Two months and eleven days I have spent in Japan. Since I have never lived, studied or worked abroad, Japan is – after Germany – the country I’ve spent most continuous time in. I thi...Read More
After leaving the harbor on Hokkaido the sea is rough, so I decide to take a bath in the onsen. Yep, they have an onsen on board. What’s better then laying in water when the ship is moving? It ...Read More
We leave Akita on the west coast of Honshu and now head into the mountains. We have to leave the west coast and cross over to the east coast where we want to take the ferry to Hokkaido at Cape Oma. We...Read More
After finishing the blog post in front of the Lawson supermarket it is already early afternoon when we set off into the mountains. The road is good as always and the scenery is mountainous and beautif...Read More
That Japan was going to be different was already obvious a few weeks before we arrived. Already in Hanoi we had booked an apartment on AirBnB for the first two nights in Osaka. After the booking was c...Read More
In US movies people usually spend their two weeks vacation in „Europe“, no matter if they go to Germany, Spain or Norway. „Where do you spend your vacation? Europe!“. We ...Read More
Back in Thailand we take a bus to Chantaburi, around 20 km away from the sea. We want to spend some days at the beach. After all, that’s one thing Thailand is famous for. We spend a night in Cha...Read More
I got an email yesterday: „I read about your changed plans, so I don’t know when you will read this…“. Apparently not everybody got our April fools‘ joke. We are still in...Read More
We want to share some important news with you. Since we left Germany our plan has always been to visit Japan before we finally cross the Pacific Ocean. And until a few weeks ago we stuck to that plan....Read More
The only country that will leave two visas in our passports is Laos. We enter southern Laos from Lao Boa, Vietnam. Already since we have left the Pacific Ocean, the temperatures increased rapidly. We...Read More