Judith

While last year I had to resort to a ruse to discreetly steer the family vacation toward Rügen and thus to the Megamarch, this year my better half came forward and asked, "Is the Rügen march happening again? And is it during the fall break again?"

Rügen was completely convincing!

This year, too, I had

The first Padermarsch was fantastic. I definitely wanted to be there. Luckily, I was able to snag a ticket.

The preparation didn't go quite as well as I'd hoped, but no matter, it was enough in the end. And above all, it was fun.

The route was fantastic, the organization was great, and the weather was

Descent from the Nebelhorn - Stage 3. The family was up first, but we split up because of the dog. So I had to hurry a bit, since it was already past lunchtime. I skipped the climb and simply hopped on the Nebelhorn cable car to make sure I made it to the top today. The view was truly more than impressive

Miss Child wasn't really in the mood for hiking, so we needed some motivation. We found the MounTeens series and set off on a search for the Imberg treasure (oberstaufen.de/bergsportbericht/801906070-MounTeens-Detektivweg-am-Imberg). It was really fun: puzzles, hiking, marbles, playgrounds... there was

Vacation! Miss Child wanted to go to the mountains because she'd never seen them before. So the odds were 2-1 in favor of the mountains, and my better half agreed to head south for a change. Arriving at the first campsite, we checked to see if there were any interesting walking trails nearby. We chose

Oh my gosh... I haven't been on a proper hike in over half a year... That wasn't my plan. Since I'm currently doing additional training, it was clear that I'd have to cut down on hiking a bit, as the courses take place on weekends. But not hiking at all—no! That's not possible!

My better half wanted to

Nordmarsch is coming to NRW. That was good news. Especially as it was also going to Baldeneysee, the extended home zone. I found 9 a.m. as a start time very convenient. Rested, I set off for Essen. Finding a parking space was no problem at all, but when I changed my shoes in the car I was shocked to

Last day on Rügen.

We wanted to see Cape Arkona. We decided on the car park on the north beach. An absolute dream beach. Wide, beautiful sand and, at least today, almost deserted. The cape itself was much busier. The view from the lighthouse is really spectacular. Unfortunately, we didn't make it to the

Today we went hiking again with the whole family. The Black Lake and the high bank hiking trail between Binz and Sellin were included.

It was sooo worth it. The photos don't even come close to showing it. The forest in all the bright autumn colors. It was really picturesque.

The great path conditions

Near the holiday apartment there are the megalithic tombs of Lancken Granitz. Mrs. Dog and I wanted to look at them. Since the rest of the family wanted to drive to Bergen and Mrs. Dog doesn't like small towns, we got out on the way and looked at the tombs. Then we took a short walk to Neu Reddevitz