Crossing the Swabian Jura: A two day hike from Ulm to Owen - Part 3, Hiking along the Alb's cultural landscape

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Greetings Steemians!

Welcome to the second leg of my two day hike across the Swabian Jura.

After a refreshing lunch break and a bit of stretching I continued my hike. There were a good 18 k left to go and I wanted to make sure to reach my accomodation before dusk. The Alb is a very sparsely populated region with limited options to shorten the hike due to unforeseen events.

This section of my hike was very different from the previous one. During the climb the surrounding changed after almost every bend of the track, whereas after reaching the plateau a rather homogenous cultural landscape opened up with one large field after the other.

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Fields are made ready for winter.

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There were many of these solitary trees. Each one having it's own appeal.

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After a while the grasslands became rougher and less cultivated.

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I came closer to the Schopflocher highmoor. I will show you it's eerily beautiful ambience in the next stage of this tour.

I was able to keep my pace up and so I reached my night stay already in mid afternoon. After a quick shower I went out for dinner. I felt like having something really substantial:

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The Restaurant's self-introduction was quite unusual. Instead of an ointment of self-congratulation, they decided to let their food speak for itself. And it worked ;)

With 32 km in my legs there was nothing to regret with this sumptuous meal :)

Thanks for watching and 'til the next stage of this tour!

Shaka


Photos recorded by myself with an iPhone 6S.


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so nice landscape
These pictures reminded me of my memories
i follow you and I am impatiently waiting for the reports
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Hahaha diese Speisekarte ist genial :D
Ich steh voll drauf, wenn sich Betriebe auf eine derart kreative Weise dem Konsumenten annähern :)

Wie immer toller Bericht und wunderschöne Fotos!

Dankeschön!

Eine landschaftlich sehr schöne Tour hast du dir rausgesucht. :-)
Wieso verspüre ich jetzt auf einmal so Gelüste nach Gyros und Kartoffelscheiben? Die Karte ist ja der Knaller :-D

Zugegebenermassen nicht gerade die typische schwäbische Küche, aber der Grieche war der einzige, der zu meiner relativ frühen Ankunftszeit schon offen hatte. War aber wirklich sehr lecker :)

Sieht auch lecker aus :-)
Für schwäbische Küche hast du bestimmt noch Gelegenheit :-)

Yes, @shaka, that last landscape is the most… well, tasty one ;)))

32km alter Schwede! Ich wäre nach der Hälfte umgekehrt! 😉
ich bin absoluter kein Läufer und würde sowas im Leben nicht schaffen.

Die Karte ist der Hammer! 😂

Ja, also regelmässig mache ich solche Touren auch nicht :) Nach zwei Tagen mit je dieser Streckenlänge war dann auch wirklich gut ;)

Die Karte war wirklich der Knüller :D

Great report and nice pictures. The landscape reminds me on my hometown (just without mountains :D ) Where I used to live before. But to be honest, I envy you VERY much for the food you had. I really do miss German food a lot after 2 years in Thailand.

After such a beautiful hike tour with a wonderful landscape, you will surely already have appetite. Great food!

Sorry, aber gegen diese Speisekarte verblassen die Landschaften ein wenig. 😎

:D

I love country site. I born in a small village which was full of great scenery, lots of greenery and freshness everywhere. You reminded me my childhood. This place is so beautiful. It was your right to have a nice meal after such a nice expedition. Have a nice time dear @shaka.

Herrliche Heimatbilder!!
Landschaftlich wie hier bei uns in Tauberfranken! ;-)

Schöne Fotos mal wieder ;-) Ich mag auch die mit einem nicht so blauen Himmel sehr und die Würdigung der Bäume ist dir auch gut gelungen ;-) schöne Idee! Danke! Köstlich die Karte! in diesem Sinne:... blablabla schön blablablabla weitere Fotos blabla bla bla bla nächste Etappe bla bla bla bla steem bal bla on!

Danke! :)

Die Karte ist ja der Hammer. 😂
Danke für diese schönen Fotos.

Schöne Tourbeschreibung durch die Felder und Wiesen und beeindruckende Bilder der Landschaft - schöne Gegend ... aber die Speisekarte schlägt alles :)))

Haha, ja, die war schon sehr speziell :)

Aber wenn es so geschmeckt hat, wie auf dem Foto, dann können die sich das erlauben, glaube ich. Schaut sehr lecker aus auf dem Bild :)

My friend @shaka nothing better than that dinner, great and abundant to finish the day after a long walk and surely the food will fill you with energy
Increase each place where you walked, each space has its special part, beautiful colors

That is a pretty area to hike, thank you for sharing your photos! And you definitely deserved that great looking dinner. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the trip's photos.

Thank you!

Enjoy your meal. you got a good well-deserved lunch. ☺️

Amazing expedition on your own. Your walking pace is very fast! I would take double the time! The dinner looked really good as a reward for a hard walking day!

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Very very lovely photoshoot- 📷 ...I love your photo & post 📪 ..my dear lovely friend @shaka

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great post and very very nice photography

Excellent landscapes. congratulations. and then the food you eat!
looks delicious :)

Very beautiful landscapes! Thanks for sharing :)

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a nice hike you had there beautiful to see the shots enjoyed it :)