Round trip to the “Mecklenburgische Schweiz” (4)

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Rough cycling path on the "Eiszeitroute" route.

For our forth stage we planned to cycle to another lake in the area and check out the Mecklenburgische Schweiz. The weather forecast wasn’t so good, but when we got our bikes ready the sun was shining. It was a bit windy but the temperature wasn’t too bad. Before, we took a walk with Lani and also played with her…

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Round trip to Alt Schwerin (3)

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Last stop after a mini training with the leash on the bike.

On our third stage the weather got better than the days before. It was still cloudy but the temperature was above ten degrees Celsius 💪. So we got the bicycles ready and Lani was also motivated to start the stage, which was a round trip to Alt Schwerin. First, we followed a major street on a separate bicycle lane. We…

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Northern part of the “Herrenhaus Rundweg” (2)

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Dog comforting during the break.

For our second stage we decided to cycle some kilometers of the northern part of the “Herrenhaus Rundweg”. The weather condition was not as good as on the day before. It was very cloudy and colder. Also the weather forecast for this day contained some hours of rain. But when we started it was dry, so we gave it a…

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Around lake Krakow (1)

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Alex bike with the dog trailer at the Langsee.

For our first really trip we chose a trip around the lake “Krakow”. It wasn’t really warm but the sun was shining so it was not too bad. After we got everything ready we followed the main road which led us to the next village called Dobbin. The cycle path we followed was called “Herrenhaus Rundweg” and it brought us…

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Prologue – Mecklenburgische Seenplatte

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Nice weather and a perfect bathing spot - however way too cold water!

After a long break we really wanted to go back on our bicycles, but bikepacking4life had a new member! 🐶Our sporty, sometimes a bit fearful, dog called Lani. We did some training at home with her to see if she would be fine with cycling and being in a dog trailer to be attched to the bicycles. Before doing a…

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Knielingen to Hemsbach (78)

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Its time for rape seed! Again :D

When we woke up this morning in our apartment in Knielingen we knew that this might be the last stage of our wonderful tour through Europe. But as usual we started with breakfast and when we looked outside the window of our apartment the world waiting for us was gray in gray. The sky was covered by thick clouds and…

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Schwanau to Knielingen (77)

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Have a snack stop with a beautiful river view.

After three long stages in a row, we decided that we needed one final rest day in Schwanau/Allmannsweier. We were pretty exhausted when we woke up and started slowly with breakfast. After making laundry we did some stuff at our notebooks. In the afternoon we took a little walk to the nearby lake. It was a very small lake but…

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Basel to Schwanau (76)

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Small cute lake next to our apartment.

It was a cloudy morning when we woke up in our hotel room in Basel. So after breakfast we brought our bags down via the elevator and prepared the bicycles in the underground car park. When we started the stage it was a bit cold and the top of the few skyscrapers in Basel were covered in clouds. In Basel…

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Luzern to Basel (75)

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Reward view - cows in front of the wide area.

After just one night in our very big apartment we had to say goodbye to the beautiful city of Luzern. So like usually we had breakfast in the apartment, brought our bags downstaris, and got the bicycles ready. The weather was not that nice and it was very cloudy but at least it didn’t rain. When we left the city…

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Göschenen to Luzern (74)

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Crazy colour of the Göscheneralpsee.

After we climbed the highest point of our tour, we thought it was time for relaxing and of course to enjoy the Alps. Therefore, we stayed four nights in a very cute and comfortable apartment in Göschenen. Unfortunately the weather forecast was not so good. Just on our first day it shouldn’t rain that much, so we decided to go…

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