I love the time of the year when the leaves turn from green to yellow, orange and red. In order to make sure I didn’t miss fall foliage this year, I booked a weekend in Pontresina. One of my favorite times to visit Engadin is in Autumn. This year I was about a week or […]
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ViaRhenana: Days 4-6
Right after I finished the first three days of my hike along the Rhine River, I started making plans for the next leg of the trip. This time a dear friend joined me. We packed our backpacks and took the train to Schaffhausen where Day 4 of the ViaRhenana begins. Day 4: Unlike the last […]
Postcard from Unterhuldingen
14 years ago, I visited the open-air museum which features reconstructions of stilt houses from the Stone and Bronze Ages on Lake Constance. Since 2001, these have been a Unesco World Heritage site. I don’t remember much of this visit except that we were herded through and that it was a hot day. I had […]
ViaRhenana: Days 1-3
We were a couple of weeks into lockdown when one of my oldest friends sent me a picture with the note “Do you remember this hike?” I looked at the photo and smiled. It was taken on our hike through the Dolomites three years ago. I answered saying that I was thinking about another long-distance […]