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  • View from the top

    Some photos from once we reached the highest point of our hiking trip in Sächsische Schweiz.

    Hiking in Sachsen

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    Me at the top. This photo’s URL was modified, because I didn’t want my fat gut showing up at the top of a Google search 😉

    Hiking in Sachsen

    Hiking in Sachsen

    Hiking in Sachsen

    Hiking in Sachsen

     

    Hiking in Sachsen

    Hiking in Sachsen

    Hiking in Sachsen

     

    Hiking in Sachsen

  • View near top

    View near top

    Some photos of the beautiful scenery in Sächsische Schweiz, taken during my recent hiking trip there.

    Ryan Hellyer (me), hiking in Sachsen

    Hiking in Sachsen

    Hiking in Sachsen

    Ryan Hellyer (me), hiking in Sachsen

    Hiking in Sachsen

    Hiking in Sachsen

    Hiking in Sachsen

    Hiking in Sachsen

    Hiking in Sachsen

    Hiking in Sachsen

    Hiking in Sachsen

    Hiking in Sachsen

    Hiking in Sachsen

  • Strausberger hike

    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 🙂

    Lake in Strausberger

  • Crazy choppers

    So apparently choppers can be acrobatic, who would’ve thought! I saw these Apache helicopters at the Berlin airshow.

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  • Fat Ryan after running 6 km

    I’m fat and out of shape. This is what I end up looking like when I attempt to get rid of the lard by doing an evening run.

    Fat Ryan Hellyer after running

  • Hiking in Sächsische Schweiz

    Hiking in Sächsische Schweiz

    Some more photos from our hiking in trip in Sächsische Schweiz. These are from the trip up the hill.

    A baby stairway in the gap between the rocks.

    We took a detour through a tunnel

    Hiking in Sachsen

    Hiking in Sachsen

    Hiking in Sachsen

    Hiking in Sachsen

    Hiking in Sachsen

    Hiking in Sachsen

    Hiking in Sachsen

  • Mikoyan MiG-29

    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.

    Mikoyan MiG-29

  • 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.

    Near Sächsische Schweiz

    Don't drink from the urinal
    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”)
    Sächsische Schweiz
    The hike began with some beautiful greenery. The local forests remind me a lot of home.
    Sächsische Schweiz
    This was the beginning of a long upward trek. I’ll be posting more photos from further up later 🙂

    Sächsische Schweiz

  • Sachsen waterfall

    We saw this beautiful waterfall on our hiking trip in Sachsen.

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