Another quarantine week, so again I'm looking for a way to burn off some energy and spend time outside. Since I spend all day every day at home in the same company, I also simply need some time away. I call my mom again and we decide to do another long bike tour. Since we… Continue reading Suprised by my own neighborhood
Due to the corona virus we're not allowed to leave the house except for indispensable tasks like grocery shopping, getting medical help, etc. Fortunately the governement considers sports and excercise an essential task, so going out for a walk or bike tour is okay as long as (1) you don't take the car to go… Continue reading along the water
Today is our day out on the bikes. We googled and apped and have decided on a self made 70 km tour from Wesel, starting along the Lippe river canal, then following an old railroad to Schermbeck and back north and west through the fields and forests. It's dry when we leave, I even put… Continue reading Lippe und Dämmerwald
No idea where the exotic name comes from, doesn't sound German at all, Xanten is a pretty little German town by the Rhein river. In Roman days it was a large city with its own legion, you can still see some of it now and that's why we're going there. After a big breakfast from… Continue reading Xanten
We had planned this day a couple of days earlier, so we drive to Valencia and know where to park. From the Bioparc parking we take the bikes and drive all the way around the center of town through the park that was laid in an old river bed. It is a wide park that… Continue reading Valencia
Today we cycle our second Via Verde. It’s a bit more difficult to organize. We plan to take the train from the end point to the start, but when we inquire at the station there is no room for the bikes. The bike places are reserved for the rest of the week. We decide to… Continue reading Via Verde – part 2
Today we do the planned bicycle trip on the Via Verde del FC. Vasco Navarro I and a part of II. We park the car in the suburbs of Vitoria-Gasteiz and start cycling. We find the start of the route by matching our position on Google Maps to the map of the Via Verde itself.… Continue reading Via Verde
we get up fashionably late and have breakfast from the buffet, with local cheese and of course smoked ham. after some advice from Fernando, we decide to take the bikes to the Embalso Ullibarri-Gamboa, which is a reservoir lake near Vitoria-Gasteiz. there’s supposed to be a bicycle path all around the lake of about 45… Continue reading Bike trip around Landa
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