“We are torn between nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange. As often as not, we are homesick most for the places we have never known.” (Carson McCullers)
The Unknown in the Familiar
Nationalpark Berchtesgaden
Königssee, Obersee, Hochgschirr, Königsbachalm Loop
Thirteen photos and story from a loop hike that I did in October 2019 in Bavaria’s Berchtesgaden National Park.
First Snow at Reiter Alpe
A few impressions from waking up to the first snow at Reiter Alpe, and hiking back down into the valley via Schrecksteig, through autumnal forest.
Forest Impressions from Reiter Alpe
I’m continuing with the (photo) stories from my Germany trip in 2019. In my previous post from the trip I described how, in the late morning of my second day at Reiter Alpe, I had given up on an attempt to hike Wagendrischlhorn, due to inclement weather (story: Reiter Alpe in the rain), and the bloopers with wet clothes that followed.
Gotzenalm, Mauslochsteig, Königssee
Part 2 of the story from my last “Farewell Hike” in Germany, with plenty of photos from my hike from Gotzenalm via Hochgschirr back to Königssee.
Königssee to Gotzenalm
Photos and story of my “farewell tour” hike from Königssee to Gotzenalm, including various shoe bloopers!