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It's been over five years since we hiked from Dachau to Lohhof, time for a sequel. Up until now, we've gone clockwise, but today we're going the other way: that way we get more winter sun on our faces, and the public transport connection was a bit smoother. Although it's a strange feeling to be sitting

"It's difficult to get rid of people in Germany..." shouts a brisk-looking man in his mid-thirties, wearing a short coat, into his phone. What could he mean by that? That a terrorist attack was prevented over the weekend? That migration policy is complicated? That millions of administrative jobs are

It's supposed to be the last mild morning before the winter weather turns. Silken light hangs over everything, so I quickly take a stroll, just for the sake of it, along a familiar route. It leads through the cemetery. I'm almost alone there, a profound silence. The occasional distant gunshots I heard

In a beloved activity, such as fly fishing, the activity itself is the true goal, not its eventual outcome. It's about perfecting the method, and eventually, the method becomes a style. Style, in turn, is something for old men. With these thoughts in mind, I spent a brief hour walking, cultivating the

A chancellor from a provincial backwater in the Sauerland, who otherwise flies above the clouds in a private jet, is surely well-versed in cityscapes, otherwise he wouldn't be talking about them, would he? True, as a politician you don't necessarily have to be an expert in the subject matter, but rather

Small morning round between the celebrations and reprise after 30 years 😀

Final stage, another great adventure – while planning, I didn't quite understand why the GR5 takes the "detour" through the mountains near Montgenèvre and doesn't lead directly to Briançon, although the variant via the Tour de France pass Col de Granon is certainly available as the GR5C, and the bad

The Clarée Valley is special: a long high valley that extends deep into the Mont Thabor mountain range. The section from Névache to the end of the valley is particularly charming, a popular excursion area with numerous mountain huts scattered throughout. For a leisurely day trip without major exertion

The clouds hang low, and it's raining persistently, although not as heavily as feared. Nevertheless, we refrain from taking the standard GR5 route over the Col des Thures (2197 m): an ascent through wet forest, a crossing over a plateau where you can see nothing, a steep descent through wooded, eroded

A special stage in perfect weather: at the Col de Vallée Etroite (2434 m), we enter the Southern Alps, as the French define it, and move from the Savoie department to the Hautes Alpes, from the Graian Alps to the Cottian Alps. At the same time, we cross the main Alpine ridge once again to the side of