The other day I decided to go for a hike in Taunus, a small mountain range/forest about 30 minutes northwest of Frankfurt. I didn’t have any specific plan or route picked out. It was rad. Maybe the most rad thing I’ve done since I’ve been here.

To get to Taunus you have to take a train to Kronberg, Königstein, or Oberursel. I went to Kronberg and just started walking towards the tallest mountain, which was only about 850 meters tall. It was a two or three hour hike to the top. It was really foggy at the top.

I saw about five people the entire day. There were some guys cutting trees down just outside of Kronberg. Then there was a house hidden way back in the woods. The first person I actually passed on the trail was a guy who decided to run by just as I was using a tree as a urinal.

Anyway, the pictures I took are much cooler than the story I could tell.

I’ve conceived of a plan to go camping up there once it’s warmer. I saw some ashes from where someone else had made a fire, so I’m pretty sure it’s cool to camp. Also, there were no signs saying not to, and if you’re not explicitly told not to do something, that means you’re free to do it, right?