Ramblers watch out: Today I am going to provide you with a hiking proposal of that special kind. This walk is so amazing that even die-hard fans of the Harz Mountains that have seen it all will simply love it: The „Gründe Runde“ above Wildemann. And whoever wants a refill afterwards can continue at nearbye Lautenthal and take the circular
We are approaching our first Covid-19 winter and this is serious: There is again talk about social distancing, about wearing a mask everywhere and about social isolation. Prior to a next possible shutdown I need something for the heart to keep it in me for the dark time of „solitary confinement“: An enchanted forest. Where can I find it? Of
Always expect the unexpected also within the Saxon Switzerland. Upon a verspertine walk around Pirna I learn about the Saxon wine route and the corresponding hiking trail. Wine-hiking in the smallest growing area of Germany that sounds tempting. That’s why I am using my day off to try the first stage of the path. It starts at Pirna and leads
Going to the Elbsandsteingebirge I do not know more of it than Pirna and Bad Schandau. That changes quickly during this week. Upon taking the urban railway to reach the access points of the hiking tours you get to know the places along the route quite quickly. When we come to Königstein on our second day I realize quickly that
The city of Pirna, about twenty kilometres away from Dresden, is a good starting point for hiking trails at the Saxon Switzerland. The district town has a good connection to the urban railsway and to busses. The Guestcard mobile is accepted in all public transport of the Saxon Switzerland. Our hotel, the Pirn’sche Hof, is located at the historical market
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Robert Misik, a Vienna journalist and political writer, presented an essay called “The false friends of the ordinary people.” I instantly wonder who exactly is meant by the “ordinary” people? Colloquially the term indicateds the working class, that kind of people who earn their money by hard and simple work: nurses, till girls, dustmean just to name a few. Who
As of late vice is given a new chance in Braunschweig: The “Löwen-Play” located on the Berliner Straße has plans for the opening of a brothel on its second floor. I had not heard of this project so far. Yesterday I was confronted with the fears and resistance of the adjacent residents manifested as posters and banner. I came across
This Corona summer Germany definitely turned into a sports nation. Both, in the city and at the country side bicyclers as far as the eye can see. In the Harz mountains hiking is the number one past time of the German tripper. I rarely saw the parking site for hikers at Ilsenburg that packed as last sunday. Also the way
It is still summer, it is still warm outside, but the feeling of “German Angst” is already here again. The fear of the cold season and a second wave of Covid 19 is like a sword of Damocles, combined with the menace of a second shutdown. Therefore I wonder on this sunny morning: “What bolsters me up in these times