T Minus 34 Hours….
Today was a day to finish up loose ends around the house, do some laundry and start packing. This is a little different than my usual trips lasting only a week to 10 days. This time I’ll be gone a day short of a month! So not only do I have to pack clothes I […]
T Minus 73 hours….
In 73 hours we’ll be touching down in Frankfurt to begin our next BG Adventures tour, the Mosel River Ride. The Mosel River is a quite well known area… sitting in the Western part of Germany, west of the Rhine River, the “modern” history of the Mosel dates back to the Roman times when they […]
Oktoberfest at West Hill Brewery
It’s early in SW Florida…. not even 6 am yet. But here I am at the airport again. This time to fly to Oktoberfest!!! But since Oktoberfest in Munich has been cancelled for another year, I’m heading back to Iowa to celebrate at West Hill Brewery in Indianola! It looks like there will be a […]
Day 12 and the trip home…
Day 12 was a great day for everyone else in our group but for me it meant another day of work!!! We all went to breakfast at 0630 and then loaded up the van and I took everyone to the Frankfurt airport. Terminal 1 was the first stop to let one off then circling the […]
Day 11 – Day 8 Riding
The LAST day of riding! From Hattersheim…. we made it to the confluence of the Main River and the Rhine River. Just across the Rhine lies the town of Mainz. We got an early start at 8 am so we could finish and get the bikes turned back in at the bike shop that maintains […]
Day 10 – Day 7 Riding
Today was a nice ride from Bavaria into Hesse…. 47 miles. While we had gotten some rain last night, we had none today and it was a gorgeous day! We had a great breakfast this am and at 9 am we were ready to go!We rode about 12 miles for a break with coffee and […]
Day 9 – Day 6 Riding
Today was a short day… 30 miles from Miltenberg to Aschaffenburg. The day started out nice…. clear and 57° with some fog down by the river. We were supposed to get rain by about 2 pm. So we decided to hit it and beat the rain. The day started out beautifully! The Church….morning view from […]
Day 8 – Day 5 Riding
Today’s ride was a 66 mile ride (our longest on this tour) from Karlstadt. It really is my favorite day of the ride… very flat over all and beautiful and unique scenery. Because of the length of the ride and due to the fact that we wanted to get to the Wine Fest in Miltenberg, […]
Day 7 – Day 4 Riding
Today was a ride from Volkach to Karlstadt…. 58 miles. We went through 3 larger towns…. Kitzingen, Ochsenfurt and Würzburg. And we had lots of beautiful scenery as well…. First off, we rode to our first stop in Kitzingen where we hit a coffee shop bakery, Rösner’s Backstube. Nice view of the city. Great selection […]
Day 6 – Day 3 Riding
Today was a 55 mile ride from Bamberg to Volkach. This ride would have 3 breaks in it because of visits to relatives. We first rode the 16 miles to Haßfurt where we stopped for coffee and pastries. On the way to Haßfurt we visited a very nice pilgrimage church Wallfahrtakirche Maria Limback. Once in […]