Viking Church and Snow Fox - A Weekend in the Harzgebierge - Beautifully Vlogged

Back in February, Gary and I travelled to Germany's magical Harzgebirge for my Grandma's 80th birthday. We stayed there for three days. This is a vlog of our second day in Hahnenklee. In the morning we visited the neo-viking Church Gustav Adolf Stave Church, a stave church that liberally copies the style of the Borgund stave church in Norway. We then took a hike up the local mountain, the Bocksberg, reaching an altitude of 725m above sea level. Here we ate a Germknödel for lunch at Bergasthaus zum Auernhahn. A Germknödel is a fluffy yeast dough dumpling, filled with spiced plum jam and served with melted butter and a mix of poppy seeds and sugar on top. Probably the most delicious thing you could consume in the mountain ranges of Germany and Austria. On our way back down to Hahnenklee we came across a wild fox, that didn't seem shy at all. He barely batted an eyelid and walked right past us, a mere metre away. Close enough to touch. _________________ ABOUT THE HARZ The Harz is the highest mountain range in Northern Germany and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name Harz derives from the Middle High German word Hardt or Hart - which translates to mountain forest. The Harz Mountains is the land of German fairy tales: steep-roofed houses with tiny windows and narrow, cobblestone streets, dark forests, rushing streams and stormy mountains. The highest mountain in the Harz is the Brocken, setting for one of the most famous scenes in Goethe's Faust. The devil takes Faust up on the Brocken on Walpurgis Night to tempt him, where he watches a wild night of revelry among the witches and other evil creatures. According to local legend, witches gather on April 30 every year on top of the Brocken for a German version of Halloween. _________________ The video was filmed in February 2016 on my handheld camcorder. I hope you enjoy it! _________________ ∥↠ SUBSCRIBE FOR ADVENTURE..IT'S FREE: https://goo.gl/wV4vxZ ↞ ∥