One of the most famous mountains in Switzerland is the Rigi. As it's relatively close to Zurich, I've been up there plenty of times already. One time from Arth-Goldau, many times from Weggis or Vitznau, sometimes I went for myself, sometimes I took my friends along. No matter with whom or in which season however, the goal was always the same: Rigi Kulm, the highest point in the whole mountain range. A few times I also walked up the Rigi Hochflue, which is the last (or the fir

When I had a week off work in the middle of October, I decided to pay our most southern canton another visit. Staying in a hotel in...

If you have a look at my blog every now and then, you might already have come across the occasional hut hike post and yep, here comes...

On the rare occasion it happens that I have some holidays where hiking is not the main topic at all. Such a thing happened at the end of...

Another year, another weekend hike to a Swiss Alpine mountain hut. :) As I usually have to work on Saturday in my new job, I decided to...

Montenegro was the next country on the list after my short visit to the Tara national park in Serbia. Initially I didn't plan to go to...

Arriving in Kazakhstan, I first took some days off in Almaty. As the last couple weeks with Cyril were quite intense, I couldn't really...

As Ireland is pretty famous for long distance hikes, it was clear to me that I want to do one when I'm over here. The decision which one...