Rheinsteig Quixote

The past few mornings have greeted us with dense fog hiding the Rhein and most of the town we find ourselves in. In the woods, the fog creates a surreal, somewhat spooky, if not beautiful, vision. Walking on the path through the fog is a great experience, with the fog blanket disguising normal objects and limiting our view to our immediate surroundings.

Rheinbrohl and the Rhein River.

We found Don Quixote on a ridge overlooking the fogged in Rhein. Also a bridge leading the way to Rengsdorf. Lots of ruins, towers, castles, and mansions along the way.

Rheinsteig Hiking

We are three days into our Rheinsteig hike, with a total of three days, or 15 hours of hiking. Today is a rest day in Unkel, just south of Bonn. The hikes are wonderful walks through green, mossy forests, blazing green fields, with a bit of city and village walking thrown in. There are many views of the Rhein River along the way. As usual, the beginning and endings of each hike take a bit of work locating, but overall the hiking and the trails have been fantastic.

The hills bordering the Rhine are covered with vineyards. It is mostly white wines that are produced, so we have not been doing too much sampling. We have, however, been drinking plenty of beer and red wine from Spain. 

Travel Through Cooking

The food was so good in Spain I thought I would try to replicate what I ate during breaks. No bacon sandwiches yet, but it will happen.

White-Bean Stew

Potato Omelet

Camino De Santiago

In April, my wife and I joined friends in Pamplona, Spain to walk a section of the Camino de Santiago, from Pamplona to Burgos.

We had warm, blue sky days with great walking, food, and drink. We were in Spain over 10 years ago and it was wonderful to return. Our friends carried on to the end but we had to head home after Burgos, where we had a fantastic lunch. Perhaps we will return to finish the walk.

Fernsehturm

This hardly qualifies as travel, but last night I went to Kreuzberg to a writing session at the great bookshop Another Country. On the way home at around ten at night, I was waiting for my tram on Alexenderplatz and the Turm looked awesome in the misty moonlight. It is an iconic tower that can be seen nearly everywhere in the city and has a certain charm to it. We use it constantly when we are lost in Berlin.