After visiting the ghost town of Bodie in the morning, we set off for Yosemite National Park at around 12 o’clock. The eastern entrance of the park at Tioga Pass is only about an hour away from Bodie. On the way there we made a short stop at Mono Lake.
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Our world is so incredibly beautiful and versatile and we want to explore & experience as much of it together as possible. We are Sandra and Michael from Darmstadt – commuters between full-time jobs and 30 days of vacation per year. There is a lot of wanderlust in between. And that’s why we keep pulling out into the wide or near world. Since 2012, we have been on our smaller and larger holidays by 78 Countries On travelled to all 5 continents and blog with a lot of passion about our countless adventures and experiences in our travel blog – be it from dreamlike islands, in cities of millions, on mountain peaks, in the pure wilderness or even in the depths of the oceans. Travel is our great passion and we love to get to know and write about new countries, places and cultures.
Bodie Town – The most beautiful ghost town in California (USA)
In the early hours of the morning we set off from Lake Tahoe to drive along US-395 towards Yosemite National Park. On the way there we wanted to take another attraction that was on the route: the small “town” Bodie.
» Read the full blog postLake Tahoe – Tourist Attractions & the most beautiful photo spots (USA)
On our journey for 2 weeks across California we went after the start in San Francisco and a stop in Sacramento over the Lincoln Highway to the beautiful Lake Tahoe.
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On the way from San Francisco to Lake Tahoe, halfway through the capital of California is the cityof Sacramento . It takes only 1.5 hours from San Francisco for the approximately 150-kilometer stretch of Interstate 80. Due to the evening traffic and longer traffic jams, it took us about 3 hours the night before. This morning we wanted to use to explore downtown Sacramento.
» Read the full blog postCable Car – Travel Guide for the famous tram in San Francisco (USA)
In the last few days we have already looked at the most important sights of San Francisco and have really got to know this great city at its best and in bright sunshine. What was missing at the end of our last day was a ride on the legendary Cable Car 🙂
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Not only the city of San Francisco has a lot to offer, but also a little away from the city you can experience and look at a lot. Our excursion today took us to the Muir WoodsBiosphere Reserve, which is located north of San Francisco.
» Read the full blog postAlcatraz – Our travel guide for the prison island in San Francisco (USA)
A L C A T R A Z… just when you speak the word, you automatically think of crime fiction, prison outbursts and crooks. The island fortress radiates a special myth in stories and legends are formed around it. Since a visit to Alcatraz is an absolute obligatory program during a visit to San Francisco, we took a closer look at the prison island in the San Francisco Bay 🙂
» Read the full blog postGolden Gate Bridge in San Francisco – Things to know & Photo spots (USA)
It is THE landmark of San Francisco and probably the most famous suspension bridge in the world: The Golden Gate Bridge. Since 1937, it has been the entrance to San Francisco Bay and connects San Francisco with Marin County, the Napa and Sonoma Valleys. The bridge was named after the 1.6 km wide, natural entrance to the Bay of San Francisco. At the time of the California gold rush, the bay entrance was named “Golden Gate” around 1846.
» Read the full blog postSan Francisco – Tourist Attractions, Things to do & Photo spots (USA)
Anyone who knows us a little or follows our travel reports knows that we always love to explore cities on foot and on our own. In San Francisco, it’s not as easy as other cities because of the many steep roads and the long distances, but there’s a lot to discover and see. In total we spent 3 days in San Francisco and would like to show you here the most famous sights and great photo spots, which you should …
» Read the full blog post2 weeks in California – Travel planning & our flight with WOW air (USA)
For our last holiday this year, we planned a round trip through California 🙂 Although we have been to California several times, there are still so many places we wanted to explore together. And so our 14-day trip starts on a rather rainy Sunday morning at the airport in Frankfurt. From here we went with WOW air with a short stopover in Reykjavik to San Francisco.
» Read the full blog postStavanger & Our hike to the spectacular Preikestolen (Norway)
Stavanger is the last stop of our wonderful journey with AIDAsol through the Norwegian fjords. So far, we have experienced very beautiful and unforgettable moments on the cruise, which we will remember for a long time. Today in Stavanger will definitely be part of it 🙂
» Read the full blog postEidfjord – Flamsbahn, Bergen Railway & Waterfalls (Norway)
Our penultimate stop on the cruise with AIDAsol through Norway took us today to the small village of Eidfjord, which lies between the Hardangerfjord and the high mountains of Norway’s largest national park Hardangervidda.
» Read the full blog postAlesund – Aksla Viewpoint & the Strandafjellet Cable Car (Norway)
After we had explored the city of Trondheim yesterday in really great weather by kayak and also on foot on our own, our trip with AIDAsol went today to Alesund.
» Read the full blog postTrondheim – Tourist Attractions, Things to do & our Kayak Tour (Norway)
After we had a rather rainy day yesterday in Molde, Today Trondheim awaited us with a really great weather for mid-September: Blue sky, few clouds, lots of sun and pleasant temperatures 🙂
» Read the full blog postMolde & Panoramic Cruise to the Atlantic Coastal Road (Norway)
After we had made the trip to the panoramic road Trollstigen in Andalsnes this morning and learned about the many trolls in Norway, our trip with AIDAsol continued at 1.30 pm to Molde, the next stop of our cruise, just 1.5 hours away.
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