Krakau-2024

The alarm clock rang at 4.25 a.m. After a short night and armed with two packed lunches that were prepared for us in the hotel, we cycled to the bus station, Sunrise over...

The whole of Poland is a construction site - the whole of Poland? No, that's an exaggeration. But it is impressive how many roads are being built or expanded (but that's also...

In the lovely summer weather, head into the city center in the evening and have dinner at "Kuchnia domowa" in the Kasimierz district - highly recommended. Afterwards, take a...

Krakow is the old town, not destroyed in the war, 1000 years of Polish history, connections to Germany, the largest market place in Europe, the secret capital of Poland, a young...

Today we threw ourselves into the hustle and bustle; Krakow is the most visited city in Poland, so we were not the only tourists; a city tour on an electric scooter was the...

We made it and are like that. This morning on the 4-lane federal highway without a cycle path we were already worried about the trucks that would drive the rubber out of your...

Addendum to yesterday: if you obviously don't like 22 soporific minutes of preaching on the Sunday Gospel, I would recommend Father Klaus's impulse:...

Respect for the staff at the hotel in Ohlau: although there was a big family celebration last night (which we didn't hear anything about on the 3rd floor), everything was ready...

Today is obviously summer 2024. 25 degrees, sunshine, but light to gusty east winds - the Westphalian always finds something to complain about. It is quite flat, with endless...

It's hard to change. Just like on school trips, I always get tired very quickly when I visit museums and castles. This morning we were at Fürstenstein Castle, the ancestral home...

An addendum to yesterday: when preparing for the trip, the "Bober National Park" in front of Jelenia Gora, including its cycle path, was highly praised and the Komoot map also...

Who hasn't heard the call (with an echo) "Snieeeeekoppe...!" in advertisements for healthy stuff (at least among the over-50s generation?). The Sniezekoppe is the highest peak...

Encounters (II): Along the Elbe, the well-developed cycle path also runs along roads, which can also be narrow. There is little traffic. A car comes from the right and wants to...

We, dear readers, already paid tribute to August the Strong yesterday. But if you are in Dresden, as we are today, you can hardly avoid him, Frederick Augustus I. When we...

The hotel in Grimma is highly recommended After a hearty breakfast, we speak to the hard-working landlady, who also no longer understands so much of the world. She thinks...

This morning we're going sightseeing in Leipzig. After breakfast we're visiting Johann Sebastian Bach in St. Thomas Church, together with lots of Asian tourists who are keen to...

Encounters (I): We want to have breakfast in the bakery next to the hotel; my wife goes to the counter to order: "Good morning, we would like to have a cup of coffee..." - she...

Precipitation Harz bike tour

3rd stage of our journey to Krakow

After a rainy night, a hearty breakfast during which the sun came out just in time, We recommend We first headed south past miles of streets with a few very neat buildings,...

After a restless night (must be travel fever) and a final breakfast at home on the kitchen table, the bikes were saddled and packed; shortly before nine we set off on our...

Dear reader, The rain is pouring down incessantly - and we are supposed to set off on our bike tour to Krakow tomorrow. If you would like to accompany my wife and me on this...