News archive of www.Rad-Fernweh.de

>2005/06/04 Status changed from at home. Going on a three week Denmark Baltic sea tour.

2005/05/24 Added a fotolog. Click on Fotolog in the upper left corner of this screen and jump to the pictures. I will update this page regularly.

2005/05/24 Back from the short Sweden tour. I put a couple of pictures on the page.

2005/01/23 Finished some missing pieces on the Malaga - Barcelona Tour 04 (in particular the Welcome and people I met page).

2005/01/13 The Malaga - Barcelona Tour 04 is now online. Watch out for the slideshow...

2005/01/02 I finished my journey through Spain in late November 04 and continued working. I am going to update the Spain 04 part of the webpage in the next couple of days.

2004/11/11 Almeria. We are lucky to have great weather in Andalusia. After the first two days on the coast, we changed direction inland and continued in the Sierra Nevada for the last three days. Now we are back on the coast and continue on flatter ground eastwards. The first pictures are now online.

2004/11/06 Tomorrow I will start a three-week bicycle trip in Spain. Watch out for the news...

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2004/05/25 Back home. At the 10th of May, my plane took me back to Frankfurt, Germany. I had a very wet time at the Coromandel Peninsula. This part must be fabulous in sunny weather, so I can add this to the reasons to come back. The last days, I spend in Auckland, just right to prepare for crowded Europe again. And here, I used the time to develop, frame and sort the slide (62 rolls) and to prepare for work, which starts June, 1st.
--> I updated all the New Zealand pages and added some pictures.

2004/04/28 Whangamata. You can easily confuse the name of the towns here and run short on the letter a. I am now on the North island. Came from Picton via ferryboat to Wellington and made my way up the lower Westcoast. From there, I crossed into land for the Tongariro National Park (Mordor from Lord of the Rings) and Taupo plus Rotorua with all the hot springs and the corresponding sulfur smells. I am now on the Coromandel Peninsula, trying to enjoy it in the wet weather.
--> Added a Wellington - Whangamata section plus two new pics in people I met.

2004/04/009 Nelson. It must have been now about 2000 (plus something) km, since Martin and me left Christchurch. I don't know exactly, because my bike tachometer is not working anymore since a couple of hundred kilometers. Just at this very moment, Martin left to the airport because his two month holiday is over. I may stay a day or two in Nelson to refill the batteries and then head to the Marlborough Sounds, followed by the North Island.
--> New pictures could be found in the to Nelson and people I met sections.

2004/03/14 Yesterday, we reached Queenstown, after a rough ride through scanty valleys. Some challenging roads lay ahead of us, when facing north tomorrow.
--> There are some new pictures in the section to Queenstown and people I met.

2004/03/08 We are back from Stewart Island. 4 new pictures are added to the corresponding page.

2004/03/02 Now in Invercargill. We will hike on the Stewart Island tomorrow.
I had some time to update the picture section and add some new faces to the people I met page.

2004/02/23 As we are still in Dunedin, I added 3 more pictures to the first part.
2004/02/23 After about 700 km through various landscapes in the district of Canterbury, we landed in Dunedin, the Edinburgh of the South [Duneldin is gaelic for Edinburgh]. We? - I met Martin, my companion since the first kilometer, on the flight from Frankfurt to Christchurch. As we had about the same plans on going around in New Zealand, we build the Four-German-Legs team. Look at the first pictures.

2004/02/08 Now in Seoul, Korea waiting for the connection flight to Christchurch. As I have to use the localized Windows version, things are sometimes hard to understand...

--> Status changed from prep to on tour.

2004/02/06 As some time is left 'till I have to get back to work, I am heading east - or west/north/south ??? Actually, it does not matter, as I am touring to the other side of the world in New Zealand. The plane will take off tomorrow and two days later, I will arrive in Christchurch. As usual, this webpage will witness the tour.
--> Status changed from at home to preparing).

