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Stage Eleven

Last Wednesday we continued the Westweg from Hasel, where we stopped last year. After we started we had some problem to find the entrance to the Westweg but after a few detours we were back on track. Part 11 of the Westweg ends in Degerfelden, but our hotel was in Rheinfelden - Herten. The last part to the hotel takes much, much longer as expected. When we reached our goal we were really tired - at last our today's tour was over 35 kilomenter (with detours).

Stage Twelf

The goal of the last part was Basel, Switzerland. This tour was about 15 kilometers, followed by a 11 kilometer sightseeing trip through Old Town of Basel with its wonderful town hall. In the evening we went back by train to our hotel in Rheinfelden-Herten.



On Friday we took the train to Beugen to hike back to Hasel, where we placed our car two days ago. Near Nordschwaben we were back on the Westweg and followed it till Hasel.

Westweg Part 10

This year the base camp of the Vitruvia Mountain Tour was the Lagant Hotel in Brand, Montafon (Austria). Cordula and I arrives on Monday at the hotel because Cordula had a meeting with former colleaques in the Hunsrück.

My first tour on Tuesday was the tour to the Oberzalim hut. One part of this tour is only for experienced hikers but the rest is easy.

The goal for Wednesday is the Mondspitze (1967 m or 6600 ft). You have a wonderful panorama on ths mountain and you can see till the Lake of Constance from it.

On Thursday the tour starts at the Douglas Hut at the Lünersee. At Gafalljoch we pass the border to Switzerland. We follow the Prättigauer Höhenweg and come back to Austria at Gamsluggen (2380 m or 7800 ft). Over Totalp Hut we go back to Douglas Hut.

On Friday we start again at Douglas Hut. First stop is at Totalp Hut before we continue the tour to Schesaplane, with 2965 m (9700 ft) the highest mountain this week.

On Saturday we go back home. It was a sunny week with much fun and nice hikes.

Yesterday we get post from Poland. Sylwia, who was a host pupil some years ago, sent us a selfmade egg and easter chicken. Thank you, Sylwia and happy Easter to Poland and the rest of the world!

I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.

(Charles Dickens)