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Back home! Time for a résumé... Just over 600 km (sorry, a little less than 400 miles) on the island and about 200 km on the "mainland": what remains? First of all, the...

A few days of peace and relaxation, without big cities or long tours: That's why I went to Zeeland! If I count up my vacations in Zeeland, Zeeland is actually my most frequent...

After crossing - or should you say "undercrossing"? - with the Eurostar (very pleasant train journey, very crowded waiting areas), I landed in Brussels for a short visit. First...

Of course, it's a challenge to write something about London that hasn't already been written in dozens of travel guides. So here are a few arbitrary highlights: BICYCLE Riding...

Eigentlich hat ja jeder schon mal von Eton gehört: Eliteschule, Kaderschmiede, richtig teuer (knapp 50.000€ pro Jahr). In letzter Zeit hat eine Diskussion begonnen, ob das Geld...

Auch Reading (pronounced "Räding") is one of those old-things-meet-new-things kind of thing. It's actually pretty cool how they come together. I found it quite well done. The...

We went to Castle Combe after Bath (Attention cyclists: a remarkable climb behind Bath!). Castle Combe is a place where time stands still: it still looks like the Middle Ages...

Actually, I wanted to escape the rain in Wales and took the train to Bath for that reason. Both only worked halfway (the flat joke and escaping the rain). Bath is a charming...

The oldest pub in Wales

Betws-y-Coed ('Bettus-e-Coid' in German, meaning 'chapel in the forest') and the surrounding Snowdonia National Park are something special! Imagine: the North Sea, with a strip...

Shrewbury has two famous "sons". First, Cadfael, a fictional monk who solves crimes in a real background in the 12th century. Second, Darwin, a real scientist of the 19th...

Dear new Birmingham, yes, you have great malls, a chrome-plated train station where even a robot bull stands, your girls are two years ahead of ours in fashion. But...

Another tourist stop: Stratford. Actually a beautiful city, if it weren't for the busloads of people... In sight of Shakespeare's birthplace, there's Box Brownie where I had the...

Today we went to Kineton (pronounced 'Kainten'). Along beautiful hillside paths, through small villages, and alongside flocks of sheep. The bleating of the sheep is surprisingly...

Today was the best day in terms of cycling: cycled 80 km (and a few by train) and already arrived in Northampton! Unfortunately, the weather was against me and I couldn't see...

Everyone knows it and it's full of tourists. But I still love it. It's also because I can meet friends there who have welcomed me despite their busy schedules. Nice...

The weather didn't play along today and somehow I lost my way. I quickly switched to the train and arrived in Cambridge one day earlier than planned. But before that, a...

The first section alone. It started with mixed feelings: excitement for what is to come. Sad separation (from Anke for 3 weeks), leaving the comfort zone... The ride itself...

The last stage led across the Weser-Talsperre (not the Weser near Bremen) and the Vennbahn cycle path to Aachen. A great city! But the evening (highlight: a Zouk dance group at...

Mit einem Umweg über die obere Ruhr sind wir dann am Vennbahn-Radweg gestartet. Eine sehr schöne Strecke mit schönen Stopps (Bahnhofscafé...

Finally, the long-awaited vacation has begun! Anke and I are starting together ☺️ First by train to Heimbach and then continue by bike to Monschau.