Germany, Austria, Slovenia & Croatia, July 27 - August 25, 2025

Due to personal circumstances, we had to change our overseas travelplans to a tour through Europe.
Not a bad thing, by the way! We had plenty of time, so we were able to cover some distance.
We were aiming for Austria, Slovenia and Croatia.
Unfortunately, Rick sprained his ankle in the second week of the holiday, making the planned mountain hikes
and cave visits impossible. We looked for an alternative itinerary that limited walking, mostly on and/or around the campsite.
We traveled from July 27 to August 25, 2025 and visited Germany, Austria, Slovenia and Croatia (with a minute visit to Italy).

Summer is the low season for birds in Europe, so we focused primarily on butterflies,
of which we still saw over 70 species despite Rick's injury.
The landscape was the most impressive, and Slovenia is definitely on our list to visit again.

Common Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis muralis	Common Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis muralis	Lombard Furrow-Bee Halictus langobardicus	Great Banded Furrow-Bee Halictus scabiosae	Great Banded Furrow-Bee Halictus scabiosae
Great Banded Furrow-Bee Halictus scabiosae	Great Banded Furrow-Bee Halictus scabiosae	Great Banded Furrow-Bee Halictus scabiosae	Common Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis muralis	European Paper Wasp Polistes dominula
Guus & Rick	Dock Leaf Bug Coleus marginatus marginatus	Common Carder Bumblebee Bombus pascuorum borealis	The Guldenbach	Lunch at the Guldenbach
Guus meeting his equal	Felseneremitage	Large Gold Grasshopper Chrysochraon dispar dispar	Large Gold Grasshopper Chrysochraon dispar dispar	Yellow-Spotted Tortrix Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
Guus & José on a mission	Just a Familyshot	Just a Familyshot	Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus	Lesser Golden Knapweed Fly Chaetorellia jaceae
Common Furrow-Bee Lasioglossum calceatum	Common Furrow-Bee Lasioglossum calceatum	Red-Tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius lapidarius	Meadow Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus parallelus	Dark Bush-Cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus tithonus	Common Speckled Bush-Cricket Leptophyes punctatissima	Rens @ Work	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus icarus	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus icarus
View over Guldental	Forest Walk	Wood Cricket Nemobius sylvestris sylvestris	Watching Bee-Eaters	Camp Fire
Wet start of our journey