5. Oktober 2024 / Maike Wittreck
(Werbung / Pressereise im Auftrag des Tourismusverein Lana) Zwischen malerischen Weinbergen, sattgrünen Obstwiesen und der majestätischen Kulisse der Südtiroler Alpen liegt Lana - ein charmanter Ort im Etschtal, der mit Entspannung, gutem Essen und dem Draußensein lockt. Letzteres soll im Mittelpunkt dieses Beitrages stehen, denn in der einen Woche, die meine beste Freundin und ich [...]
read full article12. November 2020 / Maike Wittreck
(Werbung/advertisement) All photos were taken with the SIGMA fp (exception: the ones where you can see the wee little camera, obviously) The huts were all booked, the weather forecast had been filled with nothing but sunshine for days and we knew the route by heart. Five days, that’s how long we’d be hiking through the Alps [...]
read full article24. Juli 2020 / Maike Wittreck
Shortly after we got back from Aotearoa, New Zealand last October I asked you what you would like to read about if I put together a new journal entry about my home away from home. It took me a wee while but here’s me answering your questions and showing you some really old photos from [...]
read full article11. Oktober 2017 / Maike Wittreck
Finally. Here’s my last diary entry of our six-day-adventure in the Alps. If you haven’t read about days one to five you can do that here. Hiking Day 6 - 14/9/17 Hochjoch Hospiz (2413 m) - Kurzras Ever since we started the E5 I had been dreading the day I would wake up to a hundred blisters [...]
read full article9. Oktober 2017 / Maike Wittreck
If 20 years ago someone had told me that at the age of 27 I’d hike almost 11 hours in one day I would have laughed in their face! When I was younger hiking seemed to be the most miserable, boring and time-consuming thing someone could ever do and I bet a lot of you can [...]
read full article7. Oktober 2017 / Maike Wittreck
If you asked me to describe day four of our Alpine Crossing in a few words they would be: short cuts, Winter and Kaiserschmarrn. But if three words are just not enough for your taste then you are more than welcome to read on: Hiking Day 4 - 12/9/17 Zams - Braunschweiger Hut (2759 m) [...]
read full article5. Oktober 2017 / Maike Wittreck
„What on earth were we thinking?“ – a question we had been asking ourselves a lot that day and if you want to know why exactly then you just have to read on and you will understand: Hiking Day 3 - 11/9/17 Memminger Hut (2242 m) - Zams I don’t think my legs and feet have [...]
read full article3. Oktober 2017 / Maike Wittreck
Let us continue our journey across the Alps! Day 1 (you can read all about it here) led us all the way from Oberstdorf, Germany to our first accommodation of the trip which was Kemptner Hut at 1846m in the Allgäu Alps. Here’s what the next part of the track brought upon us… Hiking Day 2 - [...]
read full article1. Oktober 2017 / Maike Wittreck
I would let my feet speak, because they’d love to tell you a thing or two about it but unfortunately they can’t talk. Well, it’s a good thing they can’t because I would have to listen to some serious rant about how I could have done something like this to them. The E5 is a 3,200 [...]
read full article