Dreiauge

Breakfast until 11, check-out until 12, so getting up was tough, but I'd already decided yesterday to shorten today's route a bit, so it ended at the Neuengamme concentration camp memorial, which unfortunately made a happy ending impossible.



Actually, my tours are usually laced with irony and sarcasm

When I glanced out the window this morning, my weekend plans initially seemed buried in snow, but according to the timetable, there were no disruptions to bus and train services, so I left my car in the garage and set off only a little later than planned.



The bus driver seemed to be having a blast; all

Today I hiked to Kutenholz for the first time, a municipality in the southwestern part of the district that I'd previously only explored by car or (e-)bike.



I started in Bargstedt, one of the towns in my "52 B's" series.



Along the way were the Frankenmoor moor with the Bever spring and the villages of

This is Christmas lighting I like. Especially the fire in picture #2!…🤩🤩🔝📷👏🙋🏻‍♂️

If you want to explore your district more thoroughly, you sometimes have to take some less pleasant routes, and the sections of the bike path are particularly unpleasant for cyclists. You definitely need good suspension and, above all, nerves of steel. 😄

Otherwise, the route sometimes led across fields

While others fulfilled their dream of hiking from Buxtehude to Stade years ago 😉, I first had to complete the 1000 km in this city-to-city hiking project before finally getting active in my own district, which really only has these two charming Hanseatic cities.



The tour started at Buxtehude train station

As I set off today for the Elbe island of Krautsand, which lies diagonally opposite Glückstadt, it felt like Christmas was already a thing of the past. After all, it felt like ages ago when I walked through the Düsseldorf Christmas market, and there was practically nothing Christmassy to be found on

Today's goal was to somehow get from Giessen to Osnabrück. Around 30,000 demonstrators and 6,000 police officers were the main obstacle.



Since I wanted to treat myself to breakfast first, I didn't need to head back to Giessen's main train station.



The idea of a tour from Giessen to Wetzlar appealed to

Before tomorrow's massive demonstration in Giessen, with an expected 11,000 participants, today offered a chance for a little warm-up along the Lahn River.



The starting point was the rather unspectacular small town of Lollar, where even the view from the Lollarer Kopf hill wasn't particularly impressive

Today I took the train from Karlsruhe, where I hadn't managed to do any sightseeing yesterday, to Hanau. There was already plenty to see along the way; the bright sunshine offered beautiful views of the Neckar River and the Odenwald Forest.



The weather held up initially, allowing me to explore Hanau in