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Relaxing in Rügen

Short German trips, Sat, 08 Jul 23
Jemma and Simon at a Sea, UNESCO site in Europe, Germany

Adventure rides

Short German trips, Fri, 02 Jun 23
Jemma and Simon at a Lake in Europe, Germany

Adventure date for Jemma, went for Scharmützelbob rides in a forest and then swam in the lake and went for a nice walk with many mosquitos.

Ruins and castles

Short German trips, Sun, 02 Apr 23
Jemma and Simon at a Castle, Ruins/Excavation in Europe, Germany

Trip to two castles after helping Michal move out from Gollanczstraße. Two tickets on the way. Found a ruined building to explore.

Buddhist castle

Short German trips, Sun, 19 Mar 23
Jemma and Simon at a Forest in Europe, Germany

Went to see a castle, turned out it was turned into a Buddhist meditation centre. Nice walk.

Lazy cliff day

Short German trips, Wed, 29 Dec 21
Jemma and Simon at a Sea, Temple in Europe, Germany

Today is the last day of this short adventure date trip and we decided to take it easy, sleep in and just have a lovely stroll on the beach. And this is what we did, and it was wonderful! First, …

(almost) All the towers of Lübeck

Short German trips, Tue, 28 Dec 21
Jemma and Simon at a City, Museum, Temple, UNESCO site in Europe, Germany

We woke up really early today to make the most of our day in Lübeck. We were in town so early that we had to walk around a bit waiting for the churches we wanted to see to open! We …

Wismarvelous

Short German trips, Mon, 27 Dec 21
Jemma and Simon at a City, Temple, UNESCO site in Europe, Germany

The next surprise location is Wismar. It’s one of the Hanzeatic ports between Lubeck and Rostock that kept changing hands between different rulers and was part of Sweden for some time. We read up on the history on the way …

Adventure date begins!

Short German trips, Sun, 26 Dec 21
Jemma and Simon at a Sea in Europe, Germany

Jemma is taking me on a surprise adventure trip! It’s cold, but we’re brave and we have a new heater in the van, so let’s go back to Hansa. We left early in the evening, aiming to drive while it’s …

Anniversary seaside trip

Short German trips, Sat, 22 May 21
Jemma and Simon at a City, Sea in Europe, Germany

It’s our anniversary and we need to be at sea!

Wandern mit Bier

Short German trips, Fri, 09 Apr 21
Jemma and Simon at a Mountain in Europe, Germany

After two days of intense hiking and climbing, we decided to take it easy and do more gentle walking today. The car park we stayed at last night was close to the village of Rathen, so we left the Baron …

Conquering fears

Short German trips, Sat, 03 Apr 21
Jemma and Simon at a Mountain in Europe, Germany

This morning we drove back through Bad Schandau to get to Lichtenhainer Wasserfall. It was pouring with rain, as it had been the night before, so we were unsure if we’d be able to carry out our hiking plans today. …

Back in Sächsische Schweiz

Short German trips, Fri, 02 Apr 21
Jemma and Simon at a Mountain in Europe, Germany

It’s Easter weekend and we have four whole days off work… perfect time to hit the road again and continue exploring Germany. We decided to head back to Saxony, as it is reasonably close to Berlin and convenient for a …

Spring is coming!

Short German trips, Sun, 07 Mar 21
Jemma and Simon at a City, Forest, Lake, Ruins/Excavation, Temple, UNESCO site in Europe, Germany

Welterbe Bauhaus Denkmal Bundesschule BernauWalls of BernauAskanierturmBridge by the AskanierturmSilkebucheCold cold March watersJoachimsthal KaiserbahnhofAd for the Großziethen Geopark by the Dorfkirche Golzow This has been a long, long winter. We were pretty well prepared – living on the outskirts of …

Oranienburg in the cold

Short German trips, Sun, 07 Feb 21
Jemma and Simon at a City in Europe, Germany

It was -15 or so and write windy, so our ears were falling off. But we were voted and nothing refreshes you like a quick trip!

Soviet castle

Short German trips, Sun, 24 Jan 21
Jemma and Simon at a Castle, Ruins/Excavation in Europe, Germany

This is what happens when the Soviets occupy a neo-Baroque castle and get free reign to build concrete blocks on its grounds, so that the Stasi can use it all as a training and recreation center.

Canal life

Short German trips, Sun, 13 Dec 20
Simon with Ania, Michał at a Lake, River in Europe, Germany

Accompanying Michał and Ania on a part of their quest to move the Great A’Tuin from it’s parking place in Tetlow, to Nowa Sól for repairs. I left them after a couple days in Fürstenwalde and took a train back.