Dernau

A travelog of my 2011 Springtime trip to Europe to participate in a biking week in Holland followed by a second independent week of biking in Germany.

Every August, the Humboldt Foundation gives its fellows a two-week "Studienreise" (Study Trip) around Germany. Our group traveled to Bonn, Hamburg, Wismar, Berlin, Weimar, Bamburg, Munich, the Alps, and many other places in between. Photos and videos ...

... personal guides as well as good friends to travel with. A short 35 minute ride and we dismounted from the train at Dernau and started riding through really beautiful country. We rode as far as Altenahr and then circled back visiting the towns of ...

My absolute favorite part of the journey. We drove into the very quaint village of Dernau, tucked inside a cozy valley on the river Ahr in the most northern part of German wine country. Everything was very picturesque as we arrived in the evening, with ...

... reunification and the headquarters of the Humboldt Foundation, our benefactor. After having lunch with the bigwigs at the Humboldt headquarters, we had a few hours to roam around the city in the rain before driving to Dernau for dinner and a wine ...