After the nice and warm evening yesterday in Neckargemünd we did not expect such a cold night and morning. Thanks to our low temperature sleeping bag we did not freeze. But after we got up the icy air hit us into the face. You could see the mist above the river. But at least it was nice to observe and…
On our rest day we visited Franziskanerkloster Engelbert. 612 stages lead to the monastery above Großheubach. But when you finally arrive there you are rewarded with a beautiful view. In the chapel of the monastery was the crypt of nobles from the last 300 years. The chapel itself was very splendid. Also there was a nice a garden and a…
Last night was the first test of our cold weather gear and it performed very well. We have been a bit skeptical but we did not freeze at all. So we could sleep quite long and had a relaxed breakfast including hot tea (thanks to our new gas cooker the water was hot in a few minutes). After a last…
It is getting colder outside and at the campsites are only a few people left – seems to be autumn! The best time to test our new gear including warm sleeping bag and mat. So, we took a few days off and planned a trip with four cycling days. One day in between should be for relaxing – anyhow it…
Because we got our new tent, we desperately wanted to test it. So we decided to make an overnighter. Our goal was a camping place called Donnersberg near Gerbach. The first kilometers were very easy because it was almost flat till we got to Worms. After crossing the Rhine we got the first climbing sections, but it was not too…
Mid of October 2019 brought us still a bit of golden autumn. So it was the best time to do one last overnighter tour for this year. We decided to go to Seligenstadt, a small town between Aschaffenburg and Frankfurt (Main). We started from Heppenheim and followed more or less small paths, often good elaborated bike routes and sometimes also…
To test our fitness level for our upcoming tour in Japan we decided to make a bikepacking trip to Dahn in the Pfalz. So we prepared our bicycles and Alex added some extra back rack for bags. The start of the tour was pretty smooth. We crossed the Bergstaße till Mannheim very fast because almost everything was flat and there…