Mission Accomplished
The mission of trying to get a handful of used bikes together to be transported to Burkina Fasohas been accomplished. And apparently the pre-Christmas season was a good time for such an initiative: Within 48 … Weiterlesen
Archiv des Jahres: 2013
There’s A Time To Give
It’s Advent time and my US ex-house mate just told me that whenever she thinks of me, she also has to think of those Advent calendars that came into the pure-bred US household at the … Weiterlesen
Sometimes I long to be back in SF
It’s cold. It’s wet outside. It’s that time of the year again when German bike whimps such as the author prefer anything that can be done inside over The Real Thing: theoretical biking, reading about … Weiterlesen
It’s raining again…
While the rain on the roof is drumming the beat to Rodger Hodgson’s „It’s raining again“ in my head, it should not be forgotten that the nicest pictures are rain-washed ones. Pieces of art, even. … Weiterlesen
A Lesson in Czech
Do you know the word for „season’s end“ in Czech? It’s „Prague Mile“. And has been „Prague Mile“ for 20 years now – although it looks like this celebration of the last (official) ride of … Weiterlesen
Sparkling Fall
Some of these recent first days of Fall have been really golden – with the Indian Summer colors adding sparks and light to the sunny (and still pretty warm) days. But others have been … … Weiterlesen
Blurred vision?
Although the days still look sunny and summerly, Fall has really started to creep in. Although few leaves have changed their color already, the dominating color of nature is yellow already, with all the fields … Weiterlesen
Sometimes A Great (Cool) Notion
It’s only a week that I have been back from a 4-day trip to Hamburg, for riding the Cyclassics (which may turn out to be the only bike or biking connection of this post, in … Weiterlesen
Cane Frame
The Hamburg Cyclassics 2013 pre-hype has not even started (i.e. the cycle exhibition booths are still being put up), when I had my first personal hype already: Strolling over Jungfernstieg, taking in all those labels, … Weiterlesen
A Big Hand to the City of Dresden
Finally, after many years of never getting my act together, I returned to the wonderful city of Dresden, Germany – also called Florence on Elbe for very obvious reasons: Florence on Elbe – View along … Weiterlesen