There is a romantic legend about the Minneburg: Once upon a time there was a noblewoman called Minna von Horneck. She was supposed to be married to the Count of Schwarzenberg but madly in love with the poor but charming Knight Edelmut von Ehrenberg. She ran away and hid herself in a cave near to […]
Thought of the day (I): Today, most of the time I went through planted forests. Prussian style, orthogonal, man made boringness. I always ask myself how trees survive, how they breath in this kind of environment. Maybe they adapt – like humans do – to hostile surroundings because they grew up in it. But in this artificial habitat, natures […]
I had a really nice saturday and so I was in a good mood for a sunday hike. Unfortunately that disposition changed with approaching my goal. In 1936, Joseph Goebbels, at the time Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany and one of Hitlers closest associates, was given for his birthday a small property on […]
When hiking with poles trough the rain it’s better to protect your hands from hypothermia. I wear thin fleece gloves and rain mitts additionally. I found this pattern originating from the middle ages while searching for something with practically no seams. Because less seams = less possibilities for water to enter (and *bonus* shorter sewing […]
Thoughts of the day: How can this small hidden lake look so enchanted? And how can I prevent wet shoulders? Location: Wandlitz, Heilige drei Pfühle, Liepnitzsee, Regenbogensee, Wandlitz / Weather: 3°C, rainy / Distance: 15 km / Mood: cloudy
Location: Borgsdorf, Briese, Zühlsdorf, Borgsdorf / Weather: 4°C, cloudy / Distance: 16 km / Mood: distracted
When I set off for the first time to walk a long distance intentionally, I recognized, that the act of walking – as long as I’m on my own and I have only the idea of walking in mind instead of reaching a location – does something strange to my thoughts. They were different and […]
