North Rhine-Westphalia

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Starlight Express and involuntary stay in Bochum

An unpleasant surprise ended our vacation early.

Clove City Blomberg and Externsteine

a lot of half-timbering and famous hiking area

54 to Rheinbach

🇬🇧 English version below Tour data: Distance 80.80 kilometers (total 4‘524 kilometers), average speed 20 km/h, travel time 4:02 hours Weather: Blue skies and calm in the...

At REWE we have a house ban...

The schedule for the 2023/2024 season of the Bundesliga required our football gods from Berlin-Köpenick to travel to the cathedral city on the Rhine in the lovely month of...

Xanten and great news

We have now been back in good old Germany for a few days! What can I report? First, I should point out that I still expect other people to greet me with "Bonjour!" or "Good...

Computers and sheep in East Westphalia – from Paderborn via Löhne to Minden

Germany's largest computer museum, overnight stay at a sheep farm and downtown Minden

Aachen, DE

Jan 31 My first experience in Germany was small city about 45 minutes away from Maastricht called Aachen. We only did a day in this place and that is definitely all you need...

Day 22: The return journey

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...

Return journey to Northern France and CentrO Oberhausen

After a long, nice barbecue evening and a short night, we set off towards the Eurotunnel on Friday morning at 10:30 a.m. Just under 5 hours should be enough for 290 km of...

NL-FR-BE 2026 - Day 01 Wuppertal-Alpen

Phew. Today was a battle against the heat. 🥵🪭 I must admit, I really don't have much desire or motivation to write.

Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen, opencast mining

A few days with uncle and aunt with art and culture!

# Tag 73 ... from the Atlantic Ocean to the Datteln-Hamm Canal

We have decided not to simply use the highway on the return journey, but to see something of the countryside. Therefore, the plan is to drive along the Loire on the country road...

Tag 58 - NaturaGart Underwater Park in Ibbenbüren

The dive site as an exhibition model from above

Preparation

My adventure is just around the corner.

Rheda Wiedenbrück

After a lovely drive through Hamburg and Hanover, we happily arrived in Rheda Wiedenbrück. After a stroll through the town, we enjoyed a delicious döner plate. Now we are looking...

53 to Aachen

🇬🇧 English version below Tour data: Distance 140.96 kilometers (cum. 4,343 kilometers), Ø 21.0 km/h, travel time 6:42 hours, total ascent 1,040 m Weather: sunny and hot, wind...

Let's go!

The journey to the USA begins. The journey to the land of endless possibilities. It begins, even with a bumpy start 🛫

Lahn Cycle Path: From Erndtebrück to Bad Laasphe

Crime Scene: North Rhine-Westphalia. A daughter and her mother set off - armed only with bicycles - from Erndtebrück to the faraway Beilstein. The first destination of the stage...

Best of Interrail 2.0

[English version below] THANK YOU for all the great experiences, adventures and memories that made Interrail 2.0 another unforgettable journey. We are sad that these...

I have to travel again...

Rheine -; Sports field inspection by my owner and overnight stay at Hotel Lücke

Tag 7 Doornspijk>Oeding

So, that's basically it.😀😔 Today I rode the last major stage. A very relaxed 110 km in perfect weather. Tomorrow we'll just go to Haltern am See, take a drive around the...

Final preparations...

Things are slowly getting serious. We are 21 women and men from the non-profit organization “Small Wonders e. V., will set off from Cologne to Accra next Friday at 4:00 a.m. In...

Update 2.0

Lacquering

Six weeks to go...

A description of my preparations in the past weeks and months before my trip begins in February 2020.

How it all began…

How it comes that I have to deal with the topic “Funerals in Thailand” (& everything around it)

Escape room in Cologne

We take the tram through Cologne. Our goal is the escape room "the magic library" from the escape room provider Team X. In the last few days we have spent less money than we...

Cologne here we come!

The fog has dissipated and given way to bright sunshine after we left Bremen behind. The arrival to Cologne is delayed because there are people on the road. There is a lot going...