Walking through the Moravian Karst
The Moravian Karst is relatively small area in southern Moravia, Czechia. It has geological rock formations, caves and gorges…
June 2017
Summer crossing over the Žďárské vrchy
You know the kind of hiking trips where you happen to walk without much of planning? The ones where you decide to go a day in advance and in the end they blow your mind more than something that you’d planned weeks and weeks ahead?
Around the Brno Reservoir
Brno is the second biggest city of Czechia. There is something about second biggest cities. In a soccer championship, to be second means to lose in the final which sucks…
Crossing the Little Fatra in Slovakia
Little Fatra is situated in North-East Slovakia in the Western Carpathians. It’s a densely forested area with grassy ridges, alpine plants, strong winds and brown bears…
Malerweg Hiking Report
Malerweg (literally the Painter’s Way) is a trail across Saxon Switzerland in Eastern Germany, about 112 km long…
Day 1 of Malerweg: Liebethal – Altendorf
The Malerweg starts in the small town of Liebethal. It lies about 5 kms north of Pirna where the trail finishes…
Day 2 of Malerweg: Altendorf – Schmilka
In the morning we crossed the borders into the western part of the national park…
Day 3 of Malerweg: Schmilka – Königstein
The morning was just lovely. I started to fully understand what has attracted the artists so much over the centuries…
Day 4 of Malerweg: Königstein – Pirna
Waking up on a sandstone mountain was the best wake up I’ve had in a long time…
Crossing the Czech side of the Silesian Beskids
The Silesian Beskids are huge. Most of them lie in Poland but the southernmost section reaches into Czechia…