Minden – Düsseldorf – Istanbul – Göreme – Kayseri – Tatvan Winter break is over and I am on my way again. On Friday, February 13th, I flew back to Istanbul – with mixed feelings. During these nine weeks in Germany my trip seemed to move further and further into the distance. I had to…
I was on my way to the Greek-Bulgarian border and hardly noticed the rain pelting down on me as I was very much looking forward to arriving in Turkey. After cycling 34 km I reached the EU external frontiers protected with barbed wire and guarded by soldiers. …(Scroll down for more) Ich machte mich auf…
This blog entry is from Edirne, a town in Turkey near the Turkish-Greek-Bulgarian border. A town rich in city life with its colourful lights, hustle and bustle of people everywhere and delicious smells of tasty food.…..(Sroll down for more) Diesen Blogeintrag schreibe ich aus Edirne, einer Stadt in der Türkei, nahe an der Türkisch- griechisch-Bulgarischen…
Three days I spent with Ana and Janosch and waited out a long lasting storm. Finally the sun popped out and it was time for me to say farewell. Passing the Cimitirul Vesel (Happy Cemetery) I was on my way to Sighetu Marmatiei close to the Ukrainian border….(Sroll down for more) Nach einem dreitägigen…
„Farza“ is Hungarian and means „closed“ and that is exactly the impression I had of Hungary, at least of that part of the country through which I biked. The small villages all looked the same to me, they merely differed in names. Nights I either slept in a hoteI or I camped out…..(Scroll down for…
My stay in Slovakia was very brief, just 4 days and 220 km. After leaving Kraków, I spent one more night in Poland with a local family who very kindly invited me to spend the night in their attic room. They spoke neither English nor German, and I knew no Polish…..(Scroll down for more)…
Farewell to Germany I stayed in Berlin for close to two weeks. I enjoyed my time, the routine which crept in quietly when T. and I were together, sitting on a city bench, drinking Cola and discussing problems of the world. Yet I had to travel on and was soon on my way to Goerlitz….(Sroll…
The first day “Are you on a world trip?“ At the end of my first day, I am standing with a fully loaded bicycle on the camping ground of the Water Sport Association on the shores of the Weser. I nod and when I ask the group sitting in front of the RV if I…
Preparation With my new bicycle and 20 year-old maps I start my first tour from Minden to Remagen. Where my old maps still show forests and meadows, I now have to search my way through newly industrialized areas. I sleep somewhere in the woods and have no stove to boil water for my morning tea.…
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