(these are the names of the towns in the local dialect) This train runs for about 18km between Weinheim an der Bergstraße und Fürth im Odenwald. It was opened in 1895. The first part of the line – the part between Weinheim and Birkenau, less … Continue reading Between Woinem and Berkene
you just have to find it.
Well, I didn’t find it here. Took this photo to tell our son: Clean up or else! (last on the card on my phone)
But I did find the smile here when on a bicycle tour with my sister yesterday. It was, I must admit, before we found out that there would be another 10km to get home after having already ridden for 30km. For those who don’t know: the Odenwald is not flat, even on an e-bike you have to pedal hard occasionall). (last on the card on my camera).
For Brian’s Last on the Card in February
“We all live under the same sky, but we don’t have the same horizon.”
Konrad Adenauer
On Friday night, we went to a Christmas light installation in Bad König in the Odenwald. A walk around the lake, set in the local spa gardens, was full of colours and story for the little ones. The lights were reflected on the water giving … Continue reading A Night of Light and Reflection
Once upon a time there was this ridge of mountains from Basel to Frankfurt and then about 50 million years ago the middle part sank down and the ridge became a rift: the Upper Rhine Valley. On either side are mountain ranges, the higher altitude … Continue reading This part of Germany
of the Odenwald The places in the Odenwald I love most are populated by beech trees. I love the fresh green in the spring, the luscious dark canopy in the summer, and then the leaves turning to gold in the autumn, even when they turn … Continue reading A Few Walks in the Woods
German Wikipedia calls Melibokus a mountain, English speaking Wikipedia calls it a hill. Melibokus has an altitude of 517m and is the highest elevation in the Bergstraße region of southern Hesse, i.e. it’s the closes thing we have to a mountain around here.
have to be adaptable – to the landscape, the ground conditions, ownership rights.
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Adaptable
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