Tuesday June 25, 2019 … It felt like anything but glacial on the day we joined the local chapter of the ADFC or German Biycle Club for their weekly Tuesday afternoon ride. The blazing sun brought the temperatures up to a sweltering 32°C/90°F. Nevertheless, nine brave cyclists showed up for the outing. The program was … Continue reading "Glacial Erratics … and some new and old things"
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Autumn Glow in Westpark — Took a ride to Westpark to see what autumn is doing there. *The rose garden wasn’t what it was but the blossoms weren’t completely finished yet. Some other autumn bloomers were still showing their colors, too. *There were no more turtles sunning on the stones in the lake. *It didn’t … Continue reading "Kaffeenierung in Bavaria – Ride 5"
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Who Needs Flowers – Today’s ride was again to the Botanical Garden. My annual pass has certainly been worthwhile. We have a light morning fog, and it’s a little cooler than in the past days. I am wearing gloves and a buff under my helmet to keep my ears warm. We take our usual route … Continue reading "Kaffeenierung in Bavaria – Ride 4"
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Rode out of Munich aways today to meet friends for lunch. It was warm and sunny, but there’s no denying that Autumn is around the corner. The sunflowers are finished and pumpkins abound. Round trip today 35 km
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Hi, everybody! We’re back from our trip from Munich to the Adriatic. I am trying to catch up with all the intersting posts here. And trying to catch up with my own blog and sundry projects and challenges. I need a few rainy days to spend at the computer! Anyway, here is the page from … Continue reading "August Cycle Days – 17 Rides"
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Another ride in quest of Munich’s hochbunkers, above-ground air raid shelters remaining from WWII. I have (again) changed the organization of my website. My rides will now be on the blog and not under the header titled Challenges. The site had become kind of a hodgpodge with overlapping categories. So back to the good old … Continue reading "The Big Ten Bunker Tour – 100 Bicycle Days Challenge"
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The summer continues to be exceptional – no rain in sight. Janos and I got on our bikes today in quest of more hochbunkers, my collection is growing. I planned a route to Allach, a Munich neighborhood to the northwest of the city, on roads we don’t usually take. Exploring and discovering is always fun. … Continue reading "Just Another Bunker"
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Another hochbunker – I’ve started collecting them. Here is the page on my website, work in progress. Not that I’m a fan of Nazi architecture, but these structures are part of Munich’s history and it’s interesting to see how cities grow and evolve. This is the bunker I thought I had photographed in my last … Continue reading "Old but repurposed"
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Die Hunde Kommen – that’s what I found when I went out on my bike today. I didn’t feel like anything ambitious, I hardly managed to get myself out of the house. But I finally did, without a destination in mind. I ended up cirlcing around the Olympic Park and looking for nooks and crannies … Continue reading "July Challenge – Looking for Old Stuff"
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We were looking for negelcted, run-down and forgotten buildings, so-called lost places. I remember at the onset of a trip to Innsbrück eleven years ago we came across an old round house on the Isartalbahn bike path, a disused railway line on the southern edge of Munich. We cycled there today and found the former … Continue reading "The New Old Isartalbahn Round House"
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June 10, 2018 We were up early on this sunny Sunday and after a breakfast in Cafe Münchner Freiheit, we rode through the English Garden with an eye out for photogenic trees. The English Garden has an old and venerable tree population, no dearth of subjects here. The trees don’t block the view, they are … Continue reading "June Challenge – More Trees"
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Munich Westpark June 6, 2018 What a treat the Rosengarten in Munich’s Westpark is this year. It seems everything is in full bloom at the same time. The perfumes of the different varieties of roses compete with each other, and if you walk a few meters away towards the linden trees, you are overwhelmed by … Continue reading "Cycle Days with Victoria – In a Rose Garden"
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My first tree of the month: I saw this photogenic tree motif on our ride through Munich’s English Garden. We are taking advantage of the beautiful weather by cycling to a beer garden for our picnic lunch as often as possible. Our ride to the Aumeister Biergarten at the northern end of the park is … Continue reading "June Challenge: It was a tree"
Read MoreWhat do you do with the bridge pictures that you took in April when the challenge is for May? You post them anyway. I also have some bridge photos in petto for the challenge, but first the non-challenge bridges. We were on the Danube Bike Path the last two days of April and of course … Continue reading "Gratuitous Bridges"
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April 30, 2018 Day 5/100 On tour, somewhere in Lower Bavaria. My goal is 100 rides with pictures of my bike (named Victoria) – or the bike of someone I’m riding with – before the end of the year. Just one picture from any given ride/day is the only rule for the challenge. My gallery … Continue reading "Cycling Days with Victoria – 5"
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April 29, 2018 Day 4/100 Following the Danube Bike Path on our Lower Bavaria tour My goal is 100 rides with pictures of my bike, named Victoria, before the end of the year. Just one picture from any given ride/day is the only rule for the challenge. My gallery with photos from the beginning of … Continue reading "Cycling Days with Victoria – 4"
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The spirit is willing … but the flesh is weak Saturday March 10, 2018 I’ve planned such lovely rides. I’ve pondered oh so many clever titles for the journal. I even have a theme. But perhaps things won’t go as planned. To start with I am just recovering from a bad case of bronchitis. But … Continue reading "CLC 2018 – Going Around in a Circle 1"
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