City Slickers

This afternoon we decided to go for a short "walk" with Eugen, Kerstin's dad, in the woods nearby Kehleg, the little village where Kerstin spent her very early years. While Kerstin (wisely) proposed to change our Ipanema flip-flops with our running shoes, Eugen set off with bare feet. he led us the way up the hill on trails in the woods off the beaten track and was light-footed and faster than us whimpy city people. We felt like the 3 guys in "City Slickers".

The air in the woods is as fantastic as the colours and sound

The scenery we saw on our way was though truly amazing, beautiful clearances and a fantastic view over the Rhine-Valley at the turning point of our "walk" will be a great memory. We also enjoyed the numerous ripe Rhapsberries which grew in that area and were easy targets. These fruits - or better said the plants - were though painful companions on our way down: we had to climb for approximately 10 minutes downhill through fields of Rhapsberries. Our feet were scratched properly and even in this exercise Eugen was faster bare-foot! At the bottom of the fields we stepped into an ice-cold mountain spring and cooled off our burning and scratched legs. We then continued through fields of 1m high fern and grass which gave Markus an overdose of pollen which caused decent alllergic reactions and sneezing. The last mile was then a gentle walk "in the park" through meadows followed by jars of water, a cake and some coffee.

To round the long and hyperactive day up, Kerstin and Sandra hiked up the Pfaender and Markus went for a slow 105 minute run along the lake. We now had tons of homemade burgers for dinner, are dead now and will sleep well!

Good night & Good Luck!

Kerstin & Markus