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Am offiziellen Startpunkt des Riedweges am Bahnhof Kelsterbach ist weder ein Trailhead noch sonst irgendeine Informationstafel über diesen Weitwanderweg zu entdecken, dafür aber direkt hinter der Fußgänger-Unterführung ein niegelnagelneues Wegzeichen – Riedlinie nennt sich dieser Weg also neuerdings

It's wonderful that we managed a short hike in unexpected sunshine today!



Riesling Loop 4 in the Rheingau region leads from St. Martin's Church in Oberwalluf (parking available, 2 hours with parking disc) out into the vineyards. From up here, there are stunning views across the Rhine Valley to the Rhineland

It was time once again to follow a hike from an old-timers' guidebook, even though not all the paths of the original tour were still traceable.



From the central parking lot at Vockenhausen Town Hall, the route initially follows the pedestrian and cycle path along the Dattenbach stream to the junction

It's a truly special feeling to trudge through the snow while the birds chirp in the forest as if it were already March 21st and spring had arrived. However, the white splendor is melting so rapidly that you can practically watch it happen. And while the forest paths are muddy but otherwise easy to walk

Unlike many other wayside chapels, which often date from the Middle and Late Middle Ages and were erected as thanks for surviving disasters such as the plague, the Chapel of the Fourteen Holy Helpers between Waldsee and Otterstadt is a very young chapel. It was only donated a little over 25 years ago

Anyone who thinks Ingelheimer Schorle (a type of wine spritzer) is a specialty of the old imperial palace town is mistaken. Nor has the town of Ingelheim created a new hiking trail. This particular route gets its name from the fact that it's a combination of the two hiking trails "Ingelheimer Auslese

That the climate up here in the border region between the Spessart and Rhön mountains is harsher than in the Rhine-Main area was to be expected, but that so much snow remained was still surprising. And the high fog also lingered considerably longer.



Up to the Glasmühlweiher pond, the short local circular

Where the Wetterau region gradually transitions into the Lower Vogelsberg Mountains, wooded patches become increasingly common, their hilltops rising above the otherwise predominantly agricultural landscape. Even though these low, wooded hills lie in the lee of the Taunus Mountains, severe storms can

Actually, today wasn't the kind of weather for an outdoor stroll at all, but if there was any chance of getting some fresh air and exercise this week, today was it; the weather, after all, doesn't care about personal schedules. On the other hand, and looking at it positively, it was a chance to finally

In the morning, thick, persistent fog hung in the Main Valley between the Spessart and Odenwald forests, raising concerns that the planned cold but sunny hike to the Schafhof farm would turn into a bitterly cold trek through the mist. However, Amorbach is situated at a higher elevation than the Main