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March 31, 2024

March Recap: Sunshine and Snowstorm

Pear trail

The Ahr region is not only known for its red wine, its sugar-beet syrup and headquarters of the world-famous gummy bear company Haribo. Since many centuries pears are also cultivated in the municipality of Grafschaft. And of course there is a pear-themed hiking trail basically at my doorstep which I took the opportunity to explore.


Barbarossa Trail

Another hike lead me into and around the city of Sinzig.

Sinzig Castle

Rhine valley and mountain range Siebengebirge

Moated castle Ahrenthal

Highest point reached at Koisdorf

Back in Sinzig: Basilica St. Peter

 

A way of St. James

Many ways of St. James lead to Santiago de Compostela, so why not start at my own doorstep and follow the trailmarkers of the Eifel-Camino? I am not the religious kind but I can certainly appreciate the effort and passion that the makers of the Ways of St. James put into the trail maintenance. Also, besides the excellent waymarking, you get great infrastructure plus a good portion of culture and history.

An Abbey and a castle:

The first section takes me to the monastery of Maria Laach by way of the ruin of Olbrück.

Abbey Maria Laach

Three volcanoes:

The second section hike on a beautiful day takes me up and down three mountain peaks and ends in Mayen. 




Sun, snow and everything in between:

The third section has a every kind of weather including a snow storm in store for me and ends in Kaisersesch.

Just another 2125 km to Santiago de Compostela

Permanent changes in weather

Castle Löwenburg

Castle Philippsburg

View on Monreal and Löwenburg castle

 


Snowstorm in Kaisersesch

 150+ km hiked in March, not bad given the adverse weather conditions we had this month. T.b.c...


Happy Easter!

8 comments:

  1. Beautiful scenery! And a nice Isetta. Don’t see very many of those these days.

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  2. Indeed a wonderful scenery, Richard. The Isetta was a lovely find, and in beautifully restored condition. Cheers, SonjaM

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  3. Great shots as always, I liked the arch bridge shot best. As to the Haribo Gummy Bears, they're the best.

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    1. Haribo has fans in the whole worlds. We love them too. Cheers SonjaM

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  4. Einmal mehr habe ich mir die schönen Bilder von historischen Burgen gerne angesehen. Auch die Wege waren spannend, wenn ich mir das viertletzte Bild anschaue :-)
    Deine 150 km habe ich in diesem Monat selber nicht erreicht, so bin ich nun wenigstens virtuell mitgewandert.
    LG vom Werner

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    1. Schön, dass Du wieder (virtuell) dabei warst. 150 km im Monat sind auch für mich nicht ganz einfach, lieber Werner, auch da ich nur einen Teil des Wochenendes zur Verfügung habe und wir im März auch mit Erkältungen zu tun hatten. Aber ich freue mich über jeden gelaufenen Kilometer. Dir weiterhin alles Gute, SonjaM

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  5. Mensch, da warst Du ja wieder gut unterwegs! Ganz tolle Bilder und ueberwiegend so toller blauer Himmel. Die Isetta ist voll schoen. Habt schoene Ostern! (fuer uns gehts Ostersonntag nach Berlin und dann mit Kind weiter nach Kroatien)

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    1. Ja, ich hab grad einen guten Lauf, im doppelten Sinne. Euch Frohe Ostern und eine schöne Zeit in Kroatien. LG SonjaM

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