Das erste mal Ruderboot fahren
Heute morgen beschlossen wir uns auf die Suche nach Delfinen zu machen, welche es hier im Hardangerfjord gibt. Wir schnappten uns je ein Fahrrad und fuhren dem Fjord entlang Richtung Brücke. Read More +
Well Done
For me a visit to the local Zoo is a typical part of a city tour. At Hamburg the “Hagenbecks Tierpark” is conveniently reached by the public transportation. Just after entering the park, at the elephant area a specially of the Zoo is immediately visible. People can feed the animals. This is of course a very special experience, especially with the elephants. They seem to be quite well adapted to that routine and line up at the border of their cage. Of course the animal Read More +
In the Zoo
(Almost) no travel without at least one visit in a zoo. So the San Francisco Zoo came to my travel itinerary. While I would have preferred a visit at the San Diego Zoo, this one was a bit closer and I anyway traveled enough. Expecting nice an warm weather, I dressed a bit summer like. This was a bit too optimistic, I have to admit. Anyway, the stay at the zoo was nice and relaxing. And finally I could also see a Grizzly from very Read More +
Another World – Mono Lake
Just a bit outside of the “Yosemite National Park” lies the Mono Lake. This is quite a bit a special place. As the lake only features incoming, but no outgoing water streams – the water evaporates about at the same rate as new water drips in – the lake is accumulating minerals. So in fact, the Mono Lake is an inland salt lake, which has a concentration of approximately 2.5 times the salt concentration as found in the oceans. This environment is not very well Read More +