Day 5- Day 2 riding
Day Two riding was from Lichtenfels to Bamberg…. 30 miles…. We called it “West Hill Jersey Day” “But the short 30 miler turned out to be a little different. There were a lot of areas where the trail was closed for repairs that made us detour a bit. That slowed us down a bit but […]
Day 4 in Germany- Day 1 Riding
Today we started our 8 day, 360 mile ride (and in case you might thing we do ONLY these kind of rides, we also have 6 day, 180 mile rides too). We planned to leave Bayreuth at about 930 heading for Lichtenfels. The day started a bit chilly… Breakfast was at 700 but they had […]
Day 3…..To The Start…..
Today we needed to head to our start town of Bayreuth, 3 hours or so to the East of Frankfurt. We loaded up all our things in the Cargo Van…. bags and 5 bikes… and headed off. Not a bad trip…There was some construction on the Autobahn as we went but not horribly bad. One […]
Day Two – Transportation ready….
Today was a continuation of yesterday’s van issues. First things first, breakfast!! It has been so long since I have had a German breakfast so today was a treat!! Brötchen with cream cheese, strawberry preserves and meat and cheese. It was wonderful!! We left the hotel at 8:45 and made it to the Sixt office […]
Day One – Trepidation
Yes, Trepidation….. that’s what I was feeling as we started off on this Adventure. COVID has become a specter that just causes worry…. worry not so much about severe illness in our cases since we are fully vaccinated but about having the trip impacted. Was everything we read in websites and heard from officials and […]
And we’re off….
Finally!!! The Adventure is underway!! But it hasn’t been completely painless…. while going to Germany is allowed, there are some conditions. Seems like everywhere I looked, I found some sort of difference in the regulations surrounding visiting Germany. In an attempt to sort things out, I reached out to my buddy, the Judge. Judge Mark […]
Almost time……
4 days and 3 hours to go before the Adventure begins!! Right now, in the pre-travel phase, the concern is will Germany change their entry requirements?? Fingers are crossed and we’ll wait to see what happens. So far, we’re in good shape! Follow along for daily posts beginning 17 September!! And remember, it’s not just […]
Bavarian Christmas Market tour v2.0 – Day 1
After gathering all the group (3 had morning flights to Stuttgart), we headed off for the Alps. We had about a 3 hour drive until we got to Schloß Linderhof so some had an opportunity to snooze a little. The drive was uneventful and a little boring due to rain and low clouds hampering our […]
Bavarian Christmas Market tour – Day 8
This is it! The last market on this week’s tour….. We returned from Rothenburg to our start, the Mövenpick Airport Hotel in Stuttgart. Have I mentioned how great this hotel is?? Well, let me take a minute to talk about the hotel. It is very convenient, literally a few meters from the Airport. It has […]
Bavarian Christmas Market tour – Day 7
Today’s Adventure is to Rothenburg ob der Tauber. We had about an hour and a half drive along the Main River in northern Bavaria to get to the town and since we were driving through Wine Country, we made a couple of stops. Our first stop was at the hilltop vineyards of Vogelsburg, outside of […]