http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Weinstadt/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Germany , Baden-Württemberg , Weinstadt en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:59:35 +0000 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:59:35 +0000 Ever tried travelling on crutches I did. It requires some logistics and is exhausting but it works. And I was glad to get moving again.The first Saturday in September I travelled to Bonn to see my friends Katrin Simone and Anke. I went by train and as I needed my hands for my crutches I took two backpacks for my luggage and carried one in my front and one in my back. My friends picked me up http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Weinstadt/blog-447817.html On Thursday my mum my aunt Lore and I left for Bayreuth which is about 300 km from here to attend the Bayreuth Festival. It is a very famous festival where operas by the German composer Richard Wagner are played.We spent the night in a very nice hotel and the next day we were picked up at the hotel by a shuttle bus at three p.m. Wagner's operas are very long that's why they usually start http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Weinstadt/blog-433556.html I don't have much to tell you at the moment. Just wanted to let you know that I'm getting better and better. I'm still on crutches and will be for another week. Then I'll have an appointment in my hospital again and see how well the leg healed.I was discharged from hospital four weeks ago. The leg was really sore and kept me awake for many nights during my first two weeks at home. Painkillers did http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Weinstadt/blog-430232.html Last Friday I picked up my friend Rebi in Ulm and then we drove to Regina's place which is not far from Munich in a most beautiful area. We were looking forward to a true girls' weekend. Regina had cooked lunch for us and after lunch she showed us around the as I said before beautiful area. We hiked up the Blomberg a mountain that she flies from quite often. The mountain is about 500 metr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Weinstadt/blog-419505.html Sorry for not giving an update for such a long time. I was just so busy that I didn't have the time.We had two more tasks from Aspres. On Wednesday a 104 km task was set at first but they changed it again to a shorter one of 89 km due to the cloud development. The pilots didn't even get to fly that task the overdevelopment was so severe that the task was stopped before the first start gate ope http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Weinstadt/blog-416873.html EnglishRehabilitation is hard work believe me And learning to walk again is not easy.After being discharged from hospital I started ambulant rehabilitation. Three times a week I go to a rehab place not far from where I live. When I'm there I do physiotherapy gym and exercises in the pool. Physiotherapy takes half an hour. I'm alone with the physiotherapist and she gives me workouts especia http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Weinstadt/blog-391270.html EnglishMy week here in hospital was completely different from how I had expected it to be. On Thursday morning the doctors turned up in my room. They told me that they had been pretty surprised that the Australian doctors didn't want me to weightbear for another ten weeks. They said the bones had healed pretty well and the reason for operating patients was to mobilize them as soon as possible. T http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Weinstadt/blog-384742.html Noch knapp zwei Wochen bis Australien am 26. Dezember geht es los Einige von Euch haben vielleicht am 23. November den kleinen Beitrag ber mich auf SWR3 Weltweit gehrt. Fr alle die ihn verpasst haben Ein kleiner Bericht mit Fotos ist auch im Internet auf der Homepage von SWR3 Weltweit.Lnger habt Ihr nichts von mir gelesen. Australien rckt nher und es gab einfach viel zu tun. Ein bissche http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Weinstadt/blog-352198.html DeutschAm kommenden Sonntag heit es Radio einschalten. Im Rahmen der Sendung SWR3 Weltweit kommt ein kleiner Beitrag ber das Drachenfliegen mich und meine diesjhrigen AustralienPlne. Also Sonntag 23. November 2008 zwischen 16 und 19 Uhr auf SWR3.Meine Reisedaten fr Australien26. Dezember 2008 Flug von Frankfurt nach Sydney4. bis 10. Januar 2009 Corryong Cup in Corryong Victoria den http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Weinstadt/blog-347275.html EnglishOn Friday I started a five day trip to the north of Germany. First I met some of my former colleagues in Bonn. Some of them still work for the consultancy some don't. It was pretty interesting to see what everyone is up to. I stayed at my friend Katrin's place for the night then I went to see my friend Christiane who lives not far from Bonn.She took me for a little adventure trip not i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Weinstadt/blog-344804.html EnglishAgain I don't have any exciting stories to tell. Two weeks with lots of work are over. The only exciting thing I can tell you about myself is that I published my Australian adventure as a book. You can find it here. Just enter my name in the search field and there you go. All the stories all the pictures. It's all in German though.There was a funny little contest going on between Hans fro http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Weinstadt/blog-340491.html EnglishI don't have any exciting flying stories to tell or pictures to post this week so I thought you might be interested in pictures and videos from other pilots.Sven whom I learned flying with did a hanggliding tour in the Alps with his girlfriend Maike two weeks ago and he sent me some very nice pictures. They spent some days on Tegelberg went to the Zugspitze and to Zillertal and becaus http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Weinstadt/blog-335526.html EnglishAfter coming home from Frankfurt last week I was struggling with a cold so I could not go flying last weekend in spite of the beautiful weather. At least I wanted to be out in the sunshine so we went for a long walk on the Schwbische Alb and watched some sailplanes that were being towed up by a winch last Sunday.On Wednesday I went to the Volksfest with my Mum that is the version of t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Weinstadt/blog-331070.html Auf vielfachen Wunsch gibt es neben der englischen wieder eine deutsche Version meines Blogs. Ihr knnt Euch also aussuchen was Ihr lesen wollt. Die deutsche Version findet Ihr unten unter der berschrift bdquoDeutschldquo.EnglishDave Seib sent me a picture last week showing a Swift surrounded by a herd of cows. The story that goes with it is quite funny and exciting. Dave was flying that Sw http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Weinstadt/blog-324884.html I've been quite busy working on articles. So I wrote another one about my trip to Australia for bdquoSoaring Australialdquo this time. I have a pdf copy of it so if you want to read it just let me know.Ich habe fleiig an Artikeln gearbeitet. Gerade habe ich einen Artikel fr bdquoSoaring Australialdquo ein australisches Fliegermagazin geschrieben. Wer das pdf haben mchte kann sich http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Weinstadt/blog-321221.html In der Waiblinger Kreiszeitung ist ein Artikel bers Drachenfliegen mich und mein AustralienAbenteuer erschienen. Ich habe den Artikel als pdf schreibt mir eine Nachricht wenn Ihr ihn gerne haben wollt.There is an article about hanggliding me and my hanggliding adventure in Australia in a German local newspaper the Waiblinger Kreiszeitung. I have a pdf copy of it. If you would like to read http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Weinstadt/blog-318575.html After posting my last blog entry on Monday in Greifenburg I went up the hill for one more flight. The day looked good it was sunny and cumulus clouds were growing. There were lots of hanggliders up on launch but almost nobody went out there. I saw some paragliders going up and there seemed to be thermals coming up in front of launch. I was sick of hanging around and launched.This time I did http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Weinstadt/blog-315952.html This is the first time that I publish a story in English and German. Please give me feedback on what you think about the new style.Here are the competition results Corinna Schwiegershausen Germany is World Champion for the fourth time in her career. She is just such a good pilot. Francoise Dieuzeide France came second followed by Kathleen Rigg Great Britain. Kathleen hasn't flown for a c http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Weinstadt/blog-308265.html