Christine🔹

Of course, I have many favorite walks here. One of them (my absolute favorite?) starts in the beautiful northern neighborhood of Hampstead.



Here, urban life blends perfectly with unspoiled nature. You can buy a small house in the area for a few million! But looking doesn't cost anything.



My garden shed

After hiking along the towpaths of the East End, it was still early, but my feet were already a bit tired.



Time for a museum, so I hurried to one of my favorites, the National Portrait Gallery. Not to be confused with the National Gallery!



At my favorite museum, you're allowed to stare at people without

During the time I was constantly in London (roughly 2000-2018), I rarely visited the East End (except for Wapping, Brick Lane, and the Isle of Dogs—basically the usual tourist spots).



But Stepney, Bow, and Limehouse were never on my list.



These neighborhoods are traditionally poor, and in London, that

I used to go to London very, very often.



Now I was overcome with nostalgia and wanted to find out one more time: Can I still wander through the metropolis on my own? What's changed, and have I changed? 🤔



Can I still manage without a map 🗺️ and a helpless tourist's gaze? Are all those old favorite insider

My dear friend @PeGre is visiting and I'm taking her on a little tour of Lünen.



With the lovely winter sunshine, the grounds of the former State Garden Show are perfect for a stroll. In today's Seepark (Lake Park), you can walk as short or as long as you like; there are places to stop for refreshments

The motorway winds its way right through the charming twin town of Rheda-Wiedenbrück, giving you a choice: Rheda on the left, Wiedenbrück on the right, or both. As far as your feet will carry you!



After visiting family in Lower Saxony, I'm driving on the boring A2 again today. All alone and under-caffeine

13°. I'm just saying 🌞🏖️

It's calling me to get out, and, as I hope, somewhere "beautiful".



From Lünen to Westerwinkel Castle near Herbern 🚗, Google Maps sends me along some completely unknown little roads in the Münsterland region. They're always just wide enough for two cars to pass each other, winding

What did I say, dear @Viktoria11? My 600th Komoot ride was bound to be a bust. And so it is 😁



For Christmas, my husband gave me a generous gift: a pair of flashers for cycling in the dark. They're like arm cuffs that shine really brightly 💡💡💡, and you can use them to flash your lights (because in

On the way there, I listen to WDR 4 news: January in North Rhine-Westphalia was too warm. Nowhere in our country was it as warm as here 🥵



Well, I think, it's all relative. I haven't been sweating much lately, but yes, we avid Komoot users know:



"Snow and ice everywhere,

only in Lünen is it hot."



But not

There's a lot to think about, and at some point you have to get moving 🤸‍♀️ - two good reasons to go outside today.



I can't for the life of me think of a third 😬



A few snowflakes mingle with the rain on the way; I peek out from under my sou'wester to see if there's anything to discover, or... NOTHING