Germany 3 Trips

Sauerland - on my way to Rome!

Peter

Peter, Denmark
Trip in Germany ~ Beginner difficulty

Are you having a cool summer out there in the world? I am. Back again from a four week vacation, including a lot of good old trekking. As you remember, I have this odd project of going all the way to Rome, and this summer the scene for my next step was set in Sauerland, Germany. The dome of St. Peter’s is not at all in
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Harz, teil 2

Everett

Everett, Canada
Trip in Germany ~ Beginner difficulty

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I slung my pack over one shoulder, zipped up my jacket, laced up my gaiters and pushed open the door. Up here on the Borken, the weather was… bad. A cold and icy wind howled, and the fog was so thick you couldn’t even make out the ground at your feet. Luckily the cake and coffee I’d eaten in the café helped ward off the
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Hexenstieg teil1

Everett

Everett, Canada
Trip in Germany ~ Beginner difficulty

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At the tail end of the winter this year, I set off on an adventure that I had planned years ago but had never had the chance to complete. The adventure was simple: cross the entire Harz mountains of Central Germany on foot. It would be a walk through woods and low mountains on some of the most historic walking paths Germany had to offer;
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