Our tours along the Celtic cycle path finally brought us to the Hohenasperg, thecastle mountain, which was already settled during the Stone Age and by 500 BC was even a Celtic princely seat with an escape castle.

And again, our hosts, Heidi and Rainer, had come up with an interesting bike tour that was to guide us through the wonderful Lower Remstal to the city of Waiblingen, which is a medieval town known for its connections with the royalties of Staufer. Especially the Old Town area, with its magnificent half-timbered houses, points to the long history of the city, which was particularly important in the Middle Ages.

Deeply impressed by the huge park of the Ludwigsburger Residential Palace, which we got to know during the street music festival, we had started to a tour of the city, which should bring us further peculiarities of this planned town at the beginning of the eighteenth century together with Heidi and Rainer.

Our first visit to Waiblingen by bicycle through the Lower Remstal had led us into the mediaeval town center of Waiblingen, which had a lot of interesting half-timbered houses, remains of the city wall and the High Observing Tower on the Zwinger, which are really visitable places, not to forget the Park-like landscape on the Remsinsel (island).

The guilds that were so important and powerful during the Middle Ages have long since passed away, but their signs in the form of symbols still exist today high above the shop windows and doors of shops and businesses, which we noticed especially when strolling through the city in Rottweil.

Since we learned that we have to be in Zurich on Saturday afternoon for an interview and for the concert with Loreena McKennitt in the evening, we decided on Thursday evening, together with Patrick,

Since the settlement of man, sources of water have played a significant role in supplying human settlements with fresh water.

Another highlight for us was the visit to the Old Town Hall of Rottweil, about which is first documented in 1321.

After “discovering” the Pile Dwelling Museum, our tour of Bad Buchau should lead to another highlight in the region that we had not expected.

In life you always learn something new, at least if you keep an eye for your surroundings or receive appropriate advice, as in the case of the “wobbly forest” near Bad Buchau at Lake Federsee.

Once again, we had to cross the fairway off Minsener Oog, which is shallow at low tide and is marked by distinctive thin tree trunks, usually young birch trees.

During our stay in the Harz mountains, Prahljust campsite near Clausthal-Zellerfeld served us as a starting point for various hikes but also for longer bike tours, so we decided to take a trip to Goslar to finally visit the Imperial Palace.

A long-discussed myth over the centuries that has not yet been conclusively clarified: Where was the scene of the legendary Varus Battle, which is seen by so many historians of the past and even the present as a "turning point in world history".

At first almost forgotten again and then returned to the memory of the events on or along our routes: the Kaiser Wilhelm Bridge in Wilhelmshaven.

After visiting Lütetsburg, high in the north of Germany, we also came to the port of Horumersiel, an expanding tourist resort on the North Sea, which brought us together with Mr. Günther Ihnken, the foreman of the Baltrum lifeboat.

Our preparatory planning for the coming year had once again taken us to northern Germany, this time the region around Norden and Norddeich was our destination.

Once again traveling along the East Frisian coast in Northern Germany, we had the pleasure of attending a special event, the Kloot Shooting Competition.

Enjoy your winter holiday in the Harz Mountains and discover our cross-country skiing routes. Regardless of whether you are a ski pro, a hiker or a beginner - here you are guaranteed to find something suitable.

Of course, everyone knows the legends and stories about the witches from the Brocken, about the witches' dance floor near Thale or other scary stories about Walpurgis Night and the interpretation of witch customs in the Harz Mountains.

A legend that is known far beyond the Harz Mountains reports that the Hübichenstein near Bad Grund was the home of dwarfs, gnomes and elves in the past: