I recently got a message that there is a hiking group in Düsseldorf and the first little hike will be organized on March 18, details to follow. Here is the link to this group: http://www.groops.de/... The a.m. webpage is in German, but I guess you may also post messages in English, and if there is something you don't understand, feel free to ask me. I'm also willing to translate during the hike if there might be problems in communication - but I guess there won't be any problems; most German people do speak English.