We left our very golden hotel … … to look at the romanesque church and 1000 year old oak tree on our way out of Bassum. During a very windy day we were looking forward to cycling through the woods a bit, but that official bike path was an embarrassment – it was so muddy … Read more
Elsa and I are both early risers, but not quick starters, so we eventually left the nunnery at about 8:00 and had breakfast at a bakery en route. At first we followed a fruit tree themed route, that took us through beautiful villages. Our first break was in Rethem (Aller) where Elsa used to do … Read more
The morning started early, we had to retrieve the sheep before traffic started on the streets in Betzendorf. It all went really well, Elsa was well prepared, so we were back by 7:00. Then Elsa had to do a handover to her boss before she packed and we had breakfast. We were ready to leave … Read more
Cycling to the main station in Munich is in principle very easy, if it were not for the traffic. Got there in time to do a work call before boarding the train. They had halved the carriages available, so we were all quite cramped, but at least I had a seat, and my bike was … Read more
It was 10° colder and less sunny than I was led to expect when I was packing. Cold fingers were the result, and never feeling quite comfortably warm enough. The route was very nice in the beginning, I partially followed the ‘Rheinterassenweg’ and partially the Rhine bike path. Nice mixture of vineyards and river. Ass … Read more
After some family drama I could finally start after lunch. This is the first time I went up the hill in Wackernheim, very steep for quite a while. I was surprised, how well it went. I even got thumbs up from car drivers coming the other way, although they had to wait for me. At … Read more
Spent the morning learning at the Bauernkrieg’s exhibition in Memmingen and then started cycling towards Munich. We knew, we would not find another hotel room for a night due to the Oktoberfest- people were actually staying as far out as Memmingen. The weather was also rather damp, and mindful of time restrictions on the S-Bahn … Read more
What a wet day! We followed a couple of river bike routes for a bit today, the Bayrisch- Schwäbische Roth and the Iller. In principle quite nice, but the wet gravel made it strenuous and dirty. We kept changing between Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, and discovered where Liebherr is based (Kirchdorf). After having arrived in Memmingen … Read more
Having left the hotel in an industrial estate we headed downhill quickly and steeply to get to Blaubeuren and the ‘Blauer Topf ‘. The monastry and old city were also very beautiful. Then we followed the stream Blau downhill to Ulm, very pleasant. Further along the Danube, where we had lunch in a beergarden in … Read more
Broke a record today, we climbed over 1000m to get on top of the Schwäbische Alb. The cycling started really nicely following a little stream out of Plieningen. Lots of horses and beautiful scenery. After our first climb of the day we dropped down to the Neckar just after Ploching, where we had our first … Read more