.. exploring beautiful places at home, in the Alps or far away
Today we took the bus to Birgsau and from there starting walking in the direction of the Krumbacher Höhenweg via Guggensee. We followed the Krumbacher Höhenweg almost until we reached the Fellhorn cablecar and then walked back to Oberstdorf. Even if it was still warm and sunny you can feel that winter is about to come!
What an amazing autumn day! On top of the mountains we can already see the first snow this winter. We started in Oberstdorf and walked to Gerstruben. From there we followed the way to the Dietersbachalpe. Many people still enjoyed food and drinks there in the sunshine. We continued upwards to the Älpelesattel which was already partly covered by snow. We were completely alone on our way. On top we had a long break and lay in the sunshine. Then we walked down to the Käseralpe and from there to the Oytalhaus. There we got some scooters which took us fast back to Oberstdorf!
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When travelling from the Mediterranean Sea back to the Alps it is a good idea to stop in Lyon. From Marseille we took the TGV to Lyon. It was the first time on the TGV for us and it is really fast!
The first impression of Lyon was that it is also very noisy. We were not able to find a nice place to sit down and enjoy a coffee. Nevertheless after some walking around we were able to fine the old town. There were some really small street with nice restaurants and bars. We enjoyed a delicious crepes and ice cream there.
There is also a nice place to go up and have a great view above the city - the view is worth going up there during the day and night. Close to the top of the hill is also a theater which reminded us of Rome.
During the night all famous buildings were nicely lighted up and there were many people out in the old town so that it was not so easy to find a place to eat. In the end we ended up with a salad and crepes which was fine 😀
When we finished our hiking tour in Menton we decided to spend one day in Nice as it is a very popular city. Nice was very hot, noisy and full of people! We walked around and found one really nice place - close to the beach you can go up some stairs to a park from where you have a great view of the city and the beach! Nevertheless we were quite happy to leave Nice the next morning to continue our journey back to the Alps with a stopover in Lyon.
Today we FINALLY reached the sea…can’t write too much now…have to cool my feet 
UPDATE: The sea here is nice and warm Just quite A LOT of people hanging around thinking the same and a big noisy road directly leads along the coast and thus along the beach. Probably many people not even realize that but for us coming from the quiet mountains this was a big contrast. There is almost no sand at the beach – just bigger stones. In the evening we found a very nice place at the sea away from the road where a band was playing live music We bought pizza and wine and sat down listening to the music. Today was a public holiday in France. What we did not know was that a fire work was planned for the evening. When we just arrived back at the hotel it started – luckily the hotel had a big roof terrace in the 7th floor from where we were able to see everything:) It was a little “Dream Hotel” feeling – like in the German TV series 
This was a nice finish for our tour
Btw. We were very lucky to find a hotel in Menton which was not yet fully booked. Many people currently enjoy their holidays at the Cote d’Azur… However we found one room for only one night not far from the beach…and quite expensive. Actually when we decided to walk to the sea we were looking for a small city which is not so full of people (this is why we did not walk to Nice). But in fact between July and August every place close to the beach seems to be very desired.
Another thing we underestimated was the heat. Almost always above 1000m we had about 10°C less. But walking down to 0m the temperature seemed to increase with every step.
One last thing to mention – again – is the weather. We were thinking that the closer we come to the sea the more stable the weather gets – because when we looked at the forecast for Menton it was almost always good. However this assumption was wrong. There is a big difference between being right at the sea or 1 km beyond.
