• German Danube The first thing I did this morning was to catch up on something I had missed yesterday: I cycled through the beautiful little town of Donauwörth. Then I cycled along the Danube again, often on gravel roads. One of the signposts read «German Danube». In principle, it was all downhill again today. But according to the...

  • After spending the first two days travelling in familiar areas and staying overnight with familiar faces, today was the first day into the «unknown». But thanks to the well-prepared routes and my bike computer, it was easy to find my way. And it was one thing above all: downhill. How that...

  • The journey continues... Yesterday I still had a lot of doubts about how my journey would continue after the difficult first day and especially the recovery from it. But I had also learnt my lessons: from now on I want to drive more slowly, take better care of myself with food and drink than I did on the first day and...

  • Today I didn't cycle from Weinfelden to Biberach an der Riss as planned but took a rest day in Weinfelden. After arriving at my friends' house in Weinfelden last night - or rather on the last few kilometres - I was overcome by tiredness. I went to sleep for an hour at first but...

  • Here we go... What a beautiful day to start my journey. I really couldn't have imagined the weather any better. I had originally planned to set off at around 10am to start my big adventure. But as I was still ill last week, my preparation was anything but ideal...