Thursday, 25 September 2025

September Holiday: Tuesday, 23.09.2025

The weather was similar to the day before, and we knew there was likely to be some rain during the day but not so much as to make a good walk unpleasant.
Sunrise as seen from our room
From our trusted booklet, we chose a tour by the name Burg-Olymp-Tour, castle Olymp tour. Now, if you read that name, wouldn‘t you think the tour was going to include a castle (or maybe its ruins) named Olymp? Especially if the photo next to the description showed two hikers leaning against the sun-lit old wall of a stone tower?
Well, it turned out that there is no Burg Olymp. Instead, the tour went past the castle on the hill we‘d already visited, and the viewing point at the highest part of the tour, up in the woods, is called Olymp.
Never mind, we still enjoyed the hike in the woods and the beautiful vistas, and needed our rain jackets with the hoods up only for maybe 15 minutes at one time and for another short while later on.




Burg Landshut, where we‘d already been

A mysterious gate
First stop was the chapel of St. Anna, directly in our line of vision from the hotel room. 





Onwards and upwards to the viewing point Wilhelmshöhe:




And again onwards and upwards to Olymp, where I did not take yet another picture of almost exactly the same view.

The path leading downwards was rather steep and required full focus, but I stopped twice to take these pictures:

Back down in Bernkastel, we went to a bakery to buy a couple of Nussecken (think a kind of flapjack) and on our way to the hotel, stopped briefly at a historic wine cellar that offers tastings (for 30 € per person) but can be visited for free as long as you don‘t drink anything. 

We were impressed by the vastness of the old cellar, like a burrow underneath a former monastery, but mostly wanted inspiration as to which wines we might buy to take home as a souvenir. 
Leaving without actually making a choice, we arrived at the hotel at about 3:00 pm and enjoyed a rest in our room, making coffee to go along with the Nussecken.

For our dinner (very good again), we remained at the hotel.

8 comments:

  1. The figures at the Chapel of St Anna are beautiful, just so very well done. Off to read more about them!

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    1. They are, aren‘t they! Especially John (the young man with long wavy hair, with his hand up) struck me like the portrait of a real person. All of them express grief and pain very life-like.

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    2. I only saw a few photos of the figures that you have shown us here and there was a heavy black iron gate in front of them, and you could hardly see them! I wonder if you could find more detail about them than I did? Your photos are very good of them!

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    3. It was darkish in the chapel, but O.K. used the flashlight/torch function of his mobile to light up that part of the chapel while I took the photos. I may find out more, but not while we‘re still here - the wifi connection is very unstable here at the hotel.

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  2. I like the mysterious gate. It would be good to know what lay behind it. The gate out of St Anna's chapel is very attractive, too.

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    1. I‘ve been having a thing for doors and doorways for a long time, and I am glad you commented on the photo of the two gates in this post.

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  3. You can have lots of Nussecken after all of that hiking! More wonderful views!

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    1. It was very nice and cosy to retreat to our room after the hike and have those Nussecken with coffee!

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