Author Archives: Rosemary Kneipp

Weekly Blogger Round-Up: What travelling teaches you – Best SIM card for France – Twiztour cars in Paris

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

I didn’t have much time to read other blogs when cycling in Germany, but now I’m home, I’m catching up! I’m starting with a very interesting post by Anda from Travel Notes and Beyond about what she has learned from travelling … Continue reading →

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Last Three Months in Paris

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

We are well and truly back from our cycling holiday in Germany. It’s amazing how far away it already seems. Our next holiday, a six-day home exchange in Lisbon, is scheduled for September. Now we have to get ready for … Continue reading →

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Photos of the Week – First Arrondissement

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

Back in Paris after a month’s cycling holiday in Germany, we’re having lovely weather so I’ve been catching up with friends especially in my neighbourhood, the first arrondissement, so I have some new photos of Paris. You may remember another photo … Continue reading →

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Friday’s French – normalement, normal & norme

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

In a very amusing post, Abby from Paris Weekender talks about her new pet peeve as opposed to her previous one which is normalement that got me thinking about how it is used in French. Abby gives the example of … Continue reading →

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Cycling in Germany – Tips & Tricks

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

We have now been on three cycling trips to Germany, first on the Rhine near Lake Constance, second along the Danube from it’s source to Budapest and third on the Moselle, Rhine, Elbe and Eiser Rivers through former East Germany … Continue reading →

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Cycling in Germany #20 – Trier and the Binoculars Scare

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

It’s the last day of our cycling holiday in Germany and we’re going to visit Germany’s oldest town – Trier – then cycle from Thörnich to Neumagen-Dhron. We’re not cycling around Trier itself because the bike paths in and out … Continue reading →

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Cycling in Germany #19 – Bernkastel on the Moselle – a hidden treasure

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

We arrive in Bernkastel at about 1.30 pm after a 4-hour drive from Hann Münden with only a couple of rough patches on the motorway. I wouldn’t have liked to be going in the other direction around Hanover though. The … Continue reading →

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Cycling in Germany #18 – Painted façades from Hann Münden to Höxter

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

After our three days of wonderful weather in Friesland, we are homeward bound. We have 5 nights left in Germany and are spending the last three on the Moselle, near Trier, which is an 8-hour drive, so we are looking … Continue reading →

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Cycling in Germany #17 – Windmills and Dykes

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

Windmills and dykes, I can hear you saying. Aren’t they Dutch? Well, we are in the north-east of Germany, near the North Sea, in East Friesland in Lower Saxony which is only separated from the Netherlands by a small stretch … Continue reading →

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Cycling in Germany #16 – Celle and Bremen

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

Bad weather has struck so we’ve studied the weather report and after a day of R&R at Kunsthof Pension in Dahrenstedt we’re off to Bremen via Celle which has over 400 timber-framed houses. We are going back into the former West Germany … Continue reading →

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