In2020, I asked my friends to come to celebrate with me, due to theCOVID-19 pandemic stretched over time. The diary continued in2021,20222023 and2024, and continues here, with some places, songs, and food, a work in progress.
a birthday in Hannover ·Vacation onLa Palma
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 | hiking aroundEhrenbach (1 January) |  |  |
 | singing with friends (4 January) | Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ |  |
 | Döhren (10 January) |  | |
 | Bothfeld (11 January) | Geh aus, mein Herz, und suche Freud |  |
 | Zu den heiligen Engeln service with star singers (12 January) |  |  |
 | stroll along the Leine in Döhren dinner inLinden (12 January) |  |  |
 | hiking around Ehrenbach (13 January) |  | |
 | hiking toAar spring (14 January) |  |  |
 | flight toLa Palma (15 January) |  |  |
 | La Fajana dinner inBarlovento (15 January) |  |  |
 | stroll fromCharco Azul (16 January) |  |  |
 | toSan Andrés (16 January) |  |  |
| back (16 January) |  |  | |
 | stroll above La Fajana (16 January) |  |  |
 | stroll atPlaya Nogales (17 January) |  |  |
 | Playa Nogales fish platter inPuerto Espíndola (17 January) |  |  |
 | hiking fromLas Tricias to Baracas (18 January) |  |  |
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 | (18 January) |  |  |
 | back (18 January) |  |  |
 | tapas at La Mata (18 January) |  |  -- |
 | stroll inSanta Cruz de La Palma (19 January) |  |  |
 | mass at Iglesia de El Salvador lunch in San Andrés (19 January) |  |  |
 | hiking on coastal trail from west of Barlovento to Topaciegas (20 January) |  |  |
 | back (20 January) |  |  |
 | Parador de La Palma (21 January) |  |  |
 | hiking the coastal trail from Charco Azul to San Andrés (22 January) |  |  |
| down Barranco de San Juan (22 January) |  |  | |
 | back (22 January) |  |  |
 | lunch at El Jardin de la Sal, Faro del Fuencaliente (23 January) |  |  |
 | hiking coastal trail (23 January) |  |  |
 | back (23 January) |  |  |
 | hiking fromPuerto de Tazacorte to Mirador del Time (24 January) |  |  |
 | (24 January) |  |  |
 | back (24 January) |  |  |
 | stroll around La Fajana, Franceses (25 January) |  |  |
 | hiking on coastal trail from above La Fajana toEl Tablado (25 January) |  |  |
 | (25 January) |  |  |
 | El Tablado (25 January) |  |  |
 | back (25 January) |  |  |
 | mass at Iglesia de El Salvador Santa Cruz de La Palma (26 January) |  | |
 | Vulcano (26 January) |  |  |
 | Cumbre Vieja volcanio (26 January) |  |  |
 | view from foot of Cumbre Vieja volcano across Los LLanos to the Bejenado view toTenerife andLa Gomera (26 January) |  | |
 | tasting menu at El Jardin de la Sal, Faro del Fuencaliente (27 January) |  |  |
| (27 January) |  |  | |
 | hiking on the coastal trail from El Tablado almost toDon Pedro (28 January) |  |  |
 | down into barranco (28 January) |  |  |
 | up (28 January) |  |  |
 | (28 January) |  |  |
 | ridge to Don Pedro (28 January) |  |  |
 | back (28 January) |  |  |
 | lunch in Puerto de Tazacorte harbour (29 January) |  | |
 | hiking up to Torre del Time (29 January) |  |  |
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 | (29 January) |  |  |
