While hitting Route 66, I popped into 12 locations in the Mojave for a spot of urbexing. Visit my other blog – urbex.photosbydenn.is/category/usa/2 – for the trip reports.

Three days in California before a work trip full of meetings meant a rented Mustang convertible and miles of highway into the Californian desert. Ticked of a bucket list item of driving on Route 66; one day I hope to drive its entirety.

Fasnacht hit the Basel region this weekend and therefore it was a good reason to leave it! So for 36 hours we had a weekend away at Konstanz on the Bodensee, visiting the Sea Life centre and Insel Mainau. Next time we’ll have to stay a bit longer, and when

After a few weeks of snow, we elected to visit Papilorama, a tropical butterfly zoo located just outside Bern. The girls had fun playing with the butterflies and the bats in the noctural area. Well worth a visit on a lazy weekend. www.papilorama.ch Visit the gallery here.