Today, in the morning, there were quite some people saying their trains were having a delay. Everywhere, I essentially said that we wouldn’t wait, until we found out that the Essen group was also late. Since we were going to…

When we finished our last trip in April, it was clear that this story was not to end there. Fortunately, even before that trip I had already booked a hostel in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, a region not far away from Blankenheim.…

After a quite miserable weekend, we were expecting another rainy weekend until a few days ago. Fortunately this time, the weather forecast made a dynamic turn until it announced a clear blue sky for Sunday. I was twice as anxious…

Being optimistic is a good thing, to keep up the spirits, but this time, the weather forecast was right, for the first time after quite some time. It rained. Quite a lot. Me, not quite believing what they were saying,…

Probably for the first time since the hike at Externsteine, it was extremely discouraging during the preparation period. Firstly, the weather forecast predicted rain for the first time in a few weeks, as if the season was already over, even…

May merely started, and the temperature sky-rocketed. Apparently, we were reaching the peak today. Regarding this point, It wasn’t quite surprising that there were 80 people who signed up for the event today. Many of them did not turn up,…