Warm sun and ice wine

Finally Spring has come (fingers crossed it stays), in time for a weekend of biking and getting sun burned. E.g. on a century ride through Rheinhessen; an area located directly South of famous Rheingau with its historic vineyards of Reinhardshausen and Eltville (the...

Goethetour 2012 – Day Three

Three uphill races today: This really calls for some reward that should better be a good one. And, as it turned out, it was a great reward to have the last carb loading stop of the day right next to Niederwald Monument hovering above the Rhine, overlooking it towards...

Goethetour 2012 – Day one

Finally, after 2010 and 2011 not leaving enough time and energy to take part in the annual „Goethetour“, we rode over to the 2012 start/finish of the 4-day event in Bingen right at the banks of the river Rhine. Although sleeping high above the Rhine...