We got up at 08:00 and had a slow final coffee at our guesthouse in Visegrád. Our Budapest Airbnb only showed a 16:00 check-in, so we were not quite sure what we were going to do with ourselves and our backpacks for most of the day. We checked out at around 09:40, after which Hugo [...]
We got up at 06:30 again and had coffee. A litre of milk — tej in Hungarian — cost only about R10. We packed our daypacks and set off on one of the many local trails, following the red marker all the way to Pilisszentlászló. We stopped for cheese and salami buns beside a natural [...]
We set an alarm for 06:30, had coffee and shared a cheese and salami bun before taking the bus from Visegrád to Esztergom. We missed the stop where we had intended to get off, but it worked out rather well. The next stop was closer to the Mária Valéria Bridge, so we decided to walk [...]
We slept until almost 09:00. Hugo quickly went to the shop for milk, bread, salami and cheese, while we drank coffee and made sandwiches to take with us. Then we headed back towards the castle complex, this time aiming for the Citadel higher up the hill. From our guesthouse it was a pleasant 45-minute hike [...]
Caro woke often; Hugo slept more soundly despite the green night light glowing in the compartment. We only discovered later that it could also be switched off. When we woke, the train was in Vienna. We snoozed a little longer on the lower bunk until breakfast arrived at 07:30. We could choose seven items each. [...]
Our last day in Germany began with pre-breakfast, because apparently an ordinary breakfast was not enough. Monja had baked scones, which we ate with strawberry jam and cream. For the main breakfast we made omelette wraps — something new that we could introduce to the Kraemers before leaving. Afterwards we got on the bicycles for [...]
We had a slow morning and packed for what was supposed to be a short hike through the Reichenbachklamm. We only reached the car park just after 13:00, which seemed perfectly reasonable for a short hike. Starting gently beside the water. We stopped for a picnic next to the river, then followed the gorge upwards. [...]
We started Wednesday early with a visit to the Schwarzer Grat. The observation tower is at 1,118 metres and the clear morning gave us views across the Allgäu and towards the Alps. Early morning at the Schwarzer Grat. The Alps in the early morning light. At the Schwarzer Grat observation tower. From there Anton and [...]
On Sunday morning we went to church with the Kraemers. Sunday morning at church with the Kraemers. For lunch we had ribs with pumpkin and corn, and afterwards we had an afternoon nap. At 17:00 we went to the Niedersonthofener See. At the Niedersonthofener See. We swam and stayed at the lake until 20:45. It [...]
On Saturday we went to hike the Breitachklamm. It rained while we were driving there, but the weather was perfect by the time we started walking. We parked at the top, just before the Austrian border, and walked down to the ticket booth. From there we turned around and hiked back up through the canyon. [...]