 | back (29 January) |  |  |
 | Santuario Las Nieves [es] (30 January) |  |  |
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 | hiking in Barranco de la Madera (30 January) |  |  |
 | back (30 January) |  |  |
 | lunch inBreña Alta (30 January) |  |  |
 | (30 January) |  |  |
 | hiking fromLa Zarza towards Don Pedro in the riverbed of the barranco (31 January) |  |  |
 | (31 January) |  |  |
 | back (31 January) |  |  |
 | (31 January) |  |  |
 | Don Pedro cats of Barlovento (31 January) |  |  |
 | views of the sea at La Fajana and Los Galguitos (1 Febuary) |  |  |
 | almond blossom at visitor centre of Caldera de Taburiente NP (1 Febuary) |  |  |
 | lunch inLos Llanos (1 Febuary) |  | |
 | Barranco de Angustias (1 Febuary) |  |  |
 | Mirador de la Cancelita, view ofCumbre Vieja (1 Febuary) |  |  |
 | mass at Iglesia de El Salvador (2 Febuary) |  |  |
 | Mirador de La Concepcion, Breña Alta (2 Febuary) |  |  |
 | lunch there (2 Febuary) |  |  |
 | flight back (2 Febuary) |  |  |
| Image | Places | Songs | more |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Süskind: Der Kontrabaß Studio of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie Herford (5 February) |  |  |
| family gathering Brockhagen (6 February) |  |  | |
 | hiking fromGeisenheim toRüdesheim and back (8 February) |  |  |
 | lunch in Geisenheim (8 February) |  |  |
 | stroll in Frankfurt beforeopera (16 February) |  |  |
 | hiking aroundLindenholzhausen (18 February) |  |  |
 | (18 February) |  |  |
 | hiking fromWalluf toEltville and back (19 February) |  | |
 | serviceZu den heiligen Engeln, Hannover (23 February) |  |  |
 | family gathering inNienburg (23 February) |  |  |
 | hiking around Ehrenbach (26 February) |  |
| Image | Places | Songs | more |
|---|---|---|---|
 | biking to Steckenroth (2 March) |  |  |
 | back (2 March) |  |  |
 | to Tatort service, Aulhausen (2 March) |  |  |
| Tatort service,bringing Bible to the altar singing Halleluja (2 March) |  |  | |
 | Kronenschlösschen,Hattenheim, lunch with tasting of non-alcoholic wines and juices (5 March) |  |  |
| later:service on Ash Wednesday (5 March) |  |  | |
 | biking to Idstein and back (7 March) |  |  |
 | biking around Ehrenbach lunch in Steckenroth (9 March) |  |  |
 | flight from Luxembourg Airport via Lisbon toMadeira Porto Moniz (11 March) |  |  |
 | hiking from São Cristóvão toArco and back (12 March) |  |  |
 | hiking along small levada, Porto Moniz (12 March) |  | .jpg) |
 | beach (13 March) |  |  |
 | hiking along the northern coast, east fromPorto da Cruz (13 March) |  |  |
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 | (13 March) |  |  |
 | back (13 March) |  | |
 | dinner at Porto da Cruz (13 March) |  |  |
 | beach hiking along Levada da Ribeira da Janela (14 March) |  |  |
 | (14 March) |  |  |
 | (14 March) |  |  |
 | back (14 March) |  |  |
 | espetada (14 March) |  |  |
 | Porto Moniz (14 March) |  |  |
 | hiking along Levada Fajã do Rodrigues (15 March) |  |  |
 | (15 March) |  |  |
 | back (15 March) |  | |
 | lunch inSão Vicente mass inPuerto Moniz (15 March) |  |  |
 | hiking Vereda deFanal (16 March) |  |  |
 | (16 March) |  |  |
