Category Archives: Germany

Hot wheels: Cologne to Koblenz under hard sun (☀️🌡️💨)

June 30, 2019 kewl Leave a comment

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Left with 5 litres of “eau de Cologne” and drank it before arriving at destination so I had to refill on the way. Feeling of freshness when it was only 30 degrees; also the breeze was welcome. Fortunately the cycleway was full of families so it was another reason to take it easy. Lunch break and quick visit of Bonn (saw the HARIBO shop, good that it was closed 🤣). Met several cyclists doing long distance trip and discussed with one who was on his way to the Black Sea.

**Refections on Adenauer Weiher, Cologne (June 30, 2019)**

**Hohenzollernbrücke, Köln (June 30, 2019)**

At Cologne's cathedral — **At Cologne’s cathedral (June 30, 2019)**

**Rhine beach, Cologne (June 30, 2019)**

**Industriestraße, Godorf (June 30, 2019)**

**Werk Wesseling industry (June 30, 2019)**

**Ludwig Van Beethoven statue in Bonn (June 30, 2019)**

**Sign is full of thematic cycling routes (June 30, 2019)**

**The Rhine near Remagen (June 30, 2019)**

**A long trip to the Black Sea (June 30, 2019)**

**The Rhine route near Kaltenengers (June 30, 2019)**

**The Rhine near Kaltenengers (June 30, 2019)**

On the way back, I did a stopover in Trier:

**Wilhelm-Brücke, Trier (June 30, 2019)**

**Alter Moselkran, Trier (June 30, 2019)**

**Is it the most expensive per kilometre train journey in Europe? (June 30, 2019)**

Belgium, Cycling, Europe, Germany, Luxembourg, Photography

Ëlwen – Monschau – Köln via themed cycle routes (☀️🌡️♨️🌬️)

June 29, 2019 kewl Leave a comment

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Bike tour on a hot day, even on the summit of the Venn and the Eifel national Park. 65 km on unpaved ways. Several drink/water shopping on the way. Great landscapes. Wasn’t sure if I would make it to Cologne.

**South end of Vennbahn (June 29, 2019)**

**Vennbahn near Troisvierges (June 29, 2019)**

**Cycling directions near Troisvierges (June 29, 2019)**

**A short climb near Troisvierges (June 29, 2019)**

**Vennbahn near Goedange (June 29, 2019)**

**Luxembourg/Belgium border on Vennbahn (June 29, 2019)**

**Roadworks on Vennbahn (June 29, 2019):** Diversion map

**Just paved segment of Vennbahn (June 29, 2019)**

**The only part of Vennbahn in Rhineland-Palatinate (June 29, 2019)**

**A swim or a horse ride? Yes!! (June 29, 2019)**

**MTB Park map in St. Vith (June 29, 2019)**

**3 countries ride event banner (June 29, 2019)**

**Vennbahn information board in St. Vith (June 29, 2019)**

**Cycling distances in St. Vith (June 29, 2019)**

**Picknick and info-TV viewpoint (June 29, 2019)**

**Vennbahn information board in Bütgenbach (June 29, 2019)**

**RAVeL fork in Bütgenbach (June 29, 2019)**

**Vennbahn near Bütgenbach (June 29, 2019)**

**NSG Rurtal mit den Felsbildungen der Uhusley nature reserve (June 29, 2019)**

**Nodal cycling network map in Simmerath (June 29, 2019)**

**Cycling directions in Simmerath (June 29, 2019)**

**Eifel-Höhen-Route information board in Simmerath (June 29, 2019)**

**Rurtalsperre reservoir (June 29, 2019)**

**Boat on Rurtalsperre (June 29, 2019)**

**Eifel National Park sign (June 29, 2019)**

**Rurtalsperre from RurUfer-Radweg (June 29, 2019)**

**Animation in Zülpich park (June 29, 2019)**

**Cycling directions in Bergerhausen (June 29, 2019)**

Cycling, Europe, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Photography

Afternoon bike tour (🇱🇺🇫🇷🇩🇪)

June 23, 2019 kewl Leave a comment

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Warm with a breeze and mobile office on the back. Busy cycleways but empty roads. 102 km in Luxembourg, 11 km in France and 53 km in Germany. When I arrived home, I thought I could just repeat it.

