As a person born in the late 1970s I am old enough to remember the existence of two German states and the Iron Curtain that ran between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic until 1989, as peaceful revolutions overthrew the economically and morally bankrupt communist systems throughout Eastern Europe.
My grandparents and many of my relatives lived (and still live) in the Oberpfalz (Upper … read more
This blog-post is a continuation of a past article about hiking tours in the High Tatras mountain range1.
Just as in summer 2020, the plan was to negotiate two mountain saddles in the pohorie: Sedlo prielom and Sedlo sedielko (colored brown on the map below; the 2020 tours are in orange).
1 notes, footnotes and references about translations apply for this article in the same … read more
Hiking tour from Starý Smokovec (1010 meters AMSL) to Východná Vysoká (2429 meters AMSL) via Sliezsky dom hotel.
Even with some snow on the trail not a technical climb.… read more
