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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...

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 ...

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...

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...