The HIVE Tour - Episode 32a - NE Bavaria and NW Czech in one day

Knowing the right people is priceless and I couldn't have a better contact for my Bavarian days than my dear friend Andreas. It's my last day here in Bayreuth and I will try to do as many places he has proposed around here as possible since who knows when I'll be back. Quite a challenge though as the whole area is an eye candy with endless sightseeing.

Number one on my way is Fichtel mountains. It's a nice ride up to there but the place is not exactly what I was expecting. Don't get me wrong, nothing bad about it, it's just that I thought I could ride part of it and then go back to my route for the rest while here you have to park your vehicle and continue on foot. And that's what I do:

The spot you see is proposed by the guy who works at the local parking lot. He speaks no English but when he sees my Greek number plate he goes "Griechenland?!" in awe. I say yes (what else?) and then he offers to host my helmet in one of their rooms.
Right here actually:

So as you see above my helmet sits on that chair and the guy tells me in full German something that as I can understand is "when your done with your helmet pull back the stand with the brochures to prevent access from others". And that's what I did 🙂

At this moment before walking I gotta...do this:

Pretty wise choice as seconds later busses arrive at the parking lot with myriads of kids and the toilets get jammed.

There's more scenic stuff than toilets here though and there I go:

Plenty of water too:

And huge boulders:

So many hiking trails to choose from here but I only have time for a brief walk so I stay on the main way:

The amount of huge boulders here is more than enough to host the tourist information:

There used to be a huge tree over that sign but now it's history:

Now you can easier imagine that this place attracts a lot of kids:

And... here is the future of mankind🙂:

My walk unsurprisingly confirms the two things that are beyond plenty around here - tall trees and huge boulders:

Now there's also kids among them:

And signs that are all German to me:

I hope these pictures gives you an idea about the height of the trees:

And these ones about the size of the boulders:

Both in the next one:

(I really like those twin boulders by the way)

I can enjoy my walk around those proud, tall and green trees,

while walking over this green soft carpet which feels priceless:

I like how this "carpet" grows over the boulders too:

I think I said those trees are tall didn't I?

After all these you can imagine the logging that takes place here. If not, let me help you:

Don't rush to mourn the trees, some had to be cut anyway:

This pile of logs give me a chance for an overview so I climb on top of it:

And here's my view:

Lovely mauve parenthesis in this green heaven:

Which is a heaven even with just its shades of green:

Anyone missed some boulders? I got you covered:

I'm making my way back to the parking lot as I can't stay here forever which is a pity since you can spend a full day walking around here with no regrets.
Goodbye trees, see you next time: