danedebeau

A City Of Summers Gone By.

Summer is over. The winter winds roll off the the Bavarian Alps and circulate around Munich, a city of mixed emotions. Oktoberfest is over; the first rolling ra...

Bouldering, Beers and an absence of Blogs. A purely text post explaining my absence and what the next few months holds for me!

It has been many months since I have been able to post, but I will be back as soon as possible. Sore fingers, tired arms and the general busy busy of a European...

Calling All Adventurous Artists! A French Chateau May Await!

Between a new job, moving apartments, and my parents coming to visit from the other side of the world, I have been unable to even log on to Steemit for over a w...

Mismatched Travel Diaries - Tasmania - Hells Gates, Strahan.

Both of my grandfathers were sailors in their day. In some ways, it explains why everyone in my family has such an affinity with the ocean. There are multiple s...

Mistmatched Travel Diaries - San Francisco - Remembering The Unknown Soldier - A Graveyard In The Sunset.

After a long day of driving, and wandering through the Muir Woods, we head back into town. Driving across the golden gate bridge is always a fun experience, and...

The Man In The Square. A Requiem For Tiananmen.

The young man woke up in a sweat. Pictures and sounds of the previous day swilled around in his brain, like a traumatic hangover. Shouting, chanting, cheering, ...

Mistmatched Travel Diaries - Bavaria - Hiking Konigssee - Up Into The Mountains We Went, Now Across & Back Down!

We had been hiking for about 4 hours now... including a stop for beer and wieners at the hut around halfway up Mt Jenner. This is where our decision point was. ...

Steem Surf Photo Giveaway [Week 8] - Munich Surfing Close-up

Close up, fast turn, epic spray. This is the type of shot that would be very hard to get anywhere other than on a river wave. [](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/D...

Mistmatched Travel Diaries - Bavaria - Hiking Konigssee - Up Into The Mountains We Go.

The hikes of the previous day included very little gain in altitude, and a lot of sitting on boats. Today would be the opposite. Now this being a ski village, i...

Mismatched Travel Diaries - Scotland - A Tidal Shipwreck, A Reflection Of Life In The Scottish Highlands.

The Scottish Coastline is rugged and beautiful. It will be perfectly still one moment, then pouring rain, then perfectly still again. This is the nature of life...

Mismatched Travel Diaries - Munich - A Crow In The Snow, And An Aussie Too.

When I moved to Munich, Germany in 2016, I had experienced enough northern hemisphere winters to know that they are just a little bit different to the winters w...

Mismatched Travel Diaries - Chinatown, New York. - Crazy City, Crazy Suburb, Crazy Fire Escapes.

New York City is a hectic city to begin with. Steel monoliths reach for the sky, while the people that fill them do the same. The city has an extremely rich his...

Steem Surf Photo Giveaway [Week 7]

This guy was trying to launch into a 360-air all day. He would do a few turns, then lead into his big move. One foot off the board, he spun like crazy. For the ...

Mismatched Travel Diaries - Tasmania - Mountains, Lakes & Wombats.

The Tasmanian terrain can change so quickly. One minute you are driving through flat farmland then the next you are heading up a steep hill, surrounded by huge ...

Mismatched Travel Diaries - SCOTLAND - Part 3 - A Sunset Dinner At The End Of The Road.

Diabaig is one of those towns that you visit, and once you are there, you look at the 8 or 9 houses and farms you can see, and say "One day I will buy one of th...

Mismatched Travel Diaries - Bavaria - Hiking Konigsee - Part 3: A Boat, On Water, In Rain.

On our hike back from the Röthbach waterfall, our small group of four were becoming more wary of the weather encroaching. Though we weren't too worried about th...

Mismatched Travel Diaries - Bavaria - Hiking Konigsee - Part 2: Germany's Highest Waterfall.

So we set off after a hearty pre-hike meal. The hike is probably more of a long walk around a lake and up a valley to the Röthbach waterfall. This is pretty muc...

Bouldering Problems - My first post about climbing - My first 6b+ completed.

I have been Bouldering for a little over two years now, and I can't even express how much I enjoy this sport. This is my first post about Bouldering, and defini...

Mismatched Travel Diaries - Bavaria - Hiking Konigsee - Part 1: Das Boot.

Over the weekend, I went offline and into nature. I spent Saturday to Monday hiking various trails around Koniggsee or King's Lake in the Southern region of Bav...

Steem Surf Photo Giveaway - Week 6 - River Surfers

The 5 Stages Of River Surfing. 1 - Surfing. 2 - Waiting. 3 - Prepping. 4 - Chillin'. 5 - Arriving. (from front to back) [](https://steemitimages.com/DQmWY93AQLK...