I'm a simple emigrant and I actively travel around Germany

Recently I set out on a canoe tour through Bavaria with a tent. At first we just wanted to meet up with a friend from Munich, but while we were deciding where to meet, we chose a canoe tour. The selection was handled by my friends, but based on price/quality we settled on the company Yezzt! There were six of us: two couples and me with Nadine. We were told that only people living together could sit in the same canoe, but we decided to cheat a bit, and in the end they didn't even check. I left Frankfurt around six a.m. on Saturday and, after 3.5 hours, I arrived at the departure point in the town of Solnhofen. The ticket cost me 21 euros, taking into account a 25% discount for “youth up to 26 years old.” The guys were already waiting for me at the site with three canoes, and we headed off. We had to paddle only 15 km, but the weather was wonderful, so we weren’t in a hurry. The truth is, most of our route ran through a nature reserve where you are not allowed to be there after 5 p.m. Along the way we stopped on the shore to stock up on groceries, and we reached the Zeltplatz Altmuehltal campground around 8 p.m. In Germany you almost can’t pitch tents “wildly” anywhere, and this campground looked more like someone’s backyard. There were no other options, and we enjoyed the smells and sounds of the village in all its glory. In the evening we ate baked potatoes cooked over the campfire, like in childhood, with various sausages and bread. Our tent was pitched crookedly, but so solidly that even a scary downpour at night didn’t blow it down. Truth be told, I could only fall asleep around six in the morning: whether it was thunder claps, or too much fresh air, or fear that frogs croaking like crazy would jump onto us. Boat rental and the campsite cost us 42 euros per person. In the morning we still had 9 km to go to the town of Ainstadt, from where I planned to head home. We hesitated a bit: no one knew whether more rain would come again as at night or everything would be okay. In the end we decided not to retreat and took about four hours to reach the town. Once we almost turned in the wrong direction, because there are no signs along the route and reception is poor. Go with the flow—it should work. In Ainstadt we ate at a restaurant and there we also played cards. My return ticket, with the same discount, cost 35.5 euros and after a few hours I was already home. All in all, if you haven’t tried canoeing yet or going on river trips—I recommend spending your weekends on it! #German_trips