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journey / trip
Travel over a longer distance to another place, often for a certain period of time and for a specific purpose such as vacation or business.
Nächstes Jahr planen wir eine Reise nach Japan.
Next year we're planning a trip to Japan.
journey
In a figurative sense, a process of development, discovery, or change.
Das Buch beschreibt seine lange Reise zu sich selbst.
The book describes his long journey to himself.
'Die Reise' (journey/trip) belongs to a word family. The related verb is 'reisen' (to travel), and a person who travels is 'der/die Reisende' (the traveler).
Viele Reisende warteten am Bahnhof auf ihren Zug.
Many travelers were waiting at the train station for their train.
'Reise' (journey/trip) is often combined with certain verbs. You can say 'eine Reise machen' (to take a trip), 'eine Reise buchen' (to book a trip), or, somewhat more formally, 'eine Reise antreten' (to set off on a journey) or 'eine Reise unternehmen' (to undertake a journey).
Wir haben unsere Reise schon vor sechs Monaten gebucht.
We booked our trip six months ago.
To indicate the destination of a trip, you usually use 'nach' (to), e.g. 'eine Reise nach Italien' (a trip to Italy). If you want to say that someone is currently traveling, you use the expression 'auf Reisen sein' (to be traveling).
Meine Chefin ist nächste Woche auf Reisen und nicht im Büro.
My boss is traveling next week and won't be in the office.
You can recognize the figurative meaning by the fact that the destination is not a geographic place. Instead, it is about abstract goals such as 'zu sich selbst' (to oneself), 'in die Vergangenheit' (into the past), or 'ins Innere' (inside/within).
Seine Autobiografie beschreibt eine Reise in die eigene Kindheit.
His autobiography describes a journey into his own childhood.
tour
Reise and Tour can both refer to an undertaking involving visits to several places. Reise is the broader term for the entire time spent traveling. Tour focuses more on the route or the sequence of individual stops.
Unsere Reise durch Bayern dauert insgesamt zehn Tage.
Our trip through Bavaria lasts ten days in total.
Auf unserer Tour durch Bayern besuchen wir fünf Städte.
On our tour through Bavaria, we are visiting five cities.
