West Germany’s Favourite Daytrip Destination – Syburg

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Easy Hikes in Germany Daytrip Destination: Syburg I had seen the Syburg (not knowing at the time what it was called) many times from the train and on various hikes in the area, always wondering how its disparate elements – the monument with the equestrian statue, the medieval ruins – were connected. It simply did not seem to make much sense.

I had seen it so many times, in fact, that I immediately recognized it when we arrived to sample

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Easy Hiking Equipment

Easy Hiking Equipment

What Easy Hiking Equipment to Have If you want to play baseball, you need a bat, if you want to go fishing, you need a tackle (unless you are very quick with your hands). And if you want to go on a hike, even an easy hike, you also need some specific easy hiking equipment. Some of these you may already have, but some of it you will, inevitably, have to buy.

Rule number one in buying hiking equipment: Don’t skimp.

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