Augst, Switzerland (December 2020)
Travel
ViaRhenana: Days 8 & 9
Walking the last two segments of the ViaRhenana was like coming full circle. I had begun the trail at the end of lockdown, and now I was finishing it before another impending lockdown. When I arrived in Bad Säckingen in November, the sun was shining. Day 8: When I started out on the second to […]
ViaRhenana: Day 7
The first six segments of this hike along the Rhine River were multi-day hikes. The first hike was in summer and the second hike in late summer, early autumn. With three segments left, I tried to decide how I wanted to divvy up the last three days. In the end, the weather was forecasted to […]
A Postcard from Alpsee
When I told a colleague I would be visiting Neuschwanstein, he suggested a walk around the Alpsee. Unfortunately it was too rainy and cold to walk all the way around it, but what we did see was beautiful.
Hohenschwangau & Neuschwanstein
A trip to Füssen to see Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein, arguably Germany’s most famous castle, was never really on my must-see list. But since this year everything is different, I thought it would be the perfect time to visit. No battling tourists to get the good view or standing in a long line for tickets. Due […]
A Walk Around Hopfensee
Savor precious moments and commit them to memory. I recently spent a week in Germany. It was both wonderful and stressful as I kept an eye on the list of designated risk areas, first not knowing if I would be able to enter the country and then not knowing if I’d be able to go […]