• Rafting down the Isel’s Rapids

    Rafting down the Isel’s Rapids

    Waking up at six o´clock in the morning was easy, knowing there was a day of rafting ahead of us. As we were warming up with capoeira exercises, we had two new faces joining our team. We met Noel from Belgium and Corina from East Tyrol the night before while watching Germany win the World […]

  • The edible trail!

    The edible trail!

    Having mastered the group warm up called, a human knot, we began the third part of our walk.   As soon as we put on our backpacks and made our first steps, vivid conversations started. With the sun coming out, our mood got another boost.  Joyfully we walked through thick groves of fir trees and […]

  • A Festival for the Isel!

    A Festival for the Isel!

    At 6:30 in the morning, we woke up with sun shining in our faces and we packed our stuff and broke down the tents for the first time. After breakfast, we took our FIRST STEPS toward Slovenia…only 200 kilometers to go! Our first stop was in Prägraten where we prepared everything for our workshops at […]

  • A walk toward the source of it all…

    We woke up to a cold and rainy morning. After breakfast, the rain stopped and we did some activities outside. At that time, National Park Hohe Tauern park ranger Andreas joined us. Then he lead us along the Isel river up to the Umbal waterfall. Along our way, the first stop we did was beside […]

  • Riverwalk’s first steps! The first meeting

    After waiting for a stream of bicyclists, who were racing across East Tyrol and Austria, to pass, the bus from Innsbruck and train from Villach carrying the Austrian and Slovenian participants finally arrived at the train station in Lienz and met for the first time.  Backpacks were slung across shoulders and faces looked tired after […]