Travelogues Bavaria

Vacation time for us always means cheat time and game time. While camping, we tend to cook a lot ourselves (as Swabians, we're too stingy to eat out all the time), but the...

Neuschwanstein It should be clear that the author of this blog is a bit of a Neuschwanstein fanboy. But who can blame him? The symbiosis of a fairy tale castle and...

Following the motto "During the vacation is before the vacation" (author: Daniel Appenmaier, 2026), we are already intensively planning our 2027 vacation. For the first time...

Heat Days Even the days after Mia's birthday were marked by partly murderous heat. This means that there isn't much exciting to report from these days: Cooling off in the...

After six and a half weeks of adventure and a brief stop at friends' place, we have returned home to Munich. The tour was fantastic, the weather was good enough, and the...

Of course, today everything was under the motto 'Mia's 14th Birthday'... That means: almost everything. Since my wife had sore muscles in her calves from the long walks on the two...

I sleep in, after all it's Saturday, and treat myself to breakfast at Knoll's bakery down in the village. Croissant, coffee, an egg, and the ta

The Return Journey: A Sweet Farewell and Unexpected Discoveries in the Balkans After an unforgettable time in Albania, it was time to say goodbye. Our friendly host, who wanted...

Route: 103 kilometers, total: 3,448 kilometers | Elevation: 580, cumulative elevation 14,450 meters, distance from home: 384 kilometers (as the crow flies) Today's stage could...

Route: 61 kilometers, cumulative: 1,504 kilometers | Elevation gain: 150 m, cumulative elevation gain: 6,219 m, distance from home: 404 kilometers (as the crow flies)** In...

Route: 99 kilometers, cumulative: 1,443 kilometers | Elevation gain: 530 meters, cumulative elevation gain: 6,069 meters, Distance from home: 426 kilometers (as the crow flies) I...

Niessen? Never mind. The way there is just too beautiful and exciting to bother with details. Ms. Kati always says that's where people often fail in life. If you don't pay...

Warm greetings from Munich! I finally had the chance to meet Finn and Maria again. Friends I met in Magdeburg who moved to Munich a few years ago. Since I have always...

Route: 78 kilometers, cumulative: 3,606 kilometers | Elevation: 280, cumulative elevation 15,120 meters, distance from home: 278 kilometers (as the crow flies) Grünwald near...

Route: 80 kilometers, total: 3,528 kilometers | Elevation: 390, cumulative elevation: 14,840 meters, distance from home: 331 kilometers (as the crow flies) Do you know the old...

My persistence is finally paying off after 1.5 years of applying. I'm traveling by train and would like to immerse myself in relaxation r

Partenkirchen, known as Partanum, was a Roman settlement that was increasingly developed for trade relations. In the high Middle Ages, the Fugger family utilized this important...

our meeting with Fred and the Brussels sprout people

After a restful night and a good breakfast, we set off for the next 257 km. We traveled through the Franconian Forest and the Fichtel Mountains into the Bavarian Forest. All of...

183 km, 1,946 meters of elevation, 8:10 hours in motion Summit: Kleiner Arber 1,384 meters (Upper Palatinate) Großer Arber 1,455 meters (Lower Bavaria) For “reconciliation,”...

188 km, 2,594 meters of elevation gain, 7:45 hours in the saddle Summit: Kreuzberg 927 meters (Lower Franconia) After being completely exhausted by the last 60 km from Würzburg...

06/07/2025: After a restful night at Hotel Buckelhof and a rather decent breakfast, we set off to Obermaiselstein. Rain was forecast, but it wasn't raining when we left. Still,...

Allgäu - a previously overlooked region. On Monday morning, we leave Munich heading for Lindau on Lake Constance. The weather forecast promises a mix of conditions today and...

Tuesday, March 25, 2025, Bremen - Sunshine. Let's go - 11 AM. The plan is: A 7 as far as possible. We decided to head towards the Franconia region near Würzburg. The place...

This morning we started our journey outside Switzerland in Germany. After a joint breakfast, we filled up our water supplies at a local fountain and set off to Zurich. However,...

Today I am starting my first hike, and I want to do it alone. I'm going from Wertach to Schießbachtobel and finally to Ellegghöhe. This is about 1,100 m above sea level....

Indeed, I have thoughts of murder. While it is true that the view from the room is breathtaking, a murder could still be on the horizon.<

is located at 915 m above sea level. Here it feels as if time has stood still a little. Traditions are n

and didn't step behind the cows. I would have wished for rubber boots then. "So rubber boots make perfect sense," I think to myself today, because I’m just going to assume that I...

We set off for Bad Kissingen in the morning, through the snow. Unfortunately, the A45 motorway was closed shortly after we got on, so we were already stuck at the next exit...