Thuringia

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#65: Return to Seuchland ... eeh Germany

20.03.2020: Return to the Unknown.

Day 21

Today we traveled from Puttgarden through Heiligenhafen, Lübeck, across Schleswig Holstein and Lower Saxony, past Fryburg to Triptis. Here we managed to get a room at the...

Day 11: Visiting the BUGA 2021 in Erfurt

Today we planned a relaxing, sunny day without cycling. We only rode 3km in total to the breakfast café. We started before 9am to secure a place at the café 'Füchsen'. However,...

Sunflowers in Sonneberg

The night was very quiet despite the city parking lot, and I slept quite well, maybe a bit too long. At 9:30 the parking lot is filled with cars. I cycle back to the Main river...

Immelborn-Meiningen

The after-noise Young birthday partygoers listening to 80s music and frog croaking (quietly). The day Short stage from Immelborn to Meiningen, the big challenge comes at the...

Day 7 - from Erfurt to Gotha

Hello dear ones, Today we walked about 27km through fields and asphalt paths under the bright sunshine. We also walked a section directly on a plowed road that seemed to be made...

Goodbye Thuringia, welcome to Hesse, hello Harz!

View of the Saale loop from the 'Teufelskanzel'

Day 19: Short Stay in Erfurt

Our penultimate stop on our Interrail journey is called Erfurt. Before heading to Dortmund, we took a two-hour train ride from Dresden on our last Wednesday, but with a...

New Zealand day - part 2

In the afternoon, we held our workshops. We have dancing, songwriting, and circus activities. It's always a lot of fun. One group was preparing dinner while the other kids played...

5./6. Day - from Buttelstedt to Erfurt

Hello dear ones, On Saturday, I set off in glorious sunshine on a route of about 31km from Buttelstedt to Erfurt, along beautiful meadows and field paths. But before I started...

#2 "You guys are still here!"

The Krämerbrücke, the longest continuously inhabited bridge in Europe, lined with houses.

Tag 45 - It begins! German Racewars day 1/4

Heeeeeey guys!!!! After a long wait, the GRW is finally here!!! We waited with our camper right next to the waiting line for entry for our friends. At 1pm, a large part of it...

Tag 44 - Arrival at the long-awaited German Racewars

Hello everyone! Today's entry will be a little shorter because we were driving all day and fortunately nothing happened :). After breakfast, we headed to the Kindel airfield in...

Germany

What a lucky day! Olena and I have seen bears and wolves only a few meters away from us today in the "Alternativer Bärenpark Breitenworbis". I could really recommend this...

11th day - from Vacha to Geisa

Hello everyone, Today I covered about 20 km from Vacha to Geisa, marking the second Camino de Santiago of my tour. From now on, I will be following a white seashell on a blue...

Stone circles at Roger, Nadja and Noah in Jena

12.07.2023-14.07.2023 What a beautiful short visit to Jena! Experiencing our Thailand returnees in their new old home was something very special....and also transforming into...

Day 10 - from Wünschensuhl to Vacha

Dear all, today I walked about 20 km from the small village of Wünschensuhl to Vacha, the endpoint of the Via Regia or the Ecumenical Way of St. James. So, I have completed the...

Through the Thuringian Forest to Leipzig

In the morning, I make pancakes for my CS host Daniel, Melanie is already at school. The homemade applesauce from Grandma's apples goes very well with it. 😊 Daniel gives me...

Start in the direction of the Netherlands

Heyho let's go. Finally another longer trip. Start in Blankenstein with 132700km in our Fiat Ducato 230 with Dethleffs construction. 6.6m length and around 3 tons total weight,...

Rennsteig Part 5

22/23.03.2018: It was time once again to walk a few kilometers of the Rennsteig and due to the weather gods, it was done in wintry conditions. This time I started in Neustadt am...

9th day - from Eisenach to Wünschensuhl

Hello dear ones, Today we had a more relaxed 20 km hike through beautiful forests. For breakfast, we had strawberries with sweetened condensed milk this time. Delicious! We left...

Visiting Goethe

Hello friends! What a ride! Up and down the mountain, through the dark tunnel, over a bridge, and into the curve with speed. In Thuringia, they don't need an amusement park,...

Germany (05/12/2021)

We haven't been in Germany for 15 months, so we spent the past month in our old homeland. After flying back to the Caribbean coast of Mexico from Sayulita to perform our...

Endspurt Bereit

So, the suitcase is packed and closed. Nothing is going on and I hope I am prepared for all kinds of weather. My countdown has expired to a few hours and I am ready for the wild...

8th day - from Gotha to Eisenach

Hi everyone, Phew, those were extremely demanding 30km... the inclines of 12-18% were really tough with 12kg on my back. Additionally, the sun was relentlessly burning :D...

First contact with Beppo

The idea of ​​traveling through the country in a camper van already occurred to me for the first time when I made the obligatory trip to Australia and New Zealand after...

FIRST SEMINAR+COUNTRY CHOICE

Hey, in this post I want to specifically talk about my country choice and my first AFS seminar. I believe before the first seminar I didn't even have to decide on a specific...

The preparation

We drive to the Baltic Sea with our car. Two days before our start to Scandinavia, Steffen picks up the camper at home and leaves our car there. Already one week before our...

City, Country, River with Froschi

Goodbye friends! After 36 places, 7 states, 15 rivers, 3825 km by car and 237 km on my feet through Germany, I'm back home after 4 weeks! When my family suggested getting to...