 | dinner in Porto Moniz hiking to Miradouro do Caminho do Pico (16 March) |  |  |
 | hiking Levada dos Maroços,Machico (17 March) |  |  |
 | (17 March) |  |  |
 | lunch in Porto da Cruz (17 March) |  |  |
 | hiking from Arco towards São Cristóvão and back (18 March) |  |  |
 | Miradouro de Beira de Quinta road toRibeiro Frio (18 March) |  |  |
 | above Funchal Airport PR8 Vereda daPonta de São Lourenço fish inCaniçal (18 March) |  |  |
 | back on a stormy day (19 March) |  |  |
 | stroll around Ehrenbach (21 March) rehearsal for double choir (22 March) |  |  |
 | stroll aroundFlörsheim beforemass Abendmusik (23 March) |  |  |
 | hiking aroundRauenthal (27 March) | _in_vineyard%2c_Rauenthal.jpg) |  |
 | hiking aroundRauenthal (27 March) |  |  |
 | biking to Idstein, and back via Rosenkippel andNiederauroff (28 March) |  |  |
 | lunch inMannheim (29 March) |  |  |
 | lunch inWichlinghofen (30 March) |  |  |
| Image | Places | Songs | more |
|---|---|---|---|
 | hiking aroundNiederbrechen (7 April) stroll around Ehrenbach (9 April) |  |  |
 | hiking at sunset aboveOrlen (10 April) |  | |
 | hiking fromStarnberg (11 April) |  |  |
 | back dinner inSolln (11 April) |  |  |
 | hiking inSchwarzhölzl [de] nature preserve (12 April) |  |  |
 | (12 April) |  |  |
 | lunch inKarlsfeld mass inMoosach (12 April) |  |  |
 | hiking from Solln along the Isar toGrünwald (13 April) |  |  |
 | Ionesco in Volkstheater, Munich (12 April) |  |  |
 | hiking around Ehrenbach (14 April) |  |  |
 | (14 April) |  |  |
 | back hike to rehearsal (14 April) |  |  |
 | evening hikearound Ehrenbach (15 April) |  |  |
 | hiking to Oberauroff and back (18 April) |  |  |
 | biking to Niederlibbach and Orlen (19 April) |  |  |
 | back (19 April) |  |  |
 | biking to Wehen (20 April) |  |  |
| back (20 April) |  |  | |
 | hiking to Niederauroff Osterbrunnen (21 April) |  |  |
 | stroll aroundHattenheim (26 April) |  |  |
 | hiking from Oberauroff (29 April) |  |  |
 | stroll around Ehrenbach (30 April) |  | |
 | Iranian dinner in Frankfurt (30 April) |  |  |
| Image | Places | Songs | more |
|---|---|---|---|
 | stroll around Ehrenbach Maifestspiele in Wiesbaden (1 May) |  |  |
 | stroll around Ehrenbach (2 May) |  |  |
 | stroll around Marienthal (2 May) |  | |
 | stroll around Eltville (3 May) |  |  |
 | dinner at Johannisberg mass at Basilika (3 May) |  |  |
 | stroll around Ehrenbach (4 May) |  |  |
 | hiking to Oberauroff (5 May) |  |  |
 | flight fromDortmund Airport toGdańsk (6 May) |  |  |
 | Gdańsk (6 May) |  |  |
 | hiking fromEuropean Solidarity Centre to Letnica (7 May) |  |  |
 | hiking alongBrzeźno beach (8 May) |  |  |
 | hiking along the beach toSopot (8 May) |  |  |
 | hiking along the beach north of Sopot (8 May) |  |  |
 | Lutheran Church [pl], Sopot (8 May) |  |  |
 | Oliwa Park, Abbot's Palace (8 May) |  |  |
 | Oliwa Cathedral (8 May) |  |  |
 | great organ (8 May) |  |  |
| main altar (8 May) |  |  | |
 | dinner near Abbot's Palace (8 May) |  |  |
 | stroll in Gdańsk Museum of the Second World War (8 May) |  |  |
 | Motława and Old Town (8 May) |  |  |
 | back (9 May) |  | |
 | stroll around Johannisberg (10 May) |  |  |
