Waiting for the bridge to come down, on the way from the ferry to
the station in Kiel
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While changing trains, Anne Grethe met a ...
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Three ladies at the market in Osteroede
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Hotel - Pension Börgener, Osteroede
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We started walking at this point, after a short taxi-ride from
Osteroede to Lerbach
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Our first signpost on the Hexen-Stieg
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Forget-me-nots on the slope of the Lerbach valley
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Walking into woodland
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The view at Körnigs Ecke
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A glimpse back into Lerbach valley
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A view down the ski slope from Marienblick
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Witch at Marienblick
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Mangelhalber Tor
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Lunch during a shower at Heidelbeerköpfe
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The little white witch on a broomstick used for way-marking
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Waldhotel Pixhaier-Mühle in Buntenbock
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We saw trees falling, just off our trail, near the Huttaler
Widerwaage
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Entrance to the Huttaler Wasserlauf
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A clearing cut down the hillside, below the Huttaler Graben,
probably for hunting
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Huttaler graben
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View towards Torfhaus from the Sperberhaier Damm
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Eisenquelle
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Down the ski slope towards Altenau
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A summer skier at the bottom of the slope
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Hotel zum Forsthaus, Altenau
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The Grosse Oker as it crosses Dammgraben
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Dappled sunlight along Dammgraben
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A sharp bend in Dammgraben
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Silberbrunnen
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Schachtkopf hütte at Förster-Ludwig-Platz
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A bird cherry (prunus padus) in flower in the woods
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Confluence of Nabentaler graben with Dammgraben (probably)
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Starting ascent to Torfhaus on the Magdeburger Weg
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Looking back along the Magdeburger Weg
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The Geheimrat-Schneider-Bank stands in the background, below the
outcrop
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Bundesstrasse 4 runs through Torfhaus, on the way from Braunlage
to Bad Harzburg
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Pillows were nearly always stood up like this on arrival - Am
Glockenberg at St. Andreasberg
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Special bus shelter at the junction with the road to St.
Andreasberg via Oderteich
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Grey trees along the Goetheweg
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A 1st glimpse of the Harzer Schmalspurbahn (HSB)
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Concrete blocks from the East German Kolonnenweg
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Signpost near the Eckersprung
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Looking back towars Torfhaus
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The footpath and narrow-gauge railway run parallel for a
while
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A boardwalk helps us across the Goethemoor
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Brocken was liberated shortly after the wall fell
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Remains of the old listening post on top of Brocken
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"Official" photo on Brocken at 1142 m
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There are alternatives to simply having a photo taken on the
summit
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Here's the train waiting for us at Brocken station
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And here's the locomotive
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Little folk welcoming us to Schierke
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Pension Andrä in Schierke
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Nicolaiplatz in Wernigerode
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The town hall in Wernigerode, with weddings by horse and
carriage
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View towards Wernigerode castle
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Entrance to Wernigerode castle
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Grüne strasse in Wernigerode
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Plenty of wood, ready for a cold winter, near Schierke
station.
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Follow that witch
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Ladders onto the Trudenstein
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View towards Wurmberg (971 m)
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HSB puffing though the woods
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Pillows at Hotel Kräuterhof in Drei Annen Hohne
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Witch and tulips approaching Königshütte
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Witch on a sled on a roof
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A pair of witches
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Woodman and owl
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A big witch as we leave Königshütte
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Hill on the other side of the Bode river - near Elbingerode
limestone mines
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Slag heap on Tiefesitte
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Flowers by a picnic table
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Hoher Kleef viewpoint |
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Rubeland |
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Green witch by the Bode |
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Haus Bodeblick in Neuwerk
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Haus Bodeblick's cat
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The old school in Neuwerk
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Witch with her bottle
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Witch with her parrot |
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Witch with her tricycle |
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Bode riverside |
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Feuer(?) salamander |
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Boardwalk by the Bode |
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Path around Talsperre Wendefurth |
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Pump & turbine house |
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Wendefurth dam |
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Wayside flowers - 1 |
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Weir |
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Some foot massage |
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Wayside flowers - 2 |
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Wayside flowers - 3 |
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Zum Harzer Jodlermeister in Altenbrak
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Welcome for coffee, perhaps
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Witch on a noticeboard |
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Gasthaus Königsruhe in Thale
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Hotel zum Bär in Quedlinburg
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Hotel Niedersächsicher Hof in Goslar
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A different pillow style at the Intercontinental Hotel in
Hamburg
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