Category Archives: Cycling

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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Cyclng in Germany #15 – Turgermünde, the prettiest village on the Elbe

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

After Magdeburg and the Green Citadel, we continue on to our next location in the little village of Dahlenstedt near Stendal, where we are to spend 3 nights, including a rest day. We first heard of this little town from … Continue reading →

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Cycling in Germany #12 – Luther Country : Wittenberg

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

We arrive at our Black Bear Hotel (Schwarzer Baer) about 2 pm in stifling heat and appreciate the coolness of the rooms. We don’t have a terrace but we have a little closed-in verandah afffair with a leadlight window which … Continue reading →

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Cycling in Germany #11 – Martin Luther Country: Torgau

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

Today, we’re off to Wittenberg Lutherstadt as it now seems to be called everywhere. It’s 100 km away and there is only one point of interest in-between – Torgau. We had thought of passing via Leipzig but the photos on … Continue reading →

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Cycling in Germany #10: Meissen

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

We’ve left Meissen for the best day weather-wise. It’s already 16°C by the time we set out at 9.45, taking the ferry in front of Elbklause, our “bike hotel” across the Elbe, and the sky is bright blue. It’s 14 km … Continue reading →

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Cycling in Germany #8 : Dresden Neustadt – Kunsthof Passage, Pfund’s Molkerei, a broom shop &  trompe l’oeil

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

We’re up early due to the lack of shutters – it’s light at 5 am at the moment – so we have breakfast, pack up and cross the bridge to Neustadt or New Town as opposed to Altstadt or Old … Continue reading →

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