It so happens that we live on the eastern edge of the largest forest in Germany - the Palatinate. And it also just so happens that that forest is filled with trails to walk or bike on. So we have started researching which trails might be of interest to us and today we went to the one closest to Bad Dürkheim. We had grand plans to drive further away and do a 7-castle 22-kilometer hike but we stayed up too late last night and didn't have the energy for all that today.
Anyway, long story short, here are some pictures from our wandering today. We happened by this little pond:
And when we got to the pond we saw this:
A little restaurant in the middle of the woods with tons of people at it! We of course had to get a wine schörle to go with our picnic lunch so that we fit in with the locals:
We really just ended up walking in circles and being lost in the woods for the next hour or so after the lake because Martin wanted to take an unmarked trail to get back to the car. We eventually found the trail we came in on and left that way. It's good that we took our detour because we saw tons of these pretty purple flowers:
And even got a nice view from some rocks though my iphone did not capture the view part of this picture so well (it was cloudy):
Here's a little view of part of the forest:
This walk made us think we were in Cape Cod because the trails were so sandy and there were lots of short pine trees and it just kind of felt like you were on the Cape. And if any of you know what is wrong with all the pine trees in my pictures, let me know! Something had stripped off their bark and branches ... not sure if that's just how they grow or if there are some sort of beetles or other pests at work here.
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