Day: 325 The rain and the cold finally moved in for my last day in Bavaria. I had been expecting it for a while but it finally made for the first dreary day. The sun did peek out for a second in the afternoon, but by that point in time I was on my third [...]
Day: 324 9:04am After a rainy morning, The Geman train engineers strike my train. 10:05am They strike again. 11:05am I get on the train to Augsburg. 12:54pm Get to Augsburg and find the 1:15pm to Trenchlingen is on strike. 2:34pm Get on the next train to Trenchlingen. 4:04pm Find out the 4:15 to Wurzburg is [...]
Day: 323 After spending most of the morning riding my rented bike the 32 kilometers around the local lake; with the obligatory flat, that comes with rented bikes (I had to wait 30 minutes while they brought me another), I felt that I should spoil myself. It was a cool sunny day, so I thought [...]
Day: 322 The Castles of Schloss Neuschwanstein and Schloss Hohenschwangua are some of Bavaria’s biggest tourist pulls. Fortunately for me its not the high season of summer, but that still didn’t stop a plethora of tourists from appearing by the bus loads. I walked (all 12 kilometers r/t). Anyways it was a rather mellow day [...]
Day: 321 After a great few days hanging out with Markus, I set out this morning to try and catch a few more “must see” Bavarian tourist attractions. The unfortunate part is that Markus wasn’t driving us at insane speeds, so I had to get on the train and spend the days best hours there [...]
Day: 320 I woke up at 10:30am, and during the next three hours while Markus slept I was able to finally catch up on editing blog pictures and writing. By the time he woke up and we ate our brunch, it was pushing 3pm. We decided on a little more hiking for the afternoon and [...]
Day: 318 The engine purred. My palms were slightly sweating, I glanced over at the calm German sitting next to me at the steering wheel; absolutely calm; my eyes drift down to the speedometer, 190KPH (118 miles per hour). The lane next to us opens up, and without even blinking, Markus shifts his new Mercedes [...]
Day: 317 Also on vacation this week, Markus, was keen to do a little hiking in the Bavarian Allgau Forest; He had stated as much in his e-mail, and I was wonderfully thankful to have a local guide, instead of getting jammed in with the tourist crowds at the normal spots. We spent a couple [...]
Day: 286 With 24 days of hiking the Sierras coming up, piles of new (i.e. untested) gear, and a plethora of free time on my part; I decided to convince my mother and Mike (my step-father) to load up their backpacks and run a test hike just to be sure everything works and we haven’t [...]
Day: 249 Not really waking up, so much as deciding to stand up and shiver instead of lying down; my alarm on my new $20 Casio watch told us it was almost sunrise. Sophie and I wandered up to the summit hoping to find one or both of our friends, only to find instead a [...]
