The Wild West Weekend 2017
This weekend we had the full dose of German Wild West culture: Elspe Open Air Wild West Festival on Saturday and Fort Fun on Monday. Both have been regular t...
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Juist 2017
A Vacation starts when you give up fighting the sand and the kids get into the rhythem of the hostel.
Edersee-Weekend 2017
After taking one boy last year, this year it was the other’s turn to go sailing on the Edersee. We had a pretty good breeze on Saturday so at one point my bo...
Lahn-Tour: Finishing Last Year’s Trip
Since we had to finish last years Lahn tour early, this year we went back to finish the route and go down the river all the way to where it empties into the ...
First Bike-Tour of the Season - Edersee to Korbach
This year the first bike trip of the season took us to the Edersee. Last year we stayed at the north shore for a weekend of sailing, this time we cycled the ...
A Weekend Sailing on the Edersee
Last weekend was another father and son outing. Our good church of Hessen Nassau offers this fathers-and-kids sailing weekend: A group of dads with their kid...
First Bike Tour of the Season
Germany is great for biking: Even minor rivers usually have well developed bike trails running their length, often along with a railway line. So you can just...
First Bike Tour of the Season - Family Pictures
So how do you get your kid to go along on a 60-km bike ride? I cannot claim to have the sure-fire receipie but as far as I can tell it involves a mixture of ...
Sledding in Oberreifenberg
Snow! Our first thought was that we had to get outdoors and do some sledding. Well, our little village is called Sulzbach AM Taunus, as in at not in the Taun...
Canoe Trip Lahn
July 4th was the hottest day of the year so far and just perfect for a canoe trip: The river was refreshingly cool without being chilly and provided a welcom...
Radtour zum Regionalpark-Portal
Abfahrt Hartmutweg 10:20 Uhr Ankunft S-Bahnstation Eggersheim 15:40 Uhr Strecke: Sulzbach - Liederbach - Zeilsheim - Kriftel - Hattersheim - Regionalpark-...
Neroberg
Wir waren um zehn mit Marianne & Karsten und Familie an der Nerobergbahn verabredet und sind mit der zweiten Bahn des Tages hochgefahren. Das wollte ich ...
Radtour zum Goetheturm
Die Jungs und ich haben es tatsächlich geschafft, an diesem Tag um 9 Uhr loszukommen - obwohl morgens noch Wraps geschmiert werden mussten (Kerstin war in Dü...