Stuttgart > Frankfurt > Cologne | 2023

<b>Guten Abend!</b> We are starting our tour in front of the closed museum. Sadly, it will be closed for the whole week due to an internal event. BTW: we are dad Robert & son Aleks.

We left our car at the Stuttgart Airport (€63/$70 for 8 days). The day before, Aleks had his final Matura exam.

The landscape and winding valleys, narrow gorges through which the Neckar River flows is peaceful. The towns are just big enough and evenly spaced.

The bike path is separated from busy roads. And very <i>very</i> relaxing.

There are no uphills. It's made for enjoyment.

In the evening, we noticed that we <i>lost </i> our toiletry bag somewhere along the way. I biked an additional 20 km on top of the 100 km trying to find it.

Since we are driving through civilization and hygiene is not at risk, we bought new supplies the same evening and in the morning.

There weren't many other cyclists. We became <i>friends</i> with some of them when we were overtaking each other.

We added a