**Eagle monument in Dalheim (June 23, 2019)**

**International border (June 23, 2019)**

**Cycling route along the Moselle river (June 23, 2019)**

**Château des Ducs de Lorraine (June 23, 2019)**

**Vineyards near Palzem (June 23, 2019)**

**Welcome to Rhineland-Palatinate (June 23, 2019)**

**Cycling in three countries (June 23, 2019)**

**Cycling directions near Ralingen (June 23, 2019)**

**Wooden bridge in Mullerthal (June 23, 2019)**

**The Mullerthal Canyon on PC 2 (June 23, 2019)**

**Oak processionary caterpillars found in the area (June 23, 2019)**

Cycling, Europe, Germany, Photography

Moselle-Saar-Hunsrück-Moselle Tour

June 15, 2019 kewl Leave a comment

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Route: followed the Mosel-Radweg, Saar-Radweg, Hunsrück-Radweg (which was also shared with Rheinland-Pfalz Radroute and Ruwer-Hochwald-Radweg) to Morbach then followed the Nahe-Hunsrück-Mosel Radweg to Neumagen-Dhron, went back to the Mosel-Radweg and to Trier from Schweich via Ruwer (because the Mosel-Radweg near Ehrang is not pleasant).

25 km on unpaved tracks; where tracks were all maintained except on some parts of the Nahe-Hunsrück-Mosel Radweg where it was quite bumpy.

It was hot and soggy at the beginning, but with the altitude gain and the forest it got cooler. Had (late) lunch in ALDI Hermeskeil and dinner in Trier before catching the train back.

**All ways lead to Saarburg (June 15, 2019)**

**The Saar cycling route (June 15, 2019)**

**Hunsrück-Radweg near Irsch (June 15, 2019)**

**Fire bridage experience museum in Hermeskeil (June 15, 2019)**

**Hunsrück-Radweg near Hermeskeil (June 15, 2019)**

**Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park (June 15, 2019)**

**In the hills of Hunsrück-Radweg (June 15, 2019)**

**Cycling directions near Neuhütten (June 15, 2019)**

**Trees in Hunsrück-Hochwald (June 15, 2019)**

**Hunsrück-Radweg information board near Hilscheid (June 15, 2019)**

**Hunsrück-Radweg cycling directions near Erbeskopf (June 15, 2019)**

**Track in Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park (June 15, 2019)**

**Gravel track on Hunsrück-Radweg near Allenbach (June 15, 2019)**

**Nahe-Hunsrück-Mosel-Radweg (June 15, 2019)**

**Steps on Nahe-Hunsrück-Mosel-Radweg (June 15, 2019)**

**Vineyards in Mosel-Radweg (June 15, 2019)**

Cycling, Europe, Germany, Photography

Trier-Ruwer-Hochwald-Saar bike tour

June 9, 2019 kewl Leave a comment

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Bike tour around Trier on cycling routes. Tough wind during the 50 first km! No wonder why everybody was riding the other direction ;-). Several segments unpaved. Beautiful scenery.

