Paris is a dream to cycle in. As a Münster native I’m used to rude cyclists and tough laws – here you don’t have the tough laws, so you’re free to race through one-way roads in the wrong direction, cutting off some motorbike’s way, going over red and getting some pedestrian bloke to do a […]
Trip to Rome
When you just partially understand
Welcome to France. The land that made Caesar’s career, the country that gave us Charlemagne, a place where you cannot name your pig Napoleon. A country famous for its wine, its cheese, and its general sophistication. A country where if I listen to something I partially understand ‑which happens very often‑, I automatically consider it […]
Preparing to leave Bikeland
32 °C of savage heat and I’m not even in France yet. Accordingly, today’s trip wasn’t done exclusively by bike. I wish so! Instead, I had to spend three hours in the S75 bus from Münster to Bocholt, where they keep the one rack that seems suitable for my bike. My bike’s a beautiful oldtimer (my […]
Jurassic wake-up and Château sleep
“Very pretty!” said Gandalf. […] “I am looking for someone to share an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone!” “I should think so – in these parts! We are plain quite folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner! I can’t […]
The Plan that we are going to disregard
Once upon a time there were three guys who wanted to cycle somewhere. Nay, better: Let’s start a year earlier. Once upon a time, there were two guys who wanted to cycle somewhere. I – living in cyclist’s Eden, the Münsterland region – would have taken any destination; alas, I lacked a bike-affine travelmate for […]