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Entering Armenia with your own vehicle

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  Entering Armenia with your own vehicle (coming from Georgia) Status: 06.2022 Border crossing: Sadakhlo – Bagratashen Summary in a nutshell: Vehicle interior is inspected in two places Pillion passengers have to cross the border separately on foot, including passport control no import tax for motorbikes Step 1 Import vehicle: pay tax at the counter of Ararat Bank. Payment optimal in AMD (9850) alternatively in EUR (22) or GEL (75) – as of 05/22 Step 2 Import of vehicle: Closing… Read more…

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First Steps in the Caucasus – Georgia

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Already on the Turkish side, we could notice a change in the vegetation. The further north we moved, the greener it became. This culminated on the Turkish Black Sea coast in slopes full of tea plantations! But we have been looking forward to new discoveries in Georgia for a few days already, so we quickly head towards the border. As usual, we are not allowed to cross the border together in the vehicle. Sophia has to cross the border on… Read more…

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Enchanting & Surprising – Cappadocia & Eastern Anatolia

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  On the way to the centre of Cappadocia, around the village of Göreme, there are other not insignificant sites. The tuff not only shapes the region above ground, but also enabled people to create a “world of their own” underneath. Thus, over the centuries, not only cave dwellings and cave churches have been built, as we have already discovered in the Ihlara Valley, but also entire underground towns and cities! We first try our hand at visiting a smaller… Read more…

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Three hundred and sixty-five – 1 year on the road in the countries of this world

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“This life is more than just a way through…” The day we left Germany was really a year ago? Hard to believe! But if we consciously let our thoughts wander in this direction, all the memories and experiences fill what feels like at least a 365-day period! We capture some of the moments on this journey in the blog entries. But countless other moments, whether brief encounters or conscious impressions, we experience every day. We rarely visit the same place… Read more…

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Across wide volcanic plains to the gate of Cappadocia

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At what feels like 27 degrees Celsius and sunshine, we set off at the beginning of April near Side in the direction of Cappadocia. More than 500 kilometres lie ahead of us. Of course, we don’t want to just “drive them to death”, but also experience something of the route and its special features. The road leads us through parts of the Taurus Mountains, it is already dark, and when a sign announces the current altitude metres, we can hardly… Read more…

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“Hoş geldiniz” – “Welcome”

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  “Hoş geldiniz” – “Welcome” is almost a common word and an expression of a living culture of welcome, according to our impression, in many parts of Turkey. We are actually greeted with these words in every shop, bistro, bakery and the like during our weeks in Turkey. Once, a local passing by one of our pitches and another man stopping next to us at a traffic light even literally “welcome” us in this way. We are very happy about… Read more…

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Foray through Lycia

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  Warmer temperatures and exciting discoveries on the Lycian coast are what we expect from a return to the sea. From Pamukkale, we travel through a freshly snow-covered mountain landscape, where we make a stopover. Here, during the night, the temperatures actually drop noticeably to -5 degrees. It is only mid-March, but we could hardly imagine this for the sunny country of Turkey at this time of year.     Between the towns of Fethiye and Kemer lies a stretch… Read more…

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Where the muezzin calls!

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  Hoş Geldiniz – Welcome to our first lines from the multifaceted beauty of Turkey! After a smooth border crossing, the first stamp on this journey is in our passports. we are allowed to stay without a visa for 90 days! Sounds like a lot at first, as we have never been in a country for such a long time before. But after the first few kilometres we realise that the distances are different here. Turkey is twice as big… Read more…

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Spring is coming – Greece is blooming!

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  After Tenio’s blood sample is on its way to the laboratory, we are off to the sea again. But wait, just “around the corner” there is an archaeological site to visit, Epidauros, which is said to be worth seeing because of its theatre. Therefore, on the way from the vet to the sea, we stop at the ancient former sanatorium. The huge visitor car park gives us an idea of what must happen here during the peak tourist season…. Read more…

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“Jassas” from Greece!

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  How does it actually “winter” in Greece? We would like to find out for ourselves and, after a great time in Bulgaria, head south. The online form for entry into Greece is filled out, and an inexpensive rapid antigen test is sufficient. This can certainly be done shortly before crossing the border. We researched in advance on the internet, but couldn’t find anything solid. Well, that will be cleared up on the spot! After all, when we entered Bulgaria,… Read more…