After packing our backpacks with water, food, and homework, we started hiking up the mountain directly behind the Kartause. It was absolutely beautiful, especially when we looked over all of Gaming.
As we started hiking, we were slightly confused by the German signs along the trail. We're pretty sure that they were telling us how many meters we had gone up the trail...or maybe it was how much left we had to go...
Either way, we just kept hiking, enjoyed the cool air under all the trees, and met an old German lady who was hiking back down with her dog and cane. Sadly, we never found our grassy area at the top, and we were forced to go back down the mountain on a trail that split into four different directions. It's a good thing there was another German sign telling us where all the trails went. There happened to be the word "Gaming" and an arrow that pointed in the general direction of one particular trail, so we took that one. Considering we had no idea what side of the mountain we were on, or in what general direction Gaming was, we just followed the trail knowing that it at least led us back down the mountain.
The trail led us (literally) straight into train tracks...and not ALL the way down the mountain. We were basically on the hill right above some anonymous buildings with no clear way to get down to the actual road. Once we finally did get down, we realized that we were on the OPPOSITE of the mountain from the Kartause, and within a few minutes realized we weren't even in Gaming. It was about a ten minute walk until we reached the outskirts and from there we were finally in familiar surroundings!
And the best part is that it was still light outside and we made it back in time for dinner :D.
2 comments:
Ok, should I be scared that you came down the wrong side of the mountain? Please only go hiking when there is a lot of daylight!!!!!!!!!!Glad you're having a blast! Love you, Mom
Glad you are having fun Emma. I agree--hike in the daylight!
Love you, Auntie D
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