week 4 back to the Rhine Valley

After the Mosel weekend I started with really short days, shorter than neros...because I hadn't recovered from the diarrhea yet. Maybe it was food poisoning. After that I had a forced rest day of rain. I actually collected rainwater, because I had no other water source nearby.

My first longer day ended in a small village called Hintertiefenbach next to the Saar-Hunsrücksteig. I came down at 9.30 pm and was searching for a shelter for the night. I saw an indian restaurant and was lucky, because they were about to close. I asked for the bathroom and they told me, I'ld have to buy a drink. I ended up chatting for an hour and I got a mango chicken curry. She just told me, to rate the restaurant online and I just payed for the drink. If you like indian food, definitely go there!

The following day after finishing my delicious curry for breakfast I met a hiking live streamer, who is crossing Germany left to right, walking with a selfie stick all the time. Quite interesting, but nothing for me.

The next day I met a multiple day hiker, who did the Soonwaldsteig and we had a nice chat until I departed from where she stayed. A few miles later I met a naked man enjoying nature. I had a nice conversation with him, about how he got into it. Finally I saw the Rhine after 4 weeks.

On the last day of my week I crossed the Rhine about 15 miles upstream where you'd usually take the ferry, but I try to have connected steps for the whole trail, so I took the closest bridge...Read more