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🏰 Castle Ruin Blankenhorn | Exploring History in the Stromberg Hills

One of the first excursions after the winter break in the crisis in Germany was to the Blankenhorn castle ruins. In this […]

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 […]

This time I woke up before sunrise. During the night it had become quite cold, and I was woken by the persistent […]

I woke up around 08:00 to the loud crashing of waves hitting the rocks in front of me. I freshened up and […]

That day I got up early again. By then I had already covered about 500 kilometers in the country, mostly by bus. […]

After sunrise, I made up my mind about the day. I packed my things and went downstairs to pay. The hotel had […]

Because of the disturbances during the night, I woke up quite early again. I freshened up as best I could, checked out, […]

I got up again around 08:00. The night had become quite cold, especially in a room without any heating. I hadn’t really […]

As you can see from the first picture, I was on my way quite early. Above Zagora there was still fog, and […]