I always strongly recommend learning a few basic phrases in a local language. Hello, goodbye, please, thank you, etc. And note that Swiss German is a little different.
One of the reanalyses would be the best for that. ERA5, etc. Don’t know off the top of my head if there’s useful web visualization of those. PSU ewall used to, but those were like 1993 level graphics quality lol
Just did second mow of the year. Yard looks like early-mid July? Typical spots that brown first in summer are already drying up. Crazy for mid April. My goodness we need a lot of rain.
Honestly a lot of the Columbia association trails are nice and usually not too crowded. They are all over and in theory you can get anywhere in Columbia with a trail. Also check out Patuxent Branch Trail. I like centennial lake but it’s usually pretty packed with people.
I’ll enjoy the nice weather coming up but dear lord we need buckets of rain. If you believe the climate models, seems like Nino kicks in precip-wise in August?