castle ruins

General Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country of Central Europe. It is bounded by Austria on the west, the…

This hike was to Bad Dürkheim in Reinland Pfalz in Germany at the end of 2021. First it went uphill through forests…

Just before Christmas, a 16km tour took us into the Palatinate Forest to Neustadt an der Weinstrasse in Rhineland/Palatinate in 2021. Neustadt…

This weekend we went again close to France to the Alsace and the Northern Vosges to visit the castle ruin Windstein. Actually,…

This time an excursion led again to France to the Alsace in the Northern Vosges. On the plan was the castle ruin…

ALSACE, FRANCE: On this Sunday excursion we went to nearby France to visit another castle ruin. The destination was the ruin Fleckenstein…

ZAVELSTEIN, GERMANY: Burg Zavelstein is located in the northern Black Forest in Germany. It is a ruin of a castle that was…

RIBEAUVILLE, FRANCE: This time our excursion took place in the French Vosges. The Vosges are a low mountain range in the east…

OWEN, GERMANY: Actually, we wanted to go to our garden. From the garden we always saw a castle on a mountain. The…

General The tenth day leaves the coast and follows the northern side of the volcano inland, into the valley of the Alcantara.…