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2003/12/28 Since Friday, the 19th of December, I am back in Germany: 232 days and 15047 km on the road trough Europe!
After my short trip trough the Riff Mountains in Morocco, Africa, I visited Ronda and drove to Malaga. After a last couple of days in the sun of southern Spain, I returned home to Frankfurt. The pages for Europe 2003 are updated.
--> New: Portugal ii, Morocco, Spain, Gibraltar, People I met ii). Later, I may add some miscellaneous sections.
--> Status changed from on tour to at home.

2003/12/11 Africa! I am in Tangier, Morocco.
After getting to the most southern part of Europe, the Southkap in Tarifa, I decided to have a short visit to the big continent in the south. I will drive from here to Ceuta and tqke the ferryboat back to la Costa del Luz in Spain. Then I am going to head to Malaga, where I will catch a plane, that brings me hone just in time for Christmas. 2003/12/01 Updated the Portugal section. Added a new photo to people I met ii.

2003/11/30 Day 214, 13.900km : I am in Lisbon, Portugal. On the way to the capitol of Portugal, I visited the most western point of continental Europe at Cabo da Roca. Now, I will stroll a bit around the streets and alleys, before I am cycling the final stretch in Europe to the most southern point.

2003/11/21 Salamanca, Spain! I´m taking a rest day here. The town is beautiful and maybe, the weather will change back to blue skies. I have updated the Spain Section.

2003/11/10 Finally, I was able to upload pictures again. I updated the following sections: Ireland, Wales, England, France, Spain and People we met ii
2003/11/09 Spain! I reached San Sebastian in the Basque region today. It was an easy ride from St. Jean de Luz, where I started my first bicycle trip about 13 years ago. I found the campground and managed to persuade the Patron (chef) to let me stay, even though the site was closed since weeks. At the border, I joined (kind of) a half marathon running to San Sebastian. Good for me, as the National Route Nr. 1 was free of traffic and the people where cheering at me.

2003/11/04 Rochefort, France. I will reach Bordeaux, my beloved red wine region in a couple of days. I passed the sixth month. Over 12.000 km now. It's a long time, some things are like yesterday, as some other are very far away. Anyway, my legs are still going around and so, I will continue southwards, direction Spain, trying to reach warmer (and more dry) regions. The Europe and Ireland maps have been updated and an article from the Oban Times is added to the press section. Now and here, I have no means to upload any more photos , so Ireland, Wales, England and France is missing. I am trying to do it as soon as possible.

2003/10/24 I am now in the country with the most distracted keyboard layout in Europe. Everyone who had been trying to write a text here would recognize: I am in France. Exactly, I reached St. Malo in Brittany after cycling through parts of the Normandy.
After I left Sligo, I headed down the west coast of Ireland to Cork, took the ferry to Wales, crossed over to England and reached the Southcoast at Poole. The overnight ferryboat brought me to the land where the baguette always costs 90 Cent (but tastes marvelous).

2003/10/06 Added a map to the Europe overview page. Changed the text.
2003/10/06 I am in Sligo, Republic of Ireland. For a long time, I had no time to update the webpage. Since then, I cycled through lovely Scotland to Ireland. I made my way across Northern Ireland with its moving capitol Belfast and crossed a couple of days ago into the Republic of Ireland. You will find new pictures in the appropriate pages.

2003/09/13 Via the Shetland Islands (Scotland), I have reached Orkney. Martin left yesterday. I will explore the northern Scottish islands before I take the ferry to the mainland.

2003/09/08 Day 131: Yesterday, we finally reached Bergen. It took us (a German friend Martin joined me for three weeks) much longer then expected to cycle from Trondheim to Bergen. This was due to a lot of rain and the resulting cold we caught. Tomorrow, we will take the ferryboat to Lerwick on the Shetland islands and continue via Orkney to Scotland. Added: Norway IV section.

2003/08/22 Trondheim, Norway. After 112 days and over 7700 km. Martin, a good old cycling companion, will join the trip for three weeks. The weather is quite wet, but so it can just get better! Updated: Norway II and III and the People I met II section.

