2022-03-09 Siracusa ➡️ Isola, Punta della Mola, 10.83 km To get to the start of my bicycle journey I travelled by train from Nuremberg in Germany to Siracusa in Sicily. The first train was the München-Nürnberg-Express which left Nuremberg main station on schedule at 15:09. But on the way to Munich an unscheduled change of … Continue reading 2022-03-08/09 Nuremberg ➡️ Siracusa by train 🚂
A bicycle ride from Salzburg to the to the Loser mountain near Altaussee to climb the via-ferratas “Sisi” and “Sophie”. 2021-10-09 Salzburg ➡️ Loser Alm, 81.19 km, elevation 1804 m. 2021-10-10 Loser Alm ➡️ Salzburg, 77.04 km, elevation 629 m.
Long autumn weekend in Austria As Monday was a holiday and the weather forecast was great I decided to use this three day weekend to try to ride over the Großglocker road in good weather. I had ridden over that road by bicycle already in 1993 from north to south and once again later in … Continue reading 2021-10-30 ➡️ 2021-11-01 Großglockner road
2021-10-10 Loser Alm ➡️ Salzburg, 77.04 km. 2021-10-10 Via Ferrata "Sisi" and Via Ferrata "Sophie", 6.56 km (not completely recorded). The night had been a bit cold there was some frost the grass and on my tarp when woke up. I had not expected that it would be so cold and I had only brought … Continue reading 2021-10-10 Loser Alm ➡️ Salzburg
2021-10-30 Salzburg ➡️ Fusch an der Großglocknerstraße, 118.47 km. Saturday morning I took the ICE train from Nuremberg at 04:50 arriving in Munich at 06:04 and then the Railjet from Munich at 06:23 arriving in Salzburg at 07:58. The only reasonable connection using only regional trains was from 06:11 to 10:42, i.e. almost 3 hours … Continue reading 2021-10-30 Salzburg ➡️ Fusch an der Großglocknerstraße
2021-10-09 Salzburg ➡️ Loser Alm, 81.19 km. To arrive as early as possible in Salzburg Saturday morning I wanted to use the ICE train from Nuremberg at 04:50 arriving in Munich at 06:04 and then the Railjet from Munich at 06:23 arriving in Salzburg at 07:58. But when I had boarded the train in Nuremberg, … Continue reading 2021-10-09 Salzburg ➡️ Loser Alm
2021-11-01 Böckstein ➡️ Salzburg, 113.07 km. The waiting room at the train station in Böckstein had been a nice warm place to sleep. I had not been disturbed. When the alarm clock rang at 5:30, I quickly packed my stuff and left without eating breakfast before the first train at 6:00 arrived. It was still … Continue reading 2021-11-01 Böckstein ➡️ Salzburg
2021-10-31 Fusch an der Großglocknerstraße ➡️ Mallnitz-Obervellach, 104.86 km. After breakfast I packed my stuff and continued riding up the Großglocker road and soon reached the toll booth at Ferleiten. It was the last day the road was open before closing down for winter. Bicycles were apparently not supposed to use the same lanes as … Continue reading 2021-10-31 Fusch an der Großglocknerstraße ➡️ Mallnitz-Obervellach
Spring in the Ticino My bicycle trip in March 2020 had been influenced a lot by the corona virus pandemic but it had been a great trip nevertheless. After that trip I thought that in March 2021 there would be no problem with corona anymore and one would be able to freely travel in Europe … Continue reading 2021-03 Switzerland bicycle trip
2021-04-05 Delémont ➡️ Basel, 60.81 km. The night on the camp site “La Grande Ecluse” in Delémont was a bit cold, there was some frost on the tarp in the morning. But I hadn't noticed while sleeping, the sleeping bag was warm enough. After breakfast I rode to the city centre of Delémont. Porte de … Continue reading 2021-04-05 Delémont ➡️ Basel
Mike’s coddiwompling 