 | service at St. Martin, Idstein lunch inMarienthal concert atCasals Forum (11 May) |  |  |
 | hiking to Oberlibbach (13 May) |  |  |
| back (13 May) |  |  | |
 | lunch in Wiesbaden (14 May) |  | |
 | concert at Casals Forum (14 May) |  |  |
 | biking to Morcher Mühle,Walsdorf (15 May) |  |  |
 | back (15 May) |  |  |
 | lunch aboveKiedrich (16 May) |  |  |
 | hiking around Ehrenbach (16 May) |  |  |
 | hiking around Ehrenbach (17 May) |  |  |
 | concerts at Casals Forum (18 May) |  |  |
 | (18 May) |  |  |
 | lunch near Vienna Cathedral (25 May) |  |  |
| concert atKonzerthaus (25 May) |  |  | |
 | Albertina dish "Rasenstück" afterDürer (26 May) |  |  |
 | Deutschherrenhof Jesuit Church (26 May) |  |  |
 | cathedral organ concert atPeterskirche (26 May) |  |  |
 | Heiligenkreuzerhof Ruprechtskirche (27 May) |  |  |
 | Deutschordenskirche Austrian Academy of Sciences (27 May) |  | |
| hiking around Ehrenbach (28 May) |  |  | |
 | Ascension day service atSt. Martha, Engenhahn lunch above Kiedrich Rosengarten inEltville (29 May) |  |  |
| biking to meadow of wildflowers near Oberauroff (30 May) |  |  |
| Image | Places | Songs | more |
|---|---|---|---|
 | firethorn (1 Jun) |  | |
 | Tatort service in Aulhausen dinner inMarienthal (1 Jun) |  |  |
 | biking to tapas in Wehen (2 Jun) |  |  |
 | hiking to Eschenhahn (4 Jun) |  |  |
 | hiking around Ehrenbach (5 Jun) |  |  |
 | Pentecost service at St. Martin (8 Jun) |  |  |
 | ecumenical service atUnionskirche lunch in Steckenroth (9 Jun) |  | |
 | hiking trail Wisperglück fromLorch (9 Jun) |  |  |
 | above Lorchhausen (9 Jun) |  |  |
 | to Lorchhausen (9 Jun) |  |  |
 | biking fromGinsheim toTrebur along the Rhine (11 Jun) |  |  |
| back via Astheim (11 Jun) |  |  | |
 | lunch in Mainz (12 Jun) | Geh aus, mein Herz, und suche Freud |  |
| (12 Jun) |  |  | |
 | stroll around Ehrenbach (12 Jun) |  |  |
 | biking along the Lahn from Diez to Geilnau (13 Jun) |  |  |
| back (13 Jun) |  |  | |
 | stroll around Ehrenbach (14 Jun) |  | |
 | service in Idstein concert inBierstadt (15 Jun) |  |  |
 | service for Corpus Christi stroll around Ehrenbach (19 Jun) |  |  |
 | stroll aroundHallgarten (21 Jun) |  |  |
 | stroll inKurpark Wiesbaden,concert in Kurhaus (22 Jun) |  |  |
 | hiking to Idstein (23 Jun) |  |  |
 | stroll around Ehrenbach (24 Jun) | ||
 | lunch inHofheim (26 Jun) |  |  |
 | concert in the cloisters of Eberbach Abbey (26 Jun) | Spanish Night |  |
 | hiking around Ehrenbach (27 Jun) |  | |
 | singing in service tea in Kiedrich stroll nearBärstadt (29 Jun) |  |  |
 | choir outing nearHeftrich (30 Jun) | Viel Glück und viel Segen |  |
| Image | Places | Songs | more | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | concert at Unionskirche (2 Jul) |  | ||
 | biking to Limburg (4 Jul) |  |  | |
 | (4 Jul) |  |  | |
 | concert atKurhaus Wiesbaden (4 Jul) |  | ||
 | house concert in Ehrenbach (5 Jul) | Bach:Cello Suite No. 3 |  | |
 | service in St. Martin (6 Jul) |  |  | |
 | lunch in Frankfurt view fromStädel (8 Jul) |  |  | |
 | concert at Eibingen Abbey (8 Jul) |  |  | |
 | dinner in Johannisberg (9 Jul) |  |  | |
 | concert at Kurhaus Wiesbaden (10 Jul) |  |  | |
 | lunch inHetschbach (11 Jul) |  |  | |
