Felswald

We continue to visit with Henny here in Lemberg.  We have had fun exploring the area further and visiting with more family and acquaintances.

Yesterday we went for coffee and cake (kaffe und kuche) at a friend’s house.  Annie (our hostess) kindly made her lovely cheese cake against orders from my mother.  Besides the yummy cheese cake (very light because it is made with cottage cheese instead of cream cheese!) there were yummy pretzles.   We’ve been eating so much bread it’s incredible!

Of course before we went to visit we had to stop at the Aldi (a much smaller Walmart – groceries and drygoods).  Mum brought two pairs of reading glasses with her and in the course of three days managed to lose one pair and break the other!  Not a shocking surprise!

I liked the bread dispenser.  You press the button for the type of bun you want!

Today has been all about hiking in the Felswald (Cliff Forest) which is what this area is called because there are so many outcrops on the hills in the middle of the forests.  We are on the edge of the Schwarzwald (Black Forest) here (think Hansel and Gretel territory).

This morning we visited the Berwartstein castle which is build on top of one of the outcrops.  The original parts of the castle date from about 1150 and were dug out of the soft sand stone.

Unfortunately we couldn’t see most of the castle because it is divided into apartments and long stay vacation rentals.  This would definitely be a lovely place to stay and take a walking holiday!

At the foot of the burg (castle) there is a wilderness area where we went for a love walk around the small lake.  It was so lovely to be outside in the forest.

Because it has been so lovely today – sunny and not too hot after the rain of the past two days, I couldn’t resist going for another long walk in the woods after a late late lunch.  Where Henny lives it is a short 10 minute walk until you are deep in the woods again.

It was so lovely to be outside and on my own in the peace of the woods.  The trails are all well marked.  Even in the middle of the woods there are sign posts with distances to the next village.  There are so many people in the woods walking and enjoying them it is lovely.  I also met a few who appeared to be walking between towns as a vacation.  I’ve also heard it is possible to walk the length of the Thames in England from London back to its source.  Walking along the tow pathes between towns sounds lovely.  So many fun things to do – but not right now!