Monthly Archives: October 2023
complicit glances
This post is about an 21km walk from Rosbach vor der Höhe to Rockenberg. I see Elvis and put a spider on my head. In the morning Jürgen and his wife Bettina asked me into the kitchen and gave me breakfast. They owned 1000 pigs, but it wasn’t weird to them that I chose to […]
favorites
This post is about an 18km walk from Nieder-Erlenbach to Rosbach vor der Höhe. I start walking in a barn and I end up in another barn. I had found a sheltered spot in someone’s barn. There were some pigeons and mice in there, but they were alright. the swarm When the sparrows came in […]
aaargh
This post is about a 15km walk from Frankfurt to Nieder-Erlenbach. I say goodbye to the weirdo, then I walk through the rain. The weirdo and decided to have one final Turkish breakfast near Konstablerwache. so we walked there together with the Caboose, as we had done so many times before. We ordered omelet and […]
the connoisseur
This post is about a visit to the Städel in Frankfurt. I undergo some medical tests, and I look at some modern art. Aaaaand of course we got a cold. So we stayed in, ate granola, watched Futurama, and tried to get better. It took a while. diagnostics My last checkup for my MS had […]
tennis balls
This post is about a 25km walk from Raunheim to Frankfurt. We warm up in a gas station, then we walk along the river Main into the city. I can’t really say when we woke up, or if we woke up at all. In order to wake up you must sleep, and we had hardly […]
approach path
This post is about a 19km walk from Mainz to Raunheim. We cross the Rhine and camp in a cold spot near the airport. Mainz has parakeets. They’re everywhere in the trees in the Volkspark, cawing and flying around. drama Why are they there? Maybe they escaped from private homes and found hot air vents […]
movable type
This post is about a visit to the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz. We have a good Turkish breakfast and marvel at flamingos. “Old books!” exclaimed the weirdo once again. And so we went to the Gutenberg Museum. Johannes Gutenberg, who is typically credited with the invention of movable type in Europe, lived here in Mainz […]
culiado
This post is about a 16km walk from Nierstein to Mainz. We get drunk with Argentinians and have difficulties getting into Mainz. Did you hear that? I asked the weirdo. When we looked outside, we saw a green, train-like vehicle moving through the vineyards. A bunch of people were sitting in it, and they were […]
the worst war
This post is about a 15km walk from Guntersblum to Nierstein. We rest at the castle ruins in Oppenheim, then we camp in the vineyards. Ah, so relaxed! After two and a half days in the winery we felt good again, and so we packed our stuff, bought another bottle of Xenia for the way, […]
to the wine!
This post is about a 5km walk from Mettenheim to Guntersblum. We wake up in a pavilion in the vineyards and walk to a winery. I was just waking up, and the sky was still a shade of dark blue when I heard a bunch of kids riding past us on their bicycles. “Look, someone […]
deluxe camping experience
This post is about a 17km walk from Worms to Mettenheim. We sleep in our tent even though we have paid for a hotel room. We did something stupid today. Or smart. But definitely stupid. We had paid for a hotel room in Worms, and the payment was non-refundable. And yet we decided to leave […]
oh, when I get low
This post is about a day of sightseeing in Worms. We see the Martin Luther Monument, the cathedral, and the Nibelung Museum. Worms was one of the places most closely associated with Martin Luther. It hadn’t gone down well with the Catholic church that Luther had asked for reforms in 1517, and a few years […]
chemical streets
This post is about a 22km walk from Ludwigshafen to Worms. We walk along the BASF chemical plant for a long time. Walking out of Ludwigshafen felt a bit weird. Everything was either made of asphalt or concrete, the residential buildings seemed to be mostly prefab, and there were flyovers everywhere. At least some of […]
a stone on a grave
This post is about a 25km walk from Speyer to Ludwigshafen. We visit the Jewish cemetery of Speyer and walk late into the night. We went to the Jewish cemetery first. Or rather: we went to the part of the Christian cemetery that had been given to the Jewish community in the late 19th century. […]
where the Shapiros are from
This post is about Jewish life in Speyer. We visit a museum holding the ruins of the old synagogue and the ritual bath. We stayed in Speyer for two days and looked around a little bit. Speyer wasn’t just a Königspfalz and the site of the Imperial Cathedral of Speyer, it was also home to […]
I’m becoming a car-hater and there’s nothing I wanna do about it
This post is about a 13km walk from Lingenfeld to Speyer. We reach the Imperial Cathedral of Speyer, and so do a bunch of cars. We had spent the night on a lot for motorhomes. It was next to a campground that had closed for the season, and there were no amenities except for a […]
grown-ups like to get lost
This post is about a 21km walk from Leimersheim to Lingenfeld. We learn about corn mazes and find a place that serves burgers. Swole Stefan had been right: Fritz, the owner of the farm with the corn maze, was a kind man. He let us pitch the tent under an overhanging roof on his premises, […]
without the wolf
This post is about a 24km walk from Neuburg to Leimersheim. We walk through a town that prides itself on a dead wolf. We stayed in Neuburg for two days. The guesthouse was clean and quiet, and it was run by a friendly lady who really liked to talk about Mongolia. Her daughter-in-law was from […]