Ramada Hotel Magdeburg

Riding 385 miles on motorways from Rotterdam to Magdeburg on the first day is a sure recipe for one thing. Numb bum. I've always though that no matter what you do about your saddle it's always your backside that has to acclimatise itself to the saddle, not the other way around. It also doesn't feel much like an adventure. But as the plan is to g...

Jay was a guy from Chicago who wanted to take a trip through Europe by bike. He would be my first couchsurfer, so I said yes when he ask me if he could stay for a day at my place in Tangerhütte (even though not many foreign people come to visit Tangerhütte).

He wanted to come one day before I left for Spain, so I packed all my stuff a fe...

Noch genau 10 Tage bis zum Abflug. Bis auf ein 3-tägiges Blockseminar in der nächsten Woche habe ich jetzt keine Seminare mehr. Eigentlich sollte etwas Wehmut aufkommen, schließlich ist nun meine Zeit an der Universität vorbei, aber so wirklich habe ich wohl noch nicht begriffen, dass nun ein Lebensabschnitt zu Ende geht. Na ja, drei Hausarbeite...

I feel like there is so much more to organize, so much more to do... Ran a few errands today, but actually I am all set. Tomorrow I`ll get the ultimate India haircut and then I am ready for take off ;) A few days ago I went to the bank and picked up thousands of Indian Rupees, haha. It felt weird to hold a 1000 Rs bill in my hand, although that ...

Tobi has been in India since July 22nd (or 23rd?) and now he is somewhere by Delhi cruising around on his moped. Haha very awesome!! He is the embodiment of the word "easy going". Hopefully he will be there to pick us up from the airport on September 1st!!! Tobi we trust you!! However, I haven't heard from you ever since I read about those heavy...

Packing our stuff and trying to put it into the car we realized, that the car is too small... or do we want to carry to much stuff with us????Could be, but Alex would say that the only person with too much baggage is me. Perhaps he`s right but who knows about the weather the next time? To be prepared for every case I feel confident. Anyway, the ...

Magdeburg, 5 °C // CapeTown 25°C Yippy....heute geht es los... :-) Mein Rucksack ist zu 95% fertig und garantiert ist das eine oder andere Teil mal wieder zu viel. Gott-sei-dank streiken die lieben Lokführer nicht mehr, so dass es in knapp 8 Stunden endlich Richtung Berlin losgehen kann. Cape Town - ich komme und ich freu mich auf den ersten Spr...

Nur noch 2,5 Wochen bis zum Abflug nach Südafrika -:-) Und ich versuche mal ganz "in" zu sein und eröffne den 2.000.009ten Travelogue im www. Dieser Trip zur südlichen Erdkugel soll dokumentiert werden - damit die Daheimgebliebenen sich mitfreuen können ;-)

I and Ju
Yeong met on the internet at a website for pen pals. We exchanged emails and
pictures. After a few mails she told me about he plans to come to Europe and
that she will travel through the continent for a few month. She also wanted to
come to Germany and she asks me if I would like to meet up while she is in my
coun...

Magdeburg does have a few architectural gems. We started off at the city's oldest surviving building, an abbey built in the early 11th century. Today it houses a small art museum. After strolling through the nearby sculpture gardens, we stopped in the Kloster's café for coffee before our art viewing. I ordered a slice of poppy-seed cake, and Ter...