In the third year of the crisis and in early January 2022, we finally went on a little hike again. The route was again around 16 km and this time took us along the upper Rhine in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. Actually, January is pretty much the worst time of year to be outside, but still better than being inside when the weather is reasonably good, that is when it’s not raining. The temperature was also hovering around freezing and we were again pretty much the only people out on Saturday. In the end we moved around the forests and bats and along the Rhine near Hördt in Germany in Rheinland Pfalz.
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This time our hike in early January 2022 went to the flat plain of the Rhine valley north near Karlsruhe in Germany. We had chosen this route because it is a bit more relaxed to walk without climbs and also we did not know the area yet. The Rhine valley north of Basel is about 50 km wide and completely flat. Therefore, there are a lot of fields on this fertile soil, but also some forests. So we walked through this ancient cultivated area at almost 0 degrees Celsius in winter.
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Winter in 2021 was getting closer and closer and it was once again an opportunity to walk around a bit in beautiful autumnal weather with lots of bright colors. This hike led us again in de area Stromberg in Baden Württemberg in Germany on a route of about 17 km through fields and forest, as always in a circle.
In this video, I go on a hike through the Stromberg region, a hilly area in Baden-Württemberg known for its mixture of forests, vineyards, meadows, and small villages. The Stromberg forms part of the Stromberg-Heuchelberg Nature Park, a protected area that combines natural beauty with centuries of human tradition. Hiking here feels like discovering a landscape where culture and nature are woven closely together.
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This short hike was an approximately 10km long track around the village Muehlhausen in Baden Wuerttemberg in Germany. The hike was along the river Enz, along old and abandoned vineyards and finally back to the village and along still cultivated vineyards at the end of autumn 2020.
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