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Jerelis Says: Maybe it´s weird, or maybe not? But we hiked the wine-mountains and when we returned to the village of Auen at the western part of the valley we ran into the Kneipp-Anlage of Auen.Sebastian Kneipp (1821-1897) was a Bavarian priest and one of the founders of the Naturopathic...
Wineranks of family Hees - The grape varieties.
Jerelis Says: During our tour through the wineranks we learned from our guide that the name Nahe is derived from the latin word Nava, which is based upon the Celtic origin for "the wild river". He also showed us the different grape varieties and the different wineranks, some extremely...
Wineranks of family Hees - Two winemountains.
Jerelis Says: The Hees family estate has there been ever since 1824. Usually the German wines are all produced around rivers, but the Hees wineranks are on 2 winemountains, the Auener Kaulenberg and the Auener Römestich. The great sites are extremely steep so they catch the most sunlight...
Wineranks of family Hees - 2.5 ha large.
Jerelis Says: The length of the river Nahe is approximately 120 kilometers. Mayby not too long, but its importance for the area is huge. The little village of Auen is situated in a side valley of this particular river and even benefits of this river in the south western area of Germany....
Zum Jäger aus Kürpfalz: "Your family home to ours!"
Jerelis Says: It's always a warm welcome at Zum Jäger aus Kürpfalz where we enjoyed authentic German recipes passed down through eight generations of the Hees family. The restaurant captures the classic, longtime tradition that is best known as family style dining and features the "truly...
Zum Jäger aus Kürpfalz: Check this out!
Jerelis Says: Come in and feel at home from the minute you arrive! It's not the official slogan used by the Hees family, but it might as well be. The "Jäger aus Kürpfalz" is situated at the edge of the Nature Park Soonwald and next to idyllic vineyards.Bothe breakfast and evening meals...
Zum Jäger aus Kürpfalz: Beertasting!
Jerelis Says: Beer is one of the world´s oldest alcoholic beverages, possible brewed for the first time over 10.000 years ago. We both like a nice cold glass of beer. Being abroad it always is a challenge to find a beer we like.German beer is highly diverse and an important part of...
Pension / Gasthaus Hees: Winetasting - Oeps!
Jerelis Says: Though there are a number of ways to approach a comparison tasting, we believe the best way is to involve each participant in the purchase of the wine they bring to the tasting. But the main thing is that a wine tasting is for everybody who wants to learn about wine.We guess...
Jerelis Says: Are you nervous about taking your baby or child on a car trip? You aren't alone, most parents are nervous about it. We have moved with Iris to Auen by car, which is about a 500 km drive. General: Bring books, old favourite toys and new surprise toys. Do remember that balls...
Jerelis Says: We guess that this is a tip you really need, it's quite essential ...- Where to find the little village of Auen? -Wel ... here it is. It's in the Rheinlanphalz and just above the much larger city of Idar Oberstein. If you just drive your way up from there, you won't be able...
Jerelis Says: I guess we all agree on this on; there is nothing more exciting than going travelling - exploring another country, experiencing a different culture, travelling around in new ways, sampling the local cuisine and chatting to the local people for a different perspective on...
The legend of the Jäger aus Kürpfalz
Jerelis Says: How about this legend for a change? Whenever you're visiting the little village of Auen it's about impossible not to hear about the Jäger aus Kürpfalz (the hunter of Kürpfalz). The locals are willing to tell you all about it! Of course the tales of the legends are mystical,...
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Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, the catchy title of the 1992 bestseller by John Gray, succinctly expresses an ancient dilemma. What--if anything--do men's and women's brains do differently?
The general statement that men and women respond and behave differently under the same circumstances is true; For example, from the crib, male babies tend to be more aggressive and females more passive. As adults, in spatial operations, men have the edge in such skills as negotiating a maze, reading a map, and quickly discriminating between right and left. Men also perform better than women when asked to visualize an object and imagine rotating it. On the other hand, women tend to perform better than men when asked to look at objects of different shapes, sizes, and colors, and then to group them in some order.
This still doesn't explian why my female co-driver turns the map all around when I'm asking for the road to travel, while I like the map at one point so I can better visualize our position. Help!
Updated Apr 20, 2011
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Luggage and bags: * Map and guidebook;
* Crackers;
* 2 Liter of water;
* Fruit / power bars.
Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: * Hiking boots;
* 1 extra t-shirt;
* Shorts with many pockets;
* Sunglasses;
* Fleece type jacket;
* Hat / cap;
* Raincoat.
Toiletries and Medical Supplies: * Lip balm;
* (Neck) sunblock;
* Band-aids.
Photo Equipment: * Camera and lots of films!
* Filter;
* Extra batteries;
* Lens 210 mm.
Miscellaneous: * Binocular;
* Compass.
Written Dec 1, 2004
Willigis Kapelle - The cementery.
Jerelis Says: The close by cementary at the Willigis Kapelle isn´t as old as the chapel itself. The first funeral, and therefore the first tombstone, was is in 1685, about 550 years after the chapel was finished. Only inhabitants of Echweiler, Daubach, Auen and Soonwald were allowed to be...
Willigis Kapelle - Chapel in the woods.
Jerelis Says: Wondering off to this remote area and the presence of the chapel and cementary gives you a good sense of its history. Starting off in 1128, the year the Geh in Kirche, nowadays calles Willigis Kapelle, was built.Many documents show the history of the chapel and some dates...
Hiking - Soonwald / Spectacular panoramas.
Jerelis Says: The Soonwald is one of the largest contiguous areas of forest in Germany. Its altitude is inbetween 400 up till 600 meters and has the highest peak at Ellerspring at 657 meters. The wooded area is well devoloped. It has over 800 kilometers of circular hiking paths with...
Hiking - Winemountains / Kaulenberg & Römerstich.
Jerelis Says: The two wine mountains of the family Hees are the Auener Kaulenberg and Auener Römerstich. It's one of the areas of Germany with the lowest amount of rain. It's great to hike this extensive and unaffected natural landscape. The Soonwald mountain range encompasses a large...
Jerelis Says: When we started to think about travelling plans for the autumn of 2004, we had a few things to consider. Our little daughter Iris was over 3 years old. Of course we wanted a place to visit for our own enjoyement, but needed something to do for Iris as well. Besides that...
Jerelis Says: Let’s make no secret of it. We both like a nice cold glass of beer. Being abroad is always a challenge to find a beer we like, which reflects our taste of having a beer. In Germany it was sometimes rather difficult. We found out that there are quite some local beers, only...
Wine, wine and even more wine!
"Among medicines, wine is the most useful, among foods, the most pleasant" (Plutarch) Never heared of it? You've probably never heared of this very small village in Germany. Our first stop...
Auen a wine locallity near the Nahe valley
Auen, a locality loceted in a small wine region in a beautiful landscape just South of the Soonforest and bordered along the Nahe valley.
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