Day 408 marked the end of our hike through Europe. 7425 kilometers on foot; walking on beaches, through forests, along dunes, on roads, close to fields, crossing villages, towns and big cities. 12 times we crossed borders of the different European countries; 7 times on foot, 3 times by boat, 2 times by bus. We… Continue Reading
The two people who saw us off in Tallinn almost 14 months ago, came to Portugal to hike the last five days with us. Moiken’s brother Jan and his girlfriend Romi joined us for 87 km along the coast, on extremely challenging tracks and also easy walking ways, and made our arrival even more special. Continue Reading
Just when we thought the last days of the hike would be easy-peasy, our friend Nuno comes along and leads us through amazing trails in the Sintra hills. The 19 km we hiked together included the most beautiful sights and the most difficult descents and ascents of our trip. To be repeated – without the… Continue Reading
Moiken’s cousin Conny and her family flew in especially from sunny Berlin to spend some days in and around Santiago. Fortunately, on our 17 km hike with Conny through the beautiful hills of Galicia, we had perfect walking conditions: A bit cloudy and only some rain to cool us down in the end. Continue Reading
After our hiking week in Poland in September, Moiken’s mum joined us again in April – this time to hike along the Spanish coast, from Bilbao to Santander. She impressed us by walking 108 kilometers in five days, with a lot of ups and downs! Continue Reading
José’s little brother Jorge came to France to hike one day with us, travel to Bordeaux to celebrate José’s birthday, and hike four days more (the last one being courtesy of a general strike). We descended 109 kilometers of the coast of Gironde together, passing through pine forests and walking on long sand beaches, and… Continue Reading
To our great joy, Anne-Marie joined us a second time – and she brought her husband Jimmy along! The four of us enjoyed two beautiful sunny days in France, suffered together when the first hike was much longer than originally planned, and celebrated our achievement of hiking a total of 50 kilometers with delicious food… Continue Reading
On the coldest weekend of our hike, Zaki drove through the night to meet us for a 16 km hike at the South England Coast the next day. We started on icy trails going up and down in the coastal forests, enjoyed his delicious tuna sandwiches on the go, because it was too cold to… Continue Reading
Our friends Betty and Christopher came down to the stunning Jurassic Coast in South England to join us for one of the most challenging hikes of our trip. Hiking 14 km on muddy paths, climbing several high cliffs with heavy storm and rain was not an easy task – good we could reward ourselves with… Continue Reading
Bart has hiked huge parts of the E9 already and has been following our adventures since the beginning, so it was a special pleasure to meet him in person and spend a hiking day together. He drove from the South of Belgium to the coast at Nieuwpoort, from where we hiked 24 km, crossing dunes… Continue Reading
12 crossed countries
319 hiking days
89 resting days
Updated on 11/06/2016 – ARRIVED IN LISBON!