Let me just start out by saying that it was cloudy with rain showers today but we really wanted to get out and hike so we went anyway. But, the pictures are all pretty dreary. This hike had a lot of great spots to sit and enjoy a snack or a wine schorle with a great view. It would be a great sunny day hike. 10 miles, 500+ meters of elevation gain.
We started the hike at Hambacher Schloss, which is a cute little castle perched on a hill above the town of Hambach. I didn't take any pictures there at the start but took some at the end. We wandered down into the vineyards from the castle and walked a mile or two south to the town of Sankt Martin. Every house and building there had flowers on the windowsills and in some areas they just had planters filled with flowers lining the street. We definitely want to get back here just to wander around a bit more and to enjoy the cosiness of the village.
The flowers in the picture below right were just next to the road in front of a B&B.
Just south of Sankt Martin is the Kropsburg ruins. We hiked up to them and of course there was a little restaurant there along with some little vacation cottages.
From the ruins we headed uphill for a few hours through the forest. We found wild blueberry bushes! I picked a few and they were good.
We finally reached the highest point of our hike, the Kalmit. This peak had the usual restaurant at the top of it, and a commanding view that would have been much better if it wasn't raining out when we were there! Here's the usual wine schorle picture with Martin trying to eat his sandwich:
A picture of the restaurant, which actually had a varied menu compared to some other restaurants in the woods, and another picture of the view:
We found a big rock table with wooden benches on the way back down to Hambacher Schloss. There were also several spots where you could sit on a bench and enjoy the view on the way down including another restaurant! I held back from taking more pictures of restaurants though, and we did not stop for a second schorle on this hike unfortunately.
Some weird spiky things we saw on a tree.
Hambacher Schloss as seen from about a mile away. Almost done!
Some pictures of Hambacher Schloss. We didn't go inside as we were too tired and would have had to pay for it and then wait for a tour to start ... we'll save that for another day.
Some views from the Schloss. It was fully raining on us when I took these:
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