Travelogues Hesse

Mon. 04/20/2026 to Tue. 04/21/2026 Departure Day and Trip Conclusion Incredible but true.

When Schopenhauer calls, I must absolutely come. Unfortunately, there is no appropriate recognition of the outstanding philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer anywhere in Germany, no...

My trip across the big pond

Distance 107 kilometers, cumulative 564 kilometers | Elevation gain 420, cumulative 2‘210 meters, distance from home 446 kilometers (as the crow flies) Soon after my departure,...

Distance 94 kilometers, cumulative 349 kilometers | Elevation 480, cumulative 850 meters, distance from home 329 kilometers Today I only woke up at 7 a.m.; it seems I was a bit...

By train to Frankfurt and from there to Casablanca

Route 108 kilometers, cum. 457 kilometers | Elevation 940, cum. 1,790 meters, distance from home 381 kilometers (as the crow flies) My fourth day of travel is already behind me....

After visiting Goethe's birthplace and the small Schopenhauer exhibition (Schopenhauer in Frankfurt/M.), we take the

Finally an adventure again We know longing: the longing for family at home, which is usually satisfied at regular intervals. The longing for distance, where big and small...

August 10, 2025, Frankfurt, Deutsche Bank Park Stadium, a pleasant 28 degrees Celsius. It was Robbie Williams' farewell to Germany on his big tour, and somehow I even got the...

09.08.2025: On this warm summer morning, we leave Frankfurt Main Station on Regional Train RB 10 heading towards Rüdesheim am Rhein. The thermometer already reads 26 degrees, but...

View over the Weserbergland

Day 1: Weil am Rhein - Frankfurt Our first travel day began with a small change of plans: Due to construction on the tracks, our original train connection was canceled....

Note from the editor: to protect personal rights, some images have been edited. Korbach We have arranged a multi-day bike tour in Korbach on Sunday afternoon. We refer to our...

It feels like ages ago, yet I remember it as if I just returned yesterday. My journey to South America has changed me. It has made me more confident, it has made me bolder, it...

Let's go to the Azores

the blog begins... today I decided to start the blog, and yes, there are still 177 days until departure or 181 days until the MS Norröna will take us from Hirtshals over...

Finally, the big day of this year's departure has arrived! The light on the Mistral works perfectly after Zappa's all-day and thorough overhaul. I've already sorted out my...

Heart attack before departure...

July 26, 2021 The suitcases are packed, this afternoon at 5:30 we want to go to the airport. The online check-in at Condor, which we try in the morning (usually available 24...

We aimed to dock in our home port around 2:00-3:00 PM. On our final leg, we were also joined by my two grandchildren, who took part in the journey. As I warned them, it was...

Travis and his adults have arrived back home. The end of an incredible journey.

On Sunday, April 14th, we started early, first to Horgen on Lake Zurich to visit our friends and godchildren. On the way, about halfway there, we were surprised by thick white...

What is a memory?  An image in the head and a feeling in the heart. The morning was hectic an

Hello dear ones! So here we go! Right now I'm sitting at Frankfurt Airport waiting for my boarding group to be called. The farewell was harder for me than I thought; this...

What's going on here? Nothing is happening here anymore. Maybe I just lacked the travel air for writing. Maybe I just had other things on my mind, maybe I didn't feel like it,...

After our first stage on the Lahn, my mom and I continue to follow it over the border into Hesse until Marburg and discover there a beautiful historic university city.

Mauritius Airport 1

To the UAE for the 9th time

Every vacation eventually comes to an end...