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Unfortunately, we only had a few hours of our planned three days to visit and explore Siena – not including the overnight stay and the restaurant visit. A persistent, severe cold forced us to cut our trip short. What remained was a short walk to a few of the attractions of this remarkable city. This

Bibbona, I was told, is supposed to be quite nice: perched on a hill, with a lovely old town center and views all around. So we set off. Despite my never-ending 🤧 and thanks to Gabi's previous resilience against my viruses, we attempted a circular tour with a short hike. The sky was bright blue and

Our tour of Pisa wasn't supposed to start at Dr. Max's pharmacy, but the medication we left at home forced a short-term, minor change of plans. Afterward, we were able to relax and enjoy our walk through old Pisa along the Arno River in summer temperatures and very nice weather. Even beyond its "miracles

On our second sunny day in the Palatinate, we started in Gimmeldingen and made a loop through seemingly endless vineyards. Mountains isn't really the right term, though, because here and today it's mostly flat, so it's more like vineyards – interrupted by farm tracks, highways, and villages.

There are

A bike tour through the rolling vineyards around the wonderful town of Rhodt in the Southern Palatinate. Great weather, mostly well-maintained bike paths, and numerous opportunities to sample Palatinate wine.

The beautiful summer weather enticed us to hop on our bikes and take a ride to the Johanneshof estate near Hockenheim. The Johanneshof had been recommended to us some time ago as a day trip destination and place to stop for a bite to eat. Today we finally got around to it. We combined it all with a bike

The last leg of the Ems Cycle Route for us led from Leer to Emden. Flat land as far as the eye could see – interrupted by seemingly endless dikes – or was it even just one? In any case, firmly in the possession of the sheep. "Schafbegradung" (sheep grazing) is what it's called in proper German.



For us

The second leg of our bike tour along the Ems River went from Heede to Leer in East Frisia.

We started with a visit to the old linden tree, practically the landmark of Heede. The tree is said to be around 1,000 years old. That's a hard-to-imagine age for a tree – impressive. The linden tree that stood

We plan to cycle the Ems Cycle Path in three stages from Meppen to Emden. Today's first stage took us to Heede.

We really enjoyed the tour! The cycle path runs along the Ems for long stretches, away from car traffic. Occasionally, it leads away from the river through forests and fields, and every now

That was a beautiful bike ride from Meppen to Holland! Just across the Dutch border, into the Bargerveen Moor. Jenny, who has posted many hikes in this area on Komoot, inspired us to do this tour. But instead of 🥾🥾, we used 🚴🏼 🚴🏻‍♀️.

Beautiful, flat bike paths, occasionally bumpy on the German side