 | lunch in Mainz (12 Jul) |  |  | |
 | Brahms concert at Kurhaus Wiesbaden (12 Jul) |  | ||
 | hiking fromDöhren [de] to Wülfel and back desserts (17 Jul) |  |  | |
 | singing inKirchrode ... und deines Gartens schöne Blum lunch in Hannover (18 Jul) |  |  | |
 | dinner in Johannisberg (19 Jul) |  |  | |
 | hiking around Ehrenbach (22 Jul) |  |  | |
 | stroll around Ehrenbach (24 Jul) |  |  | |
 | lunch in Steckenroth hiking around Ehrenbach (24 Jul) |  |  | |
| hiking around Ehrenbach (30 Jul) |  |  |
| Image | Places | Songs | more |
|---|---|---|---|
 | concert at Kurhaus Wiesbaden (1 Aug) |  |  |
 | lunch in Finthen (2 Aug) |  | |
 | hiking above Rüdesheim Tatort service at Marienkirche, Aulhausen dinner in Winkel (3 Aug) |  |  |
 | stroll in SkulpturenparkNiederhöchstadt (4 Aug) |  |  |
 | dinner in Frankfurt (4 Aug) |  | |
 | stroll at Bubenhäuser Höhe, Rauenthal (5 Aug) |  |  |
 | concert at Baiken, Eltville (5 Aug) | Goldberg Variations |  |
 | Limburg (6 Aug) |  | |
 | lunch (6 Aug) |  |  |
 | feast of the Mass in B minor (7 Aug) |  |  |
 | concert at Eberbach Abbey (7 Aug) |  |  |
 | hiking In vino veritas trail from Lorch (9 Aug) |  |  |
 | down (9 Aug) |  |  |
 | hiking around Malbach valley, Ehrenbach (10 Aug) |  | Mein Gott, wie schön ist deine Welt |
 | stroll (11 Aug) and hiking around Ehrenbach (12 Aug) | For the beauty of the earth |  |
 | concert at Kurhaus (13 Aug) |  |  |
 | stroll around Ehrenbach dinner in Rauenthal (14 Aug) |  |  |
 | dinner in Johannisberg (15 Aug) |  |  |
 | biking to Görsroth via valleys, and back (16 Aug) |  |  |
 | biking to Steckenroth viaStrinz-Margarethä (17 Aug) |  |  |
 | back (17 Aug) |  |  |
 | concert at Basilika Mittelheim (17 Aug) |  |  |
 | Frankfurt,Altstadt Paulskirche (21 Aug) |  |  |
 | Commerzbank Tower Main Tower Sachsenhausen (21 Aug) |  |  |
 | Deutschordenskirche Alte Brücke (21 Aug) |  |  |
 | Eibingen Abbey vespers (21 Aug) |  |  |
 | Rhine at Geisenheim dinner in Johannisberg (21 Aug) |  |  |
 | stroll in Idstein Unionskirche Schloss (22 Aug) |  |  |
 | stroll around Schloss Johannisberg service (23 Aug) |  |  |
 | concert (23 Aug) |  | |
 | hiking around Ehrenbach (26 Aug) |  |  |
 | concert at Kurhaus Wiesbaden (28 Aug) |  |  |
 | biking to Idstein and back via Rosenkippel (29 Aug) |  |  |
 | Requiem at St. Martin dinner at Himmelreich,Dotzheim (30 Aug) |  |  |
 | biking toWallbach (31 Aug) |  |  |
 | further toWallrabenstein (31 Aug) |  |  |
| back (31 Aug) |  |  |
| Image | Places | Songs | more |
|---|---|---|---|
 | stroll aroundSchloss Johannisberg (3 Sep) |  |  |
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 | concert, Eberbach Abbey (6 Sep) |  | |
 | Tatort service, dinner in Hattenheim, dessert at home (7 Sep) |  |  |
 | Leineauen, Hannover (10 Sep) dinner in Döhren (11 Sep) |  |  |
 | lunch for friends for concert, walk to rehearsal (13 Sep) |  |  |
 | stroll in Idstein (14 Sep) |  |  |
 | service in St. Martin on Kreuzfest (14 Sep) |  |  |
 | brunch outside with friends sing concert (14 Sep) | HaydnStabat Mater |  |
 | hiking to Aarwiese and back (15 Sep) |  |  |
 | hiking to Oberauroff and back (15 Sep) | Nun jauchzt dem Herren, alle Welt |  |
