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...
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...
Narcissus and Tulipa

Narcissus and Tulipa

Happy Easter, Everyone. The author has returned from a biking vacation in Sicily (putting in about 875km as a late, but intense start to the season). And upon her return to Germany, narcissus and tulipa were greeting their „Happy Easter“ as the former...
Happy New Biking Year 2016

Happy New Biking Year 2016

A very happy, healthy and bike ride-friendly year to each and every blog reader. You know the blogger by now, i.e. don’t expect any stories about actual bike rides and own bike adventures experienced by her these days. It’s warm, alright. But muddy. And,...