Once again, I really enjoyed this bike tour. The weather held up most of the time, and most importantly, my bike held up to all the abuse I threw at it throughout the tour. This really fills me with confidence and it was clearly the right idea to switch bikes for this tour. Regarding the…
19.9.2016 Lübben -> Berlin
(A click on the route enlarges the picture!) The day started off really luxurious. The campsite had a bakery-truck that came and catered to the happy campers. That meant my breakfast consisted of lots of yummy sweet treats, way to start the day! Today the weather quickly improved and surpassed the grey muckiness of the…
18.9.2016 Radeburg -> Lübben (Spreewald)
(A click on the route enlarges the picture!) I set off early and drove on a very long stretch of perfect asphalt through a forest: The most interesting views of the day were the lakes along the path which were used as a mining area and now have been left to re-transform into wild nature.…
17.9.16 Tetschen-Bodenbach –> Radeburg (GER)
(A click on the route enlarges the picture!) In the night it started to rain heavily and I awoke to a soaking wet campsite. I lounged around for quite some time, waiting for the rain to stop. Nevertheless today would bring a sharp decrease in temperature and a lot of grey clouds and low hanging…
16.9.2016 Theresienstadt -> Tetschen-Bodenbach
(A click on the route enlarges the picture!) I started early and first went to the Ghetto museum to learn the facts about Theresienstadt. The small fortress and later the so called “main fortress” (= the city of Theresienstadt) were transformed into a Concentration Camp. Although thousands died in captivity there it wasn’t built with…
15.9.2016 Prague -> Theresienstadt/Terezín
(A click on the route enlarges the picture!) I manage to get an early start at the campsite and soon I am driving on a newly surfaced bike path along the Vltava. But after only 9km, in the village of Klecá¡ny, I head off the bike path. I had read in my initial research, that…
14.9.2016 Berlin -> Prague
Unfortunately the bus I had booked didn’t have a bike rack, although it had said so during booking. The bus driver agreed to transport my bike in the hull of the bus, but seeing as he was piling up cases next to it, I was quite worried I’d receive a bent and broken bike when…
Prague – Berlin – Prologue
After the miserable failing of my back wheel during my tour to Copenhagen (as reported in this blog), I spent quite some time that summer searching for a bicycle, that would suit my style of bike travel. Heavy-duty, fat tires and able to handle my weight with the added weight of my transported belongings. I…