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3 days ago
Day 13
The last stretch of the little heat ride.
Night visit to the tent: something snorting and squeaking wandered around us and sat down in front of the entrance. When I look out, a hedgehog runs away. Later thunderstorms and rain, right on time on the last day.
In the morning it is muggy, but at 11
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3 days ago
Day 12
This morning: Streuselkuchen wakes up, Streuselkuchen gets up, Streuselkuchen gets dressed. I am covered in bites all over my body, probably from yesterday's attempt to sleep behind the tent.
But how great it was once again to sleep in a bed whose surface area is larger than our camping dwelling
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5 days ago
Day 11
In the middle of the night, I wake up because something moist touches my face. A small animal scurries away in the darkness. A hedgehog? It's not that fast, but faster than I find the flashlight on my phone. Afterwards, I retreat into the tent again.
We leave later, the stage is short and the train
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6 days ago
heat resistant 👍
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7 days ago
Tag 9
blurs in the heat. Departure before 6:30, no coffee until km 30. Our canal connects with and separates from the Yonne, together they form islands where wild animals surely dwell, stream into each other, separate again in wild overflow mechanisms.
Everything as usual, except that it's somehow sluggish
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June 24, 2026
Day 8
The canal cyclists are in a class of their own again. There are the old ones (me: AREN'T they older than us? M: Well…) with their inconspicuous touring bikes and super light deck chairs, busy repacking and washing things. And then there are the young ones, colorful cycling jerseys, maximum butt
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June 23, 2026
Day 7
I wake up 20 minutes before the alarm clock. It's just cool enough that I could crawl back into my sleeping bag. Instead, I pack up. Luxury vacation!
At 6:22 we are on the bike, record start. In the first village, I guide M. past, who smells coffee (we can't stop now!). In Cercy-la-Tour there is
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June 22, 2026
Day 5
A Plan B is needed. The heat is not expected to get any better, and this is only half a vacation, with the forced kilometers in the morning. It feels like we've already been traveling for three weeks, with all the shades of heat we've experienced, all the encounters, and the thoughts in the back
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June 22, 2026
Day 4
By now, the alarm clock rings at 5:45. In the morning, you think, that's doable, you'll just sleep the whole afternoon. In the evening, you lie groaning in your tent, waiting for a cooling breeze.
At least I'm managing the packing well. I always thought it would be terrible to have to take everything
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June 22, 2026
Day 3
This time we are on our bikes at 7:11. Our bakery has won a prize for its brioche. M. only tells me this when we are already outside.
We cross the Saône. In Sennecy Le Grand, M. wants to go to the supermarket. I would prefer not to stop until it gets hot. But we have to eat something. And anyway
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June 18, 2026
The altitude meters feel correct, other sources state only half as much. ;)
35* Heatwave kills
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June 22, 2026
In search of bike parking spots up to Lausanne (without having to change trains three times with the heavy bikes), I somehow manage to overlook that we might also like to lie down in the train at night. It only occurs to me as we leave Berlin in a full compartment. The whole night? Phew.
In Leipzig, however
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3 days ago
Hello there, I was just at the train station! Parasocial relationships are such a strange thing, but now that I've randomly started talking to you, I have to add and correct myself: 1. The blog is also great, much better than komoot. There are far too few blogs nowadays. 2. I didn't want to diss your
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