2003/07/30 Now in Tromsø on the north-west coast of Norway. Today, I have updated the Finland sections II and III as well as Norway I and II. Plus I added some people to the section people I met So I wish you a pleasant time watching me sweat.

2003/07/29 Now in Tromsø on the north-west coast of Norway. I hope, I will have the chance to update the pictures section these days here.

2003/07/23 After about 5.892 km in 82 days, I reached the Nordkapp. I am for a couple of days in company with some nice danish guys and we will continue south in Norway. When I find a real Internet cafe, I will put up some pictures.

2003/07/06 Yesterday, I arrived in Savonlinna, the town of the Finish opera festival. I was very lucky, because I found a shop to repair my rim with exactly the right spare parts and get hold of the rare opera ticket for the flying dutchman (takes place in the Olavinlinna castle), which are normally sold out nine months before the performance. And: The guy, who sold me his spare ticket invited me into his cottage, so we even had a real Finnish sauna after the show.

2003/06/30 Last day of month two: Yesterday, I have reached Helsinki. Before we left Russia, we had some contact with the police. Just because I took a photo of a bridge. Unfortunately there was a checkpoint right at the pier of the bridge. After some negotiating, starring at them when they say "Twenty Euro please" and shaken some small Rubel-notes out of my pocket, they let us go. The actual border crossing took only 5 minutes.

2003/06/24 Day 55: RUSSIA! Yesterday, we reached St. Petersburg. It took us three rainy days from Tallinn to the border of Russia. We were prepared for a long and complicated border crossing procedure. At the end, it took us about two hours to leave Estonia and only 15 minutes to enter Russia. The new country welcomed us with sun (after a small shower). So we reached St. Petersburg with a big smile on our faces.

2003/06/17 Day 48: We reached Tallinn in Estonia. Except for the first 200 km, we mostly took straight and fast roads. So we made it quite quick to this old town. We will rest here for a couple of days, before we start our journey into Russia, using smaller roads.

2003/06/10 Day 41: A couple of days ago, we reached Latvia. The weather was very nice to us, we almost always had sunny days. We are now in Riga, the capital of Latvia, where we will visit the old town with all its art nouveau buildings.

2003/06/05 Five and a half hours in the Internet cafe in Palanga, Lithuania will give you a new title picture plus a couple of updates in Europe 2003: Poland I,II and III ,  Lithuania and in People we met

2003/06/04 Day 35: Today, we reached Palanga in Lithuania. We will take a day off, which may give me the chance to put some new picture on the net tomorrow.

2003/05/30 Day 30: We are in Masuren in Mikolajki. The weather is incredibly sunny, the countryside is beautiful and we are resting for a day.

2003/05/25 Day 25: We are in Elblag. It was an intensive ride yesterday, because Maik did not feel as good as he thought. So we made 65 km to Elblag. Another day resting and tomorrow a nice boat trip at the Oberlandkanal will help him to recover.

2003/05/24 Day 24: Still in Gdansk (Danzig). As Maik has some small stomach problems, we will stay an additional day on our safe camping ground in Gdansk-Stagi. This gives me the time to add maps to the Germany and Poland sections.

2003/05/23 Day 23: Gdansk (Danzig). After 11 days of cycling since we left Berlin, it's time for a day off. Gdansk is an absolutely ravishing city. There is so much to see ... but take a look at the new pictures in the Poland section in Europe 2003.

2003/05/18 Day 18 in Koszacin: Three days ago we crossed the border to Poland, where we now ride east. We have good weather conditions, just a little bit of rain, but most often tailwind.

2003/05/10 We are in Berlin. I am trying to upload some pictures, but the bigger the city - the harder it is to find a ftp-and-usb-willing Internet-Cafe.

2003/05/05 I am in Weimar. Tonight, I will meet Maik and tomorrow we will start as a team heading east. PLUS: The first pictures are online

2003/04/29 I am busy! So many things have to be arranged. Everything has been moved, the flat is empty and clean, tomorrow will be my last day at home!

2002/03/05 I will start my big trip at May, 1^st 2003.