B2B (Beach-to-Beach): Von der Ostsee ans Mittelmeer

1st day of the tour from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean beach.

At 7:30 in the morning we started to Hamburg main station. Unfortunately, there are no regional trains more from Altona to Lübeck, so that I had to go to the city center in perfect weather in good traffic - is not my thing to have this… meer lezen

After the prologue on Tuesday from the Baltic Sea to Hamburg, it continued today on the way to the Mediterranean.

Breakfast in the morning with the family, it started at 9:30 clock. In moderate traffic and best bike weather, it was fast through Hamburg to the Old Elbe tunnel. The just completed renovation… meer lezen

After a good night's sleep, we should start early - in the direction of Westphalia. As it was a rather long stage with 115 km and the temperatures slowly rose in the too warm area.

But unfortunately there was an ugly surprise, again a flat foot. Same bike, same place. This time I searched the coat very… meer lezen

De eerste blik vanmorgen was op de weer-app, nog steeds 34 graden warm. Het wordt heet, dus de tactiek voor de dag wordt bepaald: vroeg beginnen, altijd een versnelling lager rijden dan normaal, veel pauzes in de schaduw en genoeg van het water.

Het begon even voor 8 uur. Eerste goede nieuws, na 2 records… meer lezen

After a day's break, it should go back to Münster very early this morning. Get up shortly after 5 o'clock, shortly after 6 am Hamburg Hauptbahnhof and then the train is one hour late - for the third time in the last 10 days. Good goes differently Deutsche Bahn.

Against shortly before 11 it started in… meer lezen

After a struggling night, it was just very warm in the room, it went up around 7 clock.

The first surprise, I had certainly 200 "mosquito bites" on the body. I had left the windows open because of the heat, but had not noticed any pests. It itched everywhere. The good thing was, I did not notice anything… meer lezen

Again it went up after a good night's sleep at 7 o'clock and shortly after 8 o'clock further south. The hotel is located directly on the Rhine, so that you right back on the Rhine bike path was.

The antihistamines that I had taken in the morning against my allergy, made the first 2 hours clearly noticeable… meer lezen

Het zou warm worden, dus een vroege start werd aangekondigd en om 7.15 uur verliet ik de parkeerplaats van het hotel bij de Nahetal Arena.

Vandaag gingen we op bezoek bij vrienden in Heidelberg, dus de bestemming was direct op weg en ik ontmoette de Rijn pas weer bij Worms. De lange weg over de Rijn zou… meer lezen

It was the day that record heat of 38 degrees was announced. The tour went to friends who live near Rastatt, so the length was 90 km rather low. Nevertheless, I took the detour to the center of Karlsruhe and of course it should start as early as possible.

The hotel offered breakfast only from 8 o'clock… meer lezen

Today was the first mountain stage, it went from 100 to 820 hm and only the last few kilometers, it went down a little longer.

The weather was much more pleasant compared to yesterday, max. 28 degrees, partly cloudy and in the end the big storm clouds could be seen in the distance, but it remained dry… meer lezen

Actually yesterday was the highest point of the Black Forest crossing shortly after Freudenstadt reached, so that today it could go quite comfortably to Lake Constance.

As far as the theory, practically were the first 40 km to Rottweil a single roller coaster ride. It went constantly up and down, never… meer lezen

De voorgaande dagen met hitte boven de 35 graden en 2 dagen door het Zwarte Woud hadden hun sporen achtergelaten. Ik kwam moe en nogal uitgeput aan bij het Bodenmeer.

Ik sliep vandaag wat langer en begon de dag aan het Bodenmeer comfortabel rond iets voor 9.00 uur.

Het fietspad aan het Bodenmeer is grotendeels… meer lezen

Yesterday evening it was a little later in the hotel bar, so this morning it was not until 9 o'clock.

With the rise to Fernpass at the end of the day, the forces should be well divided. Say slowly at the beginning, so that in the end it is enough.

Correspondingly comfortable it was mostly on dirt roads… meer lezen

Hallo Winfried, bedankt voor je compliment. Toen ik 4 jaar geleden (ongeveer 4 weken en vele hoogtemeters) van München naar Venetië wandelde, hield ik me bezig met het onderwerp gewichtsoptimalisatie. Ik kon het goed vinden met een rugzak van 8 tot 9 kg (zonder eten).

Ik slaap alleen in pensions en hotels… meer lezen

At 8 o'clock I was ready to go. The hotel is right on the Via Claudia Augusta (VCA), so it could go on straight away.

Still in Pfunds, the Innseite was changed and in good distance to the already busy Reschenstraße it went slightly uphill and alone in the direction of Italy.

After a short time we went… meer lezen

Today was wellness day. After 6 days with almost 1000 hm a day, it looked very relaxed today. 100 km, usually with a slight incline, to the end.

In peace breakfast and shortly after 9 clock it started.

Already after a few meters I realized that the bike and the body liked each other, everything was very… meer lezen

Today we went through the rest of the Italian Alps for the last time. It was a long stage with some altitude, and was also for the whole day thunderstorms announced. Therefore an early start at 8 o'clock was planned again.

The climb from Trento to the Lago di Caldonazzo is relatively steep, more than… meer lezen

Done! After 18 days, the beach-to-beach tour, from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean beach, ends today.

A nice tour that will surely stay in my memory for a long time to come.

Relaxed start around 9 o'clock, because distance, weather and non-existent altitude provided a simple final stage.

The expectation… meer lezen

Terug van de Middellandse Zee zou het met de trein moeten gaan vanuit Venetië Mestre.

Gisteravond het kaartje online besteld. Er stond iets over fietsreserveringen en een speciaal treinkaartje, maar dat kon je niet online boeken.

De trein vertrok om 14.00 uur, dus rond 10.00 uur, zou genoeg moeten zijn… meer lezen

Laatste etappe naar het vakantiehotel. Familie komt morgen. En de goede fiets wordt teruggestuurd door de bagageservice van DB. Maar het zou vooraf grondig moeten worden schoongemaakt.

De route zelf was relatief eenvoudig. In Innsbruck gewoon naar de Inn rijden, daar de R3 richting Kufstein naar Wörgl… meer lezen