant...

Our day at Helsinki was overcast with occasional drizzle, but that didn't spoil the fun to explore a new town. Helsinki Cathedral ...

We were not sure, if we were allowed to enter Finland as Austrians. In the end we decided to try and see what will happen.

The capital of Estonia welcomed us with good weather.  The town has a beautiful historic centre and is surrounded by stylish modern archi...

In the north of Estonia the coast is fantastic. We took a walk and admired all the boulders left here by the last glaciers.

In Estonia we first visited an open air museum, showing the life of farmers, and afterwards one of the few palaces still present - the contr...

From the numerous interesting museums Riga offers, we decided on - somebody surprised? - the Motor Museum!

In the capital of Latvia we went on a stroll through town and enjoyed the many historic houses and lively atmosphere with many restaurants ...

We found out we could visit a former top secret Soviet military base where they were listening to the communication between Europe and USA -...

On the way to Cape Kolka, the north-western limit of the Gulf of Riga, we visited the harbour town of Ventspils and travelled along a marvel...

Somehow we had reached Latvia on an adventurous route, which wasn't really planned but fun. Our first destination, Karosta, also was a l...

From Klaipeda we went to explore the Curonian Spit (Kurische Nehrung), a 98km long sand dune spit with some of the highest dunes of Eur...

From Vilnius we were on our way to the coast, visiting the Trakai Island Castle and the famous Hill of Crosses.

The first impression of Vilnius was that of a modern thriving city with a lot of modern buildings and big companies around town. The centre ...

On the way to Vilnius we visited Druskininkai, a nice spa resort and the Grutas Park where Soviet time monuments are gathered after being re...

We left another lovely lake in Masuria to drive along the Russian border and into Lithuania. It was interesting to see such a remote area an...

The Wolfsschanze (Wolf's Lair), Hitlers main quarter during the last years of the war, was a strong contrast to the churches we had visi...

We felt like on a pilgrimage, visiting 2 important churches on the camino to Santiago leading through the north of Poland.

We were now in Masuria, the region in the northeast of Poland famous for its 2,000 lakes. And lakes we saw. Wherever you look, there is a la...

With Olsztyn (Allenstein) we had reached the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, an area we are going to explore more during the ne...