Today is Sunday and tonight we are sleeping in Beckum. Up at seven, the usual weekend breakfast and afterwards we can start packing. We had a family BBQ in our patio yesterday, fortunately everybody helped clean up and the state of the house is not so bad, but we will have to tidy a bit,… Continue reading the first schnitzel
Our first holiday of the year is only a few days away! After our winter holiday in Gerardmer in December 2019 we had plans to take a long week with family in the spring, but these of course got cancelled due to corona. We planned to take a week off and picked the end of… Continue reading Preparation!
We followed the northern and western loop of the 100 Schlösser Route by bike (non-electric), taking our own luggage from hotel to hotel. Usually we had a picnic for lunch and a hot meal in the evening, in the hotel restaurant or nearby. The final statistics : Total distance: 625 kmDuration: 7.5 cycling days and… Continue reading summary
Only one more thing to do: cycle back to Münster, where we left our car more than eight days ago. First though I got to fix my front wheel, I noticed yesterday evening that it seemed wobbly and it looks like it's not properly fastened onto the wheel fork anymore. No problem as usual, just… Continue reading last day
A light breakfast and off we go around nine as usual. The sky is clear and it's pretty cold in the shadow, my odometer says it's 11° Celcius. Not quite cold enough for gloves, but I'm happy with the extra merino wool layer - I'm up to four layers and a scarf now. We're still… Continue reading more hilly than expected
We're ready to leave even earlier than before, but right as we want to sweep out of the castle courtyard Arne's luggage frame drops right off his bike. It seems it was being held on the bike with four screws, which have all come loose. No problem, we get the bags off, MacGyver it back… Continue reading deer
Nowhere to be today, we're just staying in Anholz. We still get up at seven though, this is so ingrained that we usually wake up before the alarm goes off. We have a copious breakfast and try to take it really slow, but even so we're done at half past eight. No problem, we pack… Continue reading a day off
So warm in the room, we left the windows wide open during the night and the shutters a bit open, so they let through a bit of cool air, but still not much improvement. We really must start remembering looking for hotels with airconditioning when travelling in the summer. Breakfast around seven in the big… Continue reading westwards
so tired, it's late, do not have enough energy to write a full post right now. today's highlights: the impressively large Schloss Bentheim water castle Haus Welbergen the many kilometers of bicycle tracks along old railroad routes Schloss Steinfurt the german buffet dinner statistics: Today's distance: 92.8 km - waaay more than planned time in… Continue reading brief
So yesterday evening we were going through the PDF folder again and we noticed that the distances between towns are marked on the overview map at the end. We calculated that we would have to do about 80 km today and also notice a small note in the description of the Nort loop: teilweise stärkere… Continue reading Oops again
It's just too hot in the room under the roof, we both slept badly and wake up at 6.30 before the alarm goes off. During breakfast we check today's route: sights, lunch options, kilometers. We pack, put on 50 spf sun screen, get the bikes out of the locked garage and set off around nine,… Continue reading 82
We forgot to move the alarm clock, so up at 6 am it is. We finish up the last fruit and porridge, take care of some administration and then start packing. No stress, our starting point Münster is only a three hour drive away so we want to leave in the early afternoon and have… Continue reading to Münster
It was just four days, but seemed pretty long, which is a good thing for a holiday. I only had a tablet with me so the writing didn't go so smooth and I couldn't get the pictures of the reflex digital camera, so the trip was not as well documented as usual. Home now, all… Continue reading Wesel – Summary
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
I love shopping for clothes in Düsseldorf, there's a great mix of designer stores and malls and plenty of room for pedestrians. Whereas in Paris I often have to buy the largest size, here I'm absolutely average and have no trouble finding items in my size. We take the car, there's plenty of highways to… Continue reading Shopping in Düsseldorf
we have a busy morning: I'm working until noon while Arne prepares the house for a two week absence. We had such a busy time the last days that we still have to pack when I get off from work. This however motivates us to pack quickly: usually we would dither and doubt about how… Continue reading on the road again
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