The Flip Flop Squad
A blog about travel, life enjoyment & fight against the routine
This is an illustration inspired by the new magazine for girls aged 7-11, “Kosmos”. It starts a series of illustrations of inspiring female characters – both from real life and literature. Thinking “What would Hermione do” helps in most situations 😉
You can’t buy happiness, they say.  But you can buy 1 hour of the ULM flight over The Heart of Voh, lagoons and their 50 shades of blue and this is kinda same thing. Coeur de Voh was made famous by the publications of a […]
One day I saw a picture of the Rainbow Mountain in Peru and it immediately took possession of my mind and conquered my Bucket List. It’s not really a challenge to convince my Alps-born, Alps-votary husband to climb any mountain, so one October night, during […]
I was supposed to run my first half marathon in Barcelona, in February 2016. But then, 2 months before half marathon, I broke my back and my leg (jinx!). So I ended up in Barcelona in a role of a limping cheerleader of my friends. […]
There comes a day in every woman’s life (some 70 years earlier than in a man’s life) when she hits a universally acceptable expiration date. What to do then? There are three options: A: wrap yourself in an old fashion two-pieces suit (over the knee, […]
We packed into a jeep – together with a couple from Switzerland, our guide Eddie and our cook Antonina – and set off for Sud Lipez, the desert region of southern Bolivia, on the Chilean border, located at the altitude of 4000 (!!!) m. On […]
I am one of those girls who have spent their life bypassing PE classes and shudder at the very thought of physical activity. When my husband at the very beginning of our relationship tried to persuade me to do some sport together, I have said […]
It all started with a red jacket. The jacket was supposed to be practical, warm, suitable for the mountains, but also thin and easy to stuff in a self-stowing pocket. But at the same time it was beautifully tailored, made of organic cotton, in a […]
Doodles for my friend’s birthday has become our little tradition. Â I drew our “likenesses” for the first time for her 18th birthday. And here we are, celebrating her birthday 12 years later! I’m obviously way too lazy to do it every year, and I think […]
GOAL OF THE DAY: SURVIVE LA RUTA DE LA MUERTEÂ ! The adventure of the day is to survive “The world’s most dangerous road”. In the program: 64 km downhill from 4700m to 1100 m n.p.m. So basically we start in piercing cold, wrapped in 50 […]
