In August 2021, I needed a holiday, and I thought a hiking holiday would be the best thing because I usually recover and recharge best when I go hiking. However, because of the ever-changing Corona regulations, I did not want to leave the country; I was worried that I might have to go into quarantine upon returning into Germany. So, I decided to book a holiday in the region of Harz from 14th to 21st of August. Harz is the highest of the Central German Uplands. Its highest mountain is Brocken with an altitude of 1,142 metres ASL. I had booked a nice little hotel in the town of Braunlage, which is about three hours by car from Dortmund. When Germany was still divided into Eastern and Western Germany, Braunlage was part of Western Germany, with
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