**Ruwer-Hochwald-Radweg near Schillingen (June 9, 2019)**

**Cycing directions near Hentern (June 9, 2019)**

**Bridge over Ruwer-Hochwald-Radweg with a direction to a eat, drink and sleep (June 9, 2019)**

**Hunrück-Radweg & Ruwer-Hochwald-Radweg information boards in Zerf (June 9, 2019)**

**Bike, bench and train (June 9, 2019)**

**Ruwer-Hochwald-Radweg information board near Kell am See (June 9, 2019)**

**Vending machine at Biergarten along the cycleway in Reinsfeld (June 9, 2019)**

**Old railway became a cycleway (June 9, 2019)**

**Historic train in Reinsfeld (June 9, 2019)**

**Ruwer-Hochwald-Radweg information board near Reinsfeld (June 9, 2019)**

**Boule-Platz in Reinsfeld (June 9, 2019)**

**Primstal-Radweg entering Saarland (June 9, 2019)**

**An original bike parking (June 9, 2019)**

**Cycling infrastructure in Wadern (June 9, 2019)**

**The village of Weiskirchen (June 9, 2019)**

**Official cycling route Saarland-Radweg! (June 9, 2019)**

**Saarland-Radweg near Losheim am See (June 9, 2019)**

**Losheim am See Railway Museum (June 9, 2019)**

**Mettlach station and factory (June 9, 2019)**

**Villeroy & Boch headquarters in Mettlach (June 9, 2019)**

**Cycling directions near Taben-Rodt (June 9, 2019)**

Cycling, Europe, Germany, Luxembourg, Photography

2019: first week of May

May 5, 2019 kewl Leave a comment

May 2: Let’s Make Koler Kooler

May 3: back via the Valley of the Seven Castles

**Morning commute in the woods (May 3, 2019)**

**The end of the (cycle) path (May 3, 2019)**

**Flowered bike in Koerich (May 3, 2019)**

**On the way to Äischdall (May 3, 2019)**

Nouveau Château d'Ansembourg — **Nouveau Château d’Ansembourg (May 3, 2019)**

Saturday, May 4: a hail storm on the way

**Let nature do the work, but free the path. (May 4, 2019)**

**Before the severe weather (May 4, 2019)**

**Temperature after the hail storm (May 4, 2019)**

Sunday, May 5: a ride near the Moselle river

**Rain and works along the Moselle river (May 5, 2019)**

**Mosel-Radweg in Wincheringen towards Wormeldange (May 5, 2019)**

**SaarLorLux near Dalheim (May 5, 2019)**

Cycling, Europe, Germany, Luxembourg, Photography

Bike exploration in Südeifel, and PC 2 back (🎢☀️💨)

March 31, 2019 kewl Leave a comment

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It was my first time exploring near Trierweiler, a real rollercoaster exercise where I was cheered by some hikers around.

**Track North of Trier (March 31, 2019)**

**Praying for the coming climb? (March 31, 2019)**

**A warm welcome to Trierweiler (March 31, 2019)**

**Lot of climbing already done (March 31, 2019)**

**Thunderstorm ahead; changed course (March 31, 2019)**

**Tunnel on Sauertal-Radweg (March 31, 2019)**

**The village of Welschbillig (March 31, 2019)**

**Cycling routes fork in Irrel (March 31, 2019)**

**First ever met dinosaur on my way (March 31, 2019)**

Piste cyclable d'Echternach in Mullerthal — **Piste cyclable d’Echternach in Mullerthal (March 31, 2019)**

dogwood52, Europe, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Photography

Dogwood52: week 5: landscape: black and white

February 6, 2016 kewl Leave a comment

The challenge of the week is:

Look for a scene with great contrast that will make a great black and white.

I had this in mind when the challenge started so I started shooting pictures a bit early while doing other shootings. As a person keen on colorful stuff, it’s not that easy to think black and white; but I think I have managed to work on the topic a little bit and made a little pre-selection; also each picture has been given a name and is in the gallery.

The selected picture is “The end of the road trip”, a city landscape shot during a misadventure when the car engine started burning down. They say I am going too far with my bicycle activism :-). The good news is that no one was hurt and the insurance company took care of it.

Other than that, I have been playing with black and white transformation with many of my pictures, and decided to save a few of them after fiddling with the black and white mix.

Le Grand Dagoda Blanc, a K-Doll in Bertrange

A tree and playground at night. Shot during the Dogwood52 artistic red challenge.

An evening at "Parc des Contades" — An evening at “Parc des Contades”

Now I’m looking forward to the candy challenge.

Cycling, Europe, France, Germany

Cycling from Strasbourg to Offenburg

October 12, 2014 kewl Leave a comment

On cycleways, mostly dedicated. Easy to ride, the total distance is about 60 km long on a flat surface, mostly on asphalt; only one small segment is on a track and another one on gravel. The North segment to Offenburg is nicer than the South back to Strasbourg via Illkirch.

Download GPX file.

Elevation map
Link on GPSies.

Europe, Germany, Photography

Big foot

Image December 4, 2013 flickr Leave a comment

Big foot, a photo by kewl on Flickr.

Standing 1.5 metres high and 2 meters long, the colossal foot of Emperor Constantine is one of the largest marble foots to have survived since Antiquity. It’s located in Trier, Germany.

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