A Heart for All of Us

A Heart for All of Us

Two full months later, the Chapel of Hearts was finally open when the blogger biked by. It is apparently a Heart that is supposed to be for each and all of us – for mankind in general. The chapel itself is tiny. But it is only part of this place and what it is...
A brief interim for stopping and realizing

A brief interim for stopping and realizing

Amidst our second political Summer of hot debate around refugee-related topics, this picture shall remind us of the level of luxury and satisfaction we’re enjoying without really realizing. And, in comparison, what „belongings“ mean to folks living...
Chapel of Hearts

Chapel of Hearts

Today: A day full of sunshine, after all these horrible thunderstorms with rain and hail, enough to have several people die in flooded streets and cars in Southern Germany last week. It was Rain from Hell and no weather to be caught in a car (which, unfortunately, was...
Beaujour, Tristesse

Beaujour, Tristesse

      Yesterday, when arriving in Liège, the sun was shining – very much to the author’s relief: Not only was there some hope that the miserable weather forecasted for the day after – the day of the Liège-Bastogne-Liège ride – would be a bit...
Dolci and dolce vita

Dolci and dolce vita

During the obligatory ice-cream stop the author makes when riding one of her favorite brief 2.5-hr spins in the Taunus area, she had a chance to compare that ice-cream to the famous sweets (which are very often not that sweet, fortunately) of Sicily. Of course, Sicily...