Our texts, images galleries and blog articles as part of our project had led to new contacts in Shkoder, Salona and in Omis and since we had agreed with Dr. Krickl about participation in the Roman festival in Brunn am Gebirge, we left the Lake Ohrid. At least for a certain period of time.

Quickly after starting it became clear, that reaching the Magaro peak was a question of saving energy. Steadily climbing, first within the shadow of beech trees, but then in the sun light, the path took a lot.

The Galičica Mountains rises in southwestern Macedonia between the Ohrid and Prespa lakes. The highest elevation, the Magaro is 2.255 meters high.

After some extensive day and multi-day trips along the border with Albania, we at least wanted some shorter trips, which can be seen as a half-day excursion or tours, explore them and report on it.

In the previous blog "Hiking Idyll " we had already reported about our first impressions of the high pastures above Vevcani at the border with Albania.

Rino (Camping Rino) had told us of two rural settlements in the mountains near Vevcani, which could serve as intermediaries for mountain hikes, especially since some young families have settled there.

What we could not do during our first visit to the Sveti Naum Monastery, we wanted to catch up on now together with our Swiss friend Sven: a boat trip on the spring lake near the monastery.

We had arranged to meet with Rino, the owner of the campsite of the same name next to the lake, to make explorations regarding further hiking trails that could be offered for guided tours or topics to an interested audience for hiking the hinterland of Kalishta.

As a starting point of today's hike we had made, following the notices of Misho, our way to Konjsko, a small town on the edge of the Galicica National Park. From here, we followed the routes T5 to T7 or H5 to H7, in many places the routes allow a magnificent view over Lake Ohrid.

The Galičica Mountains rises in southwestern Macedonia between the Ohrid and Prespa lakes. Its ridge runs approximately north-south direction, starting near the town of Ohrid to the Albanian border where it passes south through the mountain range in Mali i Thate.

We had already reported about the sailing to the ancient monastery Sveti Naum during our short trip around Lake Ohrid, where we passed the ice-cold stream of spring water of Cherava river flowing into Lake Ohrid and give the impression of really cold water, despite high summer temperatures.

On our way around Lake Ohrid we arrived at the prehistoric lake pile dwelling settlement "Plocha Michov Grad" in the Bay of Bones.

Our itinerary around Lake Ohrid had led us to the prehistoric pile-dwelling Museum on the Water near Sveti Naum on Lake Ohrid. A similar stilt houses complex, you may also find on Lake Constance in Germany.

Later in the evening, after her concert appearance at the campsite, we had Judith pledged to jointly undertake ​​a little Sunday stroll to Ohrid with her, we liked as well very much since there was a lot of more to discover.

The city of Regensburg in Germany’s Bavaria state is one of the most beautiful old cities of Europe and takes place on UNESCO’s World Cultural Heritage list. In another point, we continued to discover the surrounding of Regensburg city with the couple of Hanna and Chris Röhrl. We parked our vehicle in the town of Kelheim, which is the joining point of the Danube River with the architectural and technological masterpiece Main-Danube Canal. Thus; our walking journey from the town of Kelheim to Weltenburg Abbey along the Danube River started.

We were in the city for the preparations of the Regensburg Literature Festival. Preparation phases of festival give us a good chance to know the city well and to discover the surroundings. We took the roads with the couple of Hanna and Chris, and first of all we went to the Falkenstein Castle. Falkenstein is located at the 30 km east of Regensburg city. On the slopes of the hill, where Falkenstein Castle is located, there is a worth-seeing natural rock park that spread on a 12 hectare area. The walking-tracks are marked in the park. With regard to the protection of natural fauna and flora, the visitors should be attentive not to go out of the tracks.

The town of Kallmünz, which is our target destination of bicycle tour along the Naab Valley, is located at the 25 km north of Regensburg city. Situated on a hill, the Kallmünz Castle easily can be seen from a certain distance. This castle on the rocky hill and the old stone bridge are the main attraction centers of the town. Located between the Naab and Vils Rivers, Kallmünz is called as the pearl of the Naab Valley.

We were at the camping site of Pielenhofen in Germany’s city of Regensburg. The camping site near the Naab River, which is a tributary of the Danube River, is quite a wide and well-kept place. It is certain that the camping site is frequently preferred by the canoe travelers because of its location on the riverside. At the recommendation, we planned a day-trip to the town of Kallmünz by following the Naab Valley bicycle path and our bicycle tour started after the breakfast.

After leaving behind a rainy weekend, the sun comes to the River Main and invites us for a canoe trip. Today is a summer day with the blue sky and cumulus clouds in Germany’s region of Franconia.

Our bicycle tour in the little part of the River Main Cycle Route along the Main river gave us fresh ideas and we desired to discover the River Main with a canoe this time. We watched the people that paddling along the Main and thought about doing the same activity one day. Today was the day for it and we quickly started to search on the internet. When it became evening, we already made our reservation. Unfortunately, the reservation was not sufficient because we stuck to the weather conditions. The weather looked like there were going to be a storm or rain, but this was only a guess.