 | hiking toAltkönig (16 Sep) |  |  |
 | back Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust (16 Sep) |  |  |
 | meditation in Apothekergarten, Wiesbaden (16 Sep) | Laudate omnes gentes |  |
 | hiking from Dotzheim toGoethestein (17 Sep) |  |  |
 | back (17 Sep) |  | |
 | biking to Wehen via Engenhahn (18 Sep) |  |  |
| back via Orlen (18 Sep) |  |  | |
 | biking from Hattenheim to Hallgarten (20 Sep) |  |  |
 | biking to Johannisberg and Geisenheim, back along Rhine (20 Sep) |  |  |
 | service in St. Martin with orchestra (21 Sep) | Johann Fischer: Suite |  |
| lunch in Frankfurt opening concert of Kronberg Festival (23 Sep) |  |  | |
 | concert of Kronberg festival (25 Sep) |  | |
 | hiking around Rauenthal dinner in Martinsthal (26 Sep) |  |  |
 | pilgrimage to Kreuzkapelle via Walsdorf and Würges (27 Sep) |  |  |
 | approach to Kreuzkapelle (27 Sep) |  |  |
 | mass lunch in Walsdorf (27 Sep) |  |  |
 | concert of Kronberg Festival (27 Sep) |  |  |
 | viewpoint Platte lunch inEltville vineyards (28 Sep) |  |  |
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| Image | Places | Songs | more |
|---|---|---|---|
 | hiking around Frauenstein (1 Oct) |  |  |
 | (1 Oct) |  |  |
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 | Städel, Frankfurt opera night stroll along the Main (2 Oct) |  |  |
 | hiking to Eschenhahn and back (3 Oct) |  |  |
 | hiking around Ehrenbach after heavy rain (4 Oct) |  |  |
 | lunch in Mittelheim (5 Oct) |  |  |
 | hiking to Rüdesheim (5 Oct) |  |  |
 | hiking to Tatort service in Aulhausen (5 Oct) |  |  |
 | hiking around Ehrenbach (8 Oct) |  |  |
 | hiking from Dotzheim to Frauenstein (9 Oct) |  |  |
| back (9 Oct) |  |  | |
 | biking to Aarquelle (12 Oct) |  |  |
 | biking to Wehen and back via Orlen (12 Oct) |  |  |
| Suscepit Israel (14 Oct) |  |  | |
 | hiking around Ehrenbach (15 Oct) |  |  |
 | dinner (15 Oct) | For the beauty of the earth |  |
 | hiking from Dotzheim to Frauenstein and back (17 Oct) |  |  |
 | stroll around Ehrenbach (18 Oct) |  |  |
 | lunch inNeckarhausen stroll along Neckar< and in Schlosspark (18 Oct) |  |  |
 | stroll around Ehrenbach (18 Oct) |  |  |
 | steak dinner,Hennethal (18 Oct) |  | |
 | hiking around Ehrenbach (21 Oct) |  |  |
 | (21 Oct) |  |  |
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 | hiking around Ehrenbach (22 Oct) |  |  |
 | flight toMilan, main station (28 Oct) |  |  |
 | Cathedral La Scala (28 Oct) | Opera Verdi:Rigoletto |  |
 | Pinacoteca di Brera (29 Oct) |  |  |
 | Botanical garden of the Pinacoteca (29 Oct) |  |  |
 | Sforza Castle (29 Oct) |  |  |
 | Parco Sempione Palazzo dell'Arte [it] (29 Oct) |  |  |
 | Politecnico di Milano lecture of Architecture Week (29 Oct) |  |  |
 | early mass at the cathedral Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II (30 Oct) |  |  |
 | Pinacoteca di Brera (30 Oct) |  |  |
 | Mudec museum, Canal (30 Oct) |  |  |
 | Porta Nuova (31 Oct) |  |  |
 | (31 Oct) |  |  |
 | Bergamo, Upper City on Halloween (31 Oct) |  |  |
| Image | Places | Songs | more |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Plaza de Chueca Madrid lunch (1 Nov) |  |