Category Archives: Sightseeing

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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 Cycling in Germany #13: Wörlitz Gardens and the beginning of German Neo-classicism

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

After a standard breakfast, we set out on our bikes at about 10 am for Wörlitz, 25 k away. I’m feeling rather sluggish and the somewhat dull countryside doesn’t help. We’re finding it a little hard to adapt to the difference … 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 #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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Cycling in Germany #9 – Country Roads around Niederlommatzsch on the Elbe

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

We reach Elbklause, our Radhaus (bike hotel), in Niederlommatzsch around 12.30. Our room is new, large and airy with a wonderful view of the Elb. The wifi works immediately and doesn’t require endless codes. We are directly on the bike … Continue reading →

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Cycling in Germany #6 – Bastei Rocks, Honigstein and over the border to Czech Republic

Posted on June 28, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

Weather report: sunny in the morning but storms in the afternoon. We decide not to cycle but to visit Battei Rocks in the morning and Honigstein in the afternoon, despite the fact that it’s Saturday and both places will no … Continue reading →

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Cycling in Germany #5 – Bad Schangan to Pirna along the Elbe

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

We wake up in our lime green and yellow pension in Bad Schangau (bad means bath and hence spa) and the first thing we do is check the weather and the temperature. Yesterday we were in transit between our spacious … Continue reading →

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Cycling in Germany #4 – Koblenz where the Moselle meets the Rhine

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

We’re off to a late but chilly start today. After we leave the car a few kilometers out of Koblenz to avoid the usual large town parking problems, we both put on our windcheaters and don’t take them off for … Continue reading →

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Cycling in Germany # 3 – Cochem to Zell on the Moselle

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

Compared with most of the cyclist we saw today – and we saw a lot of them -we are spring chickens! There are a lot of Dutch people and a lot of electric bikes. Considering most of the cycle paths … Continue reading →

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Cycling in Germany #2 – Rhine from St Goar to Lorch

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

We’ve cycled along the Rhine on two previous occasions – on our way back from Croatia when we visited the Rhine Falls and Stein am Rhein, both very memorable experiences – and last year after cycling along the Danube, when we … Continue reading →

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