Mike's Travel Blog

In November 2025 I went to Engadin in my van to see what it's like travelling in Winter. I made my way to Silvaplanersee via the Julierpass after travelling through Thusis and Savognin and passing the Marmorerasee. I'd been in this area before and I knew that Nietzsche had spent quite a lot of time here in the 1880s so I parked the van at the top end of Silvaplanersee and set out on foot along the lake shore to find the Nietzsche Memorial Stone. I've been in Sils before and I

In August 2025, Till & I were keen to get down to Locarno to visit the Locarno Film Festival and to get out on the lake to try out my newly purchased SUP (Stand Up Paddleboard). After setting up the van in Camping Delta we pumped up the SUP, changed into to our swimming trunks and headed down to the lake. The weather was perfect, the lake was gorgeous, the board was just right ... but our balance was hopeless! Trying to stand up on the board was way more difficult than we had

In August 2025 I attended Katarina's 50th birthday party in Bratislava. My plan was to take the van and slowly make my way to Slovakia via Austria over a couple of days stopping along the way to see some of the sights and spend a night in Salzburg at the XXXX Camping. Unfortunately, my departure from Zurich was delayed so I headed off on Friday morning to be there for the party on Saturday night. 780 km in about 8.5 hours - sounded pretty easy! What I didin't expect was torre

In April 2025 Marianne decided she wanted to give Vanlife a go so we booked a nice camping pitch at Delta Camping in Locarno and headed down to Ticino for the weekend. My favourite pitch at Camping Delta I prebooked my favourite pitch at my (currently) favourite Caravan Park and we set up camp on Friday afternoon. It was a bit tricky at first getting Marianne in and out of the van but after a few goes, and a couple of small mishaps, we started to get the hang of it. The view

October 2014. We'd long been wanting to visit the HR Giger museum and bar, so when Till had some holidays in October we decided to jump...

August 2024. Five days in Camping Delta Locarno where I visited the Locarno Film Festival and also walked from Ascona to Ronco via Monte...

June 2024. On the road in Switzerland, Austria, Slovakia, Italy (South Tyrol). Winterthur On Saturday 22 June 2024 we set off from Winterthur, Switzerland in our VW California headed for Salzburg, Austria. This was the first day of a 12 day round trip which will take us from Winterthur right across Austria to Vienna, stopping in Innsbruck, Salzburg and Linz along the way. Then it's on to Bratislava in Slovakia, then back into Austria and down to Graz and Klagenfurt am Wörter