This tour brought me to my limits - and maybe a bit beyond. Two weeks ago I climbed Mount Wannig (2493 m) in Tyrol in Austria. I had to overcome an elevation of 1450 m. Normally this is a hard route for

Winter in the Alps can be dangerous. There's always the risk of avalanches. So I booked a course to learn more about search and rescue and about how to judge if a range is rather safe or dangerous. Our

It was on my snowshoe tour. I was slowly heading for the parking lot, when I heard voices and some noise in the woods on the mountain near Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Suddenly I saw them: a man and a woman

I have new gear and I urgently needed to test it. So I took one day off and went to the famous Olympic town Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria. This is the new gear 😍: snowshoes from Maine in the USA.

What do ice cream parlors do in winter and especially at Christmas time? Well in Bavaria they turn into... ... gingerbread shops! I'm not trying to fool you! They change the whole Italian gelato 🍧 decoration

Let me take you on a walk across the traditional Christmas market in Munich. It's situated at the world famous Marienplatz in front of the city hall. I love to stroll around the market. There are a lot

Munich is a dog's paradise. They are welcome almost everywhere: restaurants, shopping malls, parks. And public transport is even for free for dogs! We love to live in Munich. Most often we don't even need

Winter wonderland near Wildbad Kreuth on lake Tegernsee in Bavaria. The right place for some action! My car computer says minus 13° C. The perfect temperature for a fast cross country skiing tour! The

This is one of the most popular Bavarian holiday traditions: the Christmas nativity scene. A lot of families put up a crib every year. Very often they are self-made, bequeathed and grow larger in time.

This is the frontline to Kim Jong-un. A South Korean guard is the first stronghold. I visited the demilitarized zone some time ago. The guards look a bit like in an operetta. They wear dark sunglasses

What is it like to live in a country that doesn't exist? The about 400,000 people in Transnistria do so and they do quite well. Transnistria is a small piece of land on the eastern bank of the river Dniester.

It's special to have that much snow in the Alps that early the season. I couldn't help but take the chance and did a nice winter tour up Mount Hochgern (1748 m) near Marquartstein in Bavaria. For the first

I was in the mood for an arctic adventure. And what's the best way to do so in Central Europe? Climbing mount Daniel in Austria at 2340 meters. It was chillingly cold, way below zero Celsius. But climbing

Hi, I'm Freistaat. I love to go by this name, because it stands for the topic I do most of my post on. Freistaat means Free State. And it's especially linked to the Free State of Bavaria. I'm going to