After our relaxing days in Floripa we were now off to Rio for sightseeing, dining and people-watching. The flight went well and the apartment we had booked through Airbnb was absolutely perfect and located just between Ipanema and Copacabana - the two most famous beaches in Rio. We did everything you do as a full on tourist: we went up to the huge Christ statue which gives you a 360 view of the entire city - we took the train up and hiked back down which was th...

We stayed three nights at the hippie hostel in El Bolson simply relaxing, going for a few runs, chilling by the river and doing yoga. Oh and one day we went horseback riding which was kind of boring and dusty and more of a "well-now-we-have-done-it" kind of trip than a real adventure. After all this relaxing and pretending to be hippies (we never fooled anyone though with our rolling Samsonites and well-brushed hair), we were ready to see some more of Bariloche. ...

We checked in yesterday at this perfect spot for writing on the blog. It is in El Bolson (a tiny town in the lake district) 10 km from the city center - so literally in the middle of nowhere. The hostel has a huge garden with tons of hammocks, nice people and yogaclasses. Sitting out here with the sound of the water stream running through the garden is so peaceful and so far away from the busy lives we lead at home. So how did we get here? When I left of, we we...

The first day of our W trek had finally arrived - we had been anticipating our 4 day trekking adventure in Torres del Paine for a while and even felt a bit nervous when we finally got on the bus in Puerto Natales - fully equipped and ready to go. We had packed everything and were ready for blizzards, rainstorms and freezing temperatures but it turned out to be sunny the whole trip. Oh well, better safe than sorry. We had booked the so-called W trip through an ag...

It's time again - I love doing these blog entries knowing that you guys at home are following closely (hi mum and dad!) even though I know that I have nothing resembling a writing talent. So please bare over with me if the entries are not very bloggerish and have more of a narrating nature. Basically, I am doing this to remember all the small details that you forget when you are home again back in your old routines. After the last blog entry and one night in a ...