01/06/2023 Before leaving Mindo, we had one last stop planned at a hummingbird watching point. This bird sanctuary offered us the opportunity to get significantly closer to the animals than before. We sat on a wooden porch and waited for them to come by. With my camera in sport mode, … Continue readingBirdwatching up close – Ecuador #6
31/05/2023 The next morning we woke up early, i.e. 6am, as one of the hotel’s team members had invited us to join him on a morning hike through the Cloud Forest to explore the jungle. A cloud forest is characterised by persistent low-level cloud cover at higher elevations. Unlike rainforests, … Continue readingThe Cloud Forest – Ecuador #5
30/05/2023 The subsequent morning we started into the day with some real good breakfast. It turned out we really were the only guests and we got excellent service. We had a variety of coffee, fruits and bread with different toppings. After breakfast we packed our belongings as we were already … Continue readingShopping, Water & the Mountains – Ecuador #4
29/05/2023 The next day we checked out of the hotel and were taken back to the airport by a shuttle bus in order to rent a car there. We got a KIA and were quite impressed that all of our luggage fit in, but it was surprisingly spacious. It was … Continue readingOtavalo Nature – Ecuador #3
28/05/2023 The next morning we woke up around 8am local time and had some freshly prepared breakfast at the hotel. We then got ready for a full day of exploring Quito. It was raining, but we did not let that stop us from walking around. Our first stop was the … Continue readingHigh Altitude – Ecuador #2
27/05/2023 Having spent a nice evening in Amsterdam the day before, on Saturday morning it was time for us to get to the airport for our big intercontinental flight. We had some early breakfast (6:30am, yawn) at our nearby hotel and then started our journey. Luckily, Schiphol is one of … Continue readingFlying into Quito – Ecuador #1
26/05/2023 This one’s a quick one. Namely, because our stop in Amsterdam was just the starting point of a bigger journey, which I’ll cover in the next posts. So we just had an evening to explore the city. Nasti and I took an afternoon flight from Vienna to Amsterdam Schiphol. … Continue readingAn Evening in Amsterdam
10/04/2023 For our last day in Copenhagen, we were pleased to have an extraordinarily sunny day ahead of us. We wanted to discover the famous area around Christianshavn, the area on the other side of the waterway. However, our first goal of the day was to have brunch, of course! … Continue readingGoodbye Sunny Denmark – Copenhagen Day 4
09/04/2023 One of the beautiful things of Copenhagen is the proximity to Sweden. While Denmark does have its vibe, Nasti and I were stoked to take a bus (since the train wasn’t running that day) over to Malmö, Sweden and spend the day there. It was also my first real … Continue readingOver to Malmö
08/04/2023 For our third day in Copenhagen we sought out to pick up our discovery of the city where we had left off the day before. We had breakfast at Next Door Cafe, near Sankt Peders Stræde, an alternative part of the city, and then continued to Rosenborg Slot, this … Continue readingCastle Discovery – Copenhagen Day 3