Places and songs and flowers and food
editIn 2020, I asked my friends to come to celebrate with me, due to the COVID-19 pandemic stretched over time. The diary continued in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, and continues here, with some places, songs, and food, a work in progress. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:41, 21 January 2026 (UTC)
January
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happy new year! Ehrenbach service at St. Martin, Idstein lunch in Wiesbaden (1 Jan) |
O du fröhliche |  |
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Rote Mühle, Bad Soden (2 Jan) |
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What the world needs now is love |
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Bensheim museum: Nolde dinner Viel Glück und viel Segen (2 Jan) |
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Tatort service (4 Jan) |
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Großer Feldberg in snow (5 Jan) |
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hiking aroundk Ehrenbach in snow (6 Jan) |
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Ehrenbach in snow service with star singers lunch (11 Jan) |
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stroll above Oberauroff (15 Jan) |
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hiking tok Falterbach valley and back (16 Jan) |
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flight to Santa Cruz de La Palma lunch at Charco Azul (18 Jan) |
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La Fajana (19 Jan) |
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El Jardin de la Sel, Fuencaliente (19 Jan) |
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Juan Adalid (20 Jan) |
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hiking to Punta Juan Adalid (20 Jan) |
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to east along the coast (20 Jan) |
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back (20 Jan) |
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dinner at San Antonio del Monte (20 Jan) |
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hiking abovek Barranco del Agua (21 Jan) |
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to Mirador de las Barandas (21 Jan) |
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back (21 Jan) |
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Lunch in Salemera (22 Jan) |
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hiking from La Sabina towards Niquiomo (22 Jan) |
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back (22 Jan) |
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stroll tok Los Tilos waterfall (23 Jan) |
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lunch in San Andrés (23 Jan) |
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hiking down to the sea (23 Jan) |
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back along Antiguo cementerio (23 Jan) |
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hiking up from Los Canarios on Ruta de los Volcanes (24 Jan) |
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to near M. del Fuego (24 Jan) |
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back (24 Jan) |
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surprise dinner outside (24 Jan) |
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service at Iglesia de El Salvador, Santa Cruz de La Palma (25 Jan) |
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beach lunch (25 Jan) |
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stroll from San Andrés to Charco Azul (25 Jan) |
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bananas sunset La Fajana (25 Jan) |
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hiking to Barlovento (26 Jan) |
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lunch (26 Jan) |
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back on SL-BL 41 (26 Jan) |
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hiking from La Sabina towards Roque Niquiomo (27 Jan) |
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lunch in Puerto Espíndola (28 Jan) |
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stroll (28 Jan) |
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hiking from Laguna de Barlovento towards Miradork de las Barandas (29 Jan) |
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return via trail from Pico de la Cruz (29 Jan) |
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lunch in El Remo (30 Jan) |
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stroll (30 Jan) |
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almond blossom Hoya Grande (31 Jan) |
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hiking from El Pinar (31 Jan) |
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to Riscosk de las Pareditas (31 Jan) |
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top, view to Bejenaro, Cumbre vieja and El Hierro (31 Jan) |
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back (31 Jan) |
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February
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mass in Santo Domingo (1 Feb) |
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hiking from Juan Adalid to Cruz de La Centinela (1 Feb) |
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further into Barranco de Domingo Diaz (1 Feb) |
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back out towards El Mudo (1 Feb) |
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return unplanned via PR-LP 130 (1 Feb) |
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dinner in Barlovento gecko (1 Feb) |
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lunch at Casa Goyo (2 Feb) |
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hiking from San Pedro on Camino de las Fuentes (2 Feb) |
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back (2 Feb) |
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hiking Ruta de los Volcanes from Refugio del Pilar (3 Feb) |
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to Volcán Hoyo Negro (3 Feb) |
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to La Deseada (3 Feb) |
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Volcán Martín other islands (3 Feb) |
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descent to Los Canarios sunset below El Pinar (3 Feb) |
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lunch at Fuencaliente lighthouse (4 Feb) |
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hiking from Barlovento on GR-LP 130 towards Los Sauces (5 Feb) |
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Los Lomadas (5 Feb) |
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back via road (5 Feb) |
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Playa de Tazacorte (6 Feb) |
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hiking on GR-LP 131 towards Mirador del Time(6 Feb) |
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hiking from Juan Adalid to Punta Juan Adalid (7 Feb) |
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towards El Mudo (7 Feb) |
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back via Barranco de Domingo Diaz (7 Feb) |
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mass at Iglesia de El Salvador lunch at Casa Goyo departure (8 Feb) |
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Kunstmuseum Bonn (13 Feb) |
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Steinhagen Protestant church (13 Feb) |
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hiking around Ehrenbach (26 + 27 Feb) |
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opera in Mainz (28 Feb) |
Ullmann: Der Kaiser von Atlantis |
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March
editCyprus vacation:
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flight to Paphos, Cyprus, over Frankfurt Larnaca Bay (1 Mar) |
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Cape Greco (2 Mar) |
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Ayioi Anargiroi Church (2 Mar) |
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Crow's Arch Agii Anargiri nature trail (2 Mar) |
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Protaras, Fig Tree Bay Oroklini hill top (2 Mar) |
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hiking around Larnaca Salt Lake, view to Hala Sultan Tekke (3 Mar) |
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Bekir Pasha Aqueduct (3 Mar) |
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Hala Sultan Tekke (3 Mar) |
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Nicosia Church of Archangel Michael Trypiots (4 Mar) |
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small mosque (4 Mar) |
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Ottoman house and museum (4 Mar) |
