Some photos of the beautiful scenery in Sächsische Schweiz, taken during my recent hiking trip there.
Strausberger hike
I went on a cool little hiking trip in Strausberger today, just outside of Berlin. Special thanks to Annick for organising an awesome trip 🙂
Crazy choppers
So apparently choppers can be acrobatic, who would’ve thought! I saw these Apache helicopters at the Berlin airshow.
Hiking in Sächsische Schweiz
Some more photos from our hiking in trip in Sächsische Schweiz. These are from the trip up the hill.
Mikoyan MiG-29
I saw a Mikoyan MiG-29 at the Berlin airshow. These were considered a huge threat to our way of life when I was a kid. These days, they’re old and not considered cutting edge anymore. It was incredible to see one up close though.
Sächsische Schweiz
I agreed to go to “Sächsische Schweiz” on Saturday for a hiking trip. “Schweiz” is German for “Switzerland”, so logically, I assumed I was going to Switzerland and told everyone as such. But it turns out ze pesky Germans also call an area within their own country “Schweiz”, so we actually headed to some place just outside of Dresden 😛
Thankfully, Sächsische Schweiz is a spectacularly nice place. We started the journey with a pleasant train trip from Berlin, past Dresden and towards the border with the Czech republic.
Apparently in Sächsische, the locals seem concerned that we may wish to stick our head down by the urinal to get some drinking water! (“kein Trinkwasser” is Deutsch for “not drinking water”)
The hike began with some beautiful greenery. The local forests remind me a lot of home.
This was the beginning of a long upward trek. I’ll be posting more photos from further up later 🙂
Sächsische Schweiz