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Overnight, today being 4 January 2016, we got our first snow of the winter, but some drizzly rain had washed most of it away by the late afternoon.
But it did look beautiful this morning, when I stepped out on the balcony with some coffee in hand. Oberursel lies at the foot of the Taunus Mountains, and so we are more subjected to winter weather than Frankfurt.
I have my friends and family over in all kinds of seasons, and this is the view they get over mulled wine.
Driving up from Oberursel to visit some friends in Oberreifenberg one afternoon, we passed these wintery scenes.
Sledding at the Sandplacken Pass (669m), which is between Oberursel and Schmitten.
View onto St. Georg Church in Oberreifenberg
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Just yesterday, before we were hit with all that snow coming down today and delaying arrivals and departures from Frankfurt Airport for up to five hours, we decided to go up the Taunus Mountains to find some snow, and the beauty of it.
Yesterday afternoon, we parked our car at the parking lot within the serpentine curve, then hiked up the mountain for a good 30 minutes. Our destination was the Restaurant Fuchstanz to have a bite to eat and a little something to drink.
Germany is full of trees, about a third of land is covered with about 90 billion of them.
It is a 1.6km (one mile) walk from the Große Kurve (serpentine curve) to the Fuchstanz Restaurant.
Time to turn around for a photo.
We can spot the other Frische Luft Geher (fresh air walkers) near the steaming Glühwein (mulled wine) already. There are two restaurants at the top and some outdoor vendors for the ones only wanting a Bratwurst and/or Glühwein. They also serve hot apple juice and a few other small items.
Zum Fuchstanz (lit: to where the foxes dance)
The restaurant is open from Wed – Sunday from 10am – 6pm (tel: 06174 – 2 12 23). Occasionally, they also open on Mondays and Tuesday, all depending on fine weather only.
We ordered Rouladen with dumplings and red cabbage. Rouladen are made from thin strips of beef, then filled with bacon (sometimes seasoned ground beef).
A box asking for a Spende (donation) for Wegemarkierer (trail blazers)
Our visitor got himself a big cup of hot Glühwein.
There are various trails leading to this area:
from Königstein: parking lot at the cemetery
from Falkenstein: Forest Parking Lot (Waldparkplatz)
from Oberursel: Serpentine parking lot or Hohemark
below the Feldberg Mountain : parking lot Windeck oder Teufelsquartier
as well as from Schmitten: parking lot Sandplacken
The Fuchstanz is always worth a visit. Right now, I imagine kids are riding down the trail on their sled. If you don’t have a sled, a big plastic bag might do the job too. It did for our kids when they were young, after the trail had iced over a bit.
It has been snowing here since early this morning and the city’s snow removal service people are quite busy and so are the young ones, taking advantage of this heavy snow fall.
I took a short walk through Camp King towards the Mountain Lodge where we usually find a sledding trail. Not today though.
Camp King Mountain Lodge
Today’s sledders were all using the hill in front of the chapel (yellowish building in the center).
Sledding in Camp King Oberursel
And let’s remember after whom this former military post had been named:
Charles B. King Memorial
My name is Maria Shipley. I live in Oberursel, Germany with my husband, son and daughter. I … Read more
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