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North-west Skåne: Ängelholm and Båstad

We stayed one day with our friends in north-west Skåne and got to see both Ängelholm and Båstad. Today we are going to drive up towards Stockholm. And what have we woken up to? Winter landscape with lots of snow...

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From Germany to Skåne by motorhome

Yesterday we drove from Germany to Skåne. We started at 10 o'clock from Lübeck yesterday and arrived in Skåne only when it got dark. After doing some shopping at the huge Border shop in Puttgarden, we took the ferry Puttgarden-Rödby, drove across Denmark and took the ferry Helsingör-Helsingborg.

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Lübeck, Germany - Queen of the Hanseatic League

The old Hanseatic city of Lübeck is a harbour city located in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany. Here you can stroll around a city centre that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and shop for exclusive and delicious marzipan. We arrived here late in the afternoon and had time for a short tour of the city ...

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Crossing roads again - meeting with motorhome friends in Germany

Many times during this trip we have met amazingly nice people, and sometimes we cross paths more than once! But to first meet in Macedonia, and then run into each other again in Germany several months later, isn't that a bit unlikely?

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Medieval and Christmas spirit in Nuremberg

We were treated to both medieval and Christmas spirit in Nuremberg. This German city has a long history and was already a well-developed place in the 13th century with noble merchants, a council of mayors and foreign trade. As you walk the cobbled streets inside the mighty city walls, it's easy to feel the pulse of history.

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Ingolstadt, Germany - a visit to a Swedish blogger

Ingolstadt is a city in the state of Bavaria in Germany. We travelled here to meet Linnea, who lives here with her family and blogs about life as a Swede living abroad in Bavaria. But first, we ventured into the charming town in search of internet sim cards...

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Fairytale castle in Germany - Neuschwanstein in Bavaria

Fairytale castle in Germany - Neuschwanstein in Germany is located in south-west Bavaria on the border with Austria. Disney modelled Sleeping Beauty's castle on the real beautiful Neuschwanstein castle built by King Ludwig II in the 19th century. Located in the region of Hohenschwangau in the Füssen Alps is this fairytale castle in Germany, or knight's castle if you will. Join us at the 'Bavarian King Castle'.

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Through Austria by motorhome

We have now travelled through Austria by motorhome. The day before yesterday it was time to leave Italy. We drove north from Verona and entered Austria via the Brenner Pass.

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Giazza - a mountain village in northern Italy

Giazza is a small mountain village in northern Italy that we had the chance to visit. The best thing about meeting locals when travelling abroad is that you get to see places you would never have come to otherwise. Leif and Patrizia live in a small village just outside Verona in Italy, but Leif also has a house in the mountain village of Giazza. We travelled here the day before yesterday on winding roads among the mountains in northern Italy.

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Valpolicella - the wine valleys of northern Italy

Yesterday we took a tour of the vineyards in Valpolicella, the wine district just north of Verona and just east of Lake Garda. The famous Amarone and Valpolicella wines are made here, but also Ripasso and sweet red Recioto wines. We were lucky enough to be invited to an Italian dinner and to get a personal guided tour of the vineyards.

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