Cochecito on tour

We were now in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship or province where we want to do some hiking. Here some impressions of our first tours. ...

With Frombork we had reached the town where Nicolaus Copernicus (Kopernik in Polish) worked as a mathematician and astronomer. The famous ch...

Near Elblag a canal connects rivers and lakes to form a waterway once required to transport goods. The height difference couldn't comple...

With Malbork we had reached the once very powerful headquarter of the Teutonic Order (Deutscher Orden) and its mighty fortress. We were very...

Currently it is beginning of August 2020 and we are on the road again since 10 weeks. After the break dictated by the lockdown due to the Co...

Polands most important seaport and a city with a diversified history radiates its former glory thanks to the reconstruction of a large part ...

Before driving into Gdansk we went to explore the hook of Hel which stretches 36 km into the sea forming the bay of Gdansk. The peninsula is...

After visiting Stettin at the border to Germany we were travelling eastwards to Danzing along the Baltic Sea, stopping at wonderful beaches ...

Our first town in Poland was Szczecin (or Stettin in German) at the river Oder. The city was heavily damaged during WWII and only partly reb...

Where the river Oder reaches the Baltic Sea, its estuary forms a big lagoon through which the border to Poland runs. On the German side we w...

Rostock is a major fishing harbour with a big fish market. One of them houses a simple restaurant where you get the freshest fish in many va...

Rostock lies at the river Warnow with its harbour called Warnemünde at the Baltic Sea. We enjoyed watching the boats leaving and entering...

It was warm, it was sunny and we had reached Schwerin, the capital of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern which has the most beautiful castle surrounded ...

The weather was fantastic for our visit to the lovely town of Lübeck which is also called "City of the Seven Towers" and "Gat...

Haithabu or Hedeby was an important Danish Viking Age trading settlement in the North of Europe from the 8th to the 11th century. We had see...

Near Flensburg at the Baltic Sea we went on a hike along the coast through a natural reserve called Geltinger Birk, a mixture of dunes, moor...

We wanted to explore the Wadden Sea of North Friesland and went on a cruise to one of the halligen called Gröde.

We had heard so much about Hamburg and many people recommended to visit the city, therefore we went for a stroll along the Elbe. As we could...

We first went to Bremerhaven, where we wanted to visit the maritime museum and then continued to Cuxhaven, to get our first experience with ...

Today we reached the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, which is the smallest state of Germany consisting mainly of the town of Bremen and Breme...

We needed some fresh air and to walk a little so we chose the Zwischenahner Meer - a nice lake in Lower Saxony - to walk around it.

Today we went to explore cruise ships, the big ones. At the river Ems in the Northwest of Germany lies one of the biggest shipyards for thes...

We went to explore the region of Krummhörn, a remote area of   Eastern Friesland (Ostfriesland) in the northwest of Germany, bordering the ...

Our last destination in the Netherlands before we will be back to Germany was Menkemaborg, a manor house in the North of Groningen which is ...

We had checked in at a very nice camping, where we could rent kayaks and explore the North of Groningen also per bike. Camping Marenland...

In Eenrum, in the province of Groningen, we found a tiny factory where mustard is produced in the traditional way. We were interested how mu...

In 1774  a wool comber from Franeker in the Netherlands built a model of the solar system in his living room which is still the oldest funct...

Our friend Hubert took us to the Louwman Museum just outside of Den Haag, which was the best museum on the history of cars we had visited...

In Den Haag we went to visit a good friend, but had some time for one of the many museums this city offers. We chose the fotomuseum where th...

As an important part of the Second World War, the battle of Arnhem symbolises the effort with which the Allies fought for the liberation of ...

From Utrecht we went to explore the town of Amersfoort, just a short drive to the north-east, before we explored the Rhijnauwen near Utrecht...

Today felt like mothers day to me. First Monty took me on his bike to the botanical garden and in the afternoon we went kayaking at the K...