Where peaceful waters flow

Where peaceful waters flow

Bike packing in the northern-most state of Germany, in Schleswig-Holstein, means not only home-coming and relishing in old-time memories, revisiting childhood places and reliving experiences of decades past; foremost and most importantly, it means: tranquility in...
Time to give thanks, the „Cranksgiving“ way

Time to give thanks, the „Cranksgiving“ way

There are many things and situations, experiences and encounters that are worthwhile of giving thanks. And more often than not, we don’t even pause. Especially those of us who live the life of the fortunate ones, when do we actually acknowledge that this is the...

Desert Life

African heat is suffocating Germany these days. Not (quite) too hot to ride – as long as it is a route with as few traffic lights as possible. The bear the intrinsic risk of switching to red when the rider is approaching, forcing a stop that let’s you feel...

Biathlon?

The snow has melted, the rain that caused the super-fast melt seems to pause for a day (or at least some hours) – no excuse any longer to stay off the bike. No, really not: Only some exceptionally cool crystal-clear art sculptures are left here and there where...

Last-Minute Presents

The geese have survived Martinmas – at least almost one hundred of them huddled in the far corner of their enclosure and tried to stay warm despite their flat feet being planted in the snow. Then again, they impressed as sufficiently fat, eh, big birds, so I...