Category: Travel

Iron Sky Tour 2012, IV

Tell you what, it’s totally hard to judge those distances in the sand dunes. And it’s a nice workout, too – three steps back for every step you take. But all the sweat was worth something – I discovered a secret that’s going to turn the world of historians upside down: Rommel lives – in…

By christiankohl 23/07/2012 Off

Iron Sky Tour 2012, III

We did get a pretty cool car. Thank you, Avis. They gave us a brandnew (2 miles on the meter) 2012 Subaru Outback. With Harman Kardon speakers. 🙂 Buena Vista was nice, right on the foot of the mountains, in the middle of nowhere. Good place to stretch your legs. We stayed for two nights,…

By christiankohl 29/06/2012 Off

Iron Sky Tour 2012, II

18.05.: Denver to Buena Vista Accommodation: Best Western Plus Vista Inn. Food: Mother’s Bistro; Eddyline Restaurant & Brewery; The Asian Palate We took off early in the morning towards Great Sand Dunes National Park and stopped for a quick look at The Red Rocks Amphitheater. Wow! I would so love to see a live concert…

By christiankohl 17/06/2012 Off

Iron Sky Tour 2012

15.05. TXL to DIA Accommodation: Victorian Holiday Chalet B&B, East Colfax Ave, Denver. Food: Naked Pizza; Cook’s Fresh Market; The Market at Larimer. The flight from TXL to LHR was delayed again, this time due to bad weather though, so not anybody’s fault really. We still managed to make the connection to DIA, even found…

By christiankohl 03/06/2012 Off

Where’s your birth certificate?

We are near the end of our vacation here in the US of A. Currently hanging out in the Admiral’s Club Lounge at Denver airport and waiting for our flight. We got a complimentary upgrade to business class, which is very nice of British Airways. Thank You! Now, the past two weeks were really great.…

By christiankohl 31/05/2012 Off

Obesity

Obesity. Somehow that’s the word that comes to my mind most frequently as we travel through Colorado and Utah. And I read somewhere that Colorado it’s supposed to be the «fittest» state … . Well, amazing. You really have to get up between five and six in the morning, otherwise the trails are no fun…

By christiankohl 28/05/2012 Off

Bear wrestling galore

Today I’ve wrestled a black bear to the ground and cooked him out. It was tough but I was too strong for the beast in the end.the bear attacked us out of nowhere so the kill was in self defense, I hope I’m not getting into any trouble with the rangers. Yesterday I defeated three…

By christiankohl 24/05/2012 Off

Coromandel

The last two days pretty much sum up what NZ is all about: Yesterday it was raining cats and dogs in the morning, billions of liters of water pouring from the sky. Two hours later, shortly before lunchtime, it clears up all of a sudden for a perfectly warm and sunny day. Cathedral Cove at…

By christiankohl 14/02/2012 Off