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Saint Anthony's Church Byzantine Museum (4 Mar) |
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Oroklini Saint Elias viewpoint (4 Mar) |
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mezze dinner (4 Mar) |
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Larnaca St. Lazarus (5 Mar) |
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Paphos, Aphrodite's Rock (5 Mar) |
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Aphrodite's Rock Coral Bay (5 Mar) |
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Neo Chorio Aphrodite Trail from Baths of Aphrodite (6 Mar) |
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trail up to Moutti Tis Sotiras (6 Mar) |
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top (6 Mar) |
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down (6 Mar) |
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fish mezze on Polis beach (6 Mar) |
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Laneia Mount Olympus (7 Mar) |
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Pedhoulas (7 Mar) |
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Kykkos Monastery (7 Mar) |
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Memorial of Makarios III (7 Mar) |
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Cedar Valley (7 Mar) |
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Saint George of Emnon Chrysoroyiatissa Monastery (7 Mar) |
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Paphos mass at Panagia Chrysopolitissa (8 Mar) |
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Pegeia Orthodox Church Avakas Gorge (8 Mar) |
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Kritou Terra (9 Mar) |
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to Kremiotis waterfalls (9 Mar) |
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Agia Ekaterini Pomos Dragon cave (9 Mar) |
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Pegeia sea caves dinner (9 Mar) |
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excavation site at Mycenaean settlement of Cyprus Museum (10 Mar) |
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Sea caves (10 Mar) |
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cat at Orthodox chapel Nea Paphos Kings' graves (10 Mar) |
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archeological park (10 Mar) |
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hiking from Walluf along the Rhine to Rosengarten Eltville (13 Mar) |
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lunch in Steckenroth opera stroll near Ehrenbach (15 Mar) |
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hiking around Rauenthal (17 Mar) |
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stroll in Hülben opera in Ulm (18 Mar) |
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hiking from Eppenzill, Bad Urach (19 Mar) |
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towards Urach waterfall (19 Mar) |
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waterfall top (19 Mar) |
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waterfall from below (19 Mar) |
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view across Urach valley view from Hohenneuffen (19 Mar) |
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stroll around Ehrenbach (21 Mar) |
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biking to Niederlibbach (22 Mar) |
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Falterbach valley to Orlen (22 Mar) |
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hiking around Frauenstein (23 Mar) |
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hiking from Lorch north on Rheinsteig (24 Mar) |
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towards Lorchhausen (24 Mar) |
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back (24 Mar) |
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stroll around Essenheim (27 Mar) |
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concert at Casals Forum lunch at Ruppertshain stroll at Alteburger Markt (29 Mar) |
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April
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hiking around Rauenthal (2 Apr) |
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hiking around Ehrenbach Easter vigil at St. Martin (4 Apr) |
Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn |  |
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hiking around Ehrenbach (5 Apr) |
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service on Easter Monday hiking around Ehrenbach (6 Apr) |
Bleibe bei uns, du Wandrer durch die Zeit |  |
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hiking around Ehrenbach (7 Apr) |
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stroll around Ehrenbach (8 Apr) |
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hiking in the evening around Ehrenbach (8 Apr) |
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dinner outside in Niederjosbach stroll in Heftricher Moor (9 Apr) |
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lunch in Mainz (10 Apr) |
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stroll in Frauenstein stroll around Ehrenbach (10 Apr) |
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biking towards Gnadenthal (11 Apr) |
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Wallrabenstein (11 Apr) |
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Christ ist erstanden back service (11 Apr) |
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biking to Steckenroth via Strinz-Margarethä (12 Apr) |
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hiking to Scheid (12 Apr) |
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hiking around Ehrenbach (14 Apr) |
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biking from Trebur to Kornsand (15 Apr) |
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back (15 Apr) |
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biking to Wehen and back (17 Apr) |
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stroll around Elsheim (19 Apr) |
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hiking around Ehrenbach (19 Apr) |
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stroll around Ehrenbach (23 Apr) |
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biking to Bleidenstadt and back (26 Apr) |
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biking to Wallbach and Idstein (29 Apr) |
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back via Rosenkippel (29 Apr) |
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biking to Eschhofen via Diez (30 Apr) |
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May
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stroll around Ehrenbach (1 May) |
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hiking from Martinsthal to Eltville (1 May) |
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stroll along Rhine (1 May) |
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birthday concert for Franz Josef Hamm (2 May) |
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biking to Steckenroth (3 May) |
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back Tatort service in Aulhausen (3 May) |
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hiking to Idstein via Oberauroff (5 May) |
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lunch in Mainz "Segne, Vater, diese Gaben" (6 May) |
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St. Stephan, Mainz hiking around Ehrenbach (6 May) |
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hiking in Schwanheimer Düne (8 May) |
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hiking around Ehrenbach (8 May) |
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biking from Delkenheim to Hochheim and back (9 May) |
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Chamber Music festival, Kronberg (10 May) |
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stroll in Nerotalanlagen (12 May) |
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Monet's coast at Städel opera (13 May) |
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mass in Idstein stroll around Ehrenbach dinner in Mainz (14 May) |
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stroll around Ehrenbach Victoriapark, Kronberg Chamber Music festival (15 May) |
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stroll in Neckarhausen (16 May) |
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mass in Engenhahn concert in Kronberg (17 May) |
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hiking around Ehrenbach (18 May) |
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hiking from Idstein (19 May) |
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