Translation of Diskurs

It was really depressing, it seemed to be like being in the army where you are forced to get up in the middle of the night. Anyway, I do not like the winter in the city as much as I like it in the alps.
That is why we sometimes misjudge different people with different faithes and creeds, despite the fact that we have only few ideas about their background and about their cultures. Thank you.
In order to get to this hidden lake one would have to row beneath a cave. On the other side of the cave the five of us were alone. The lake was surrounded by limestone mountains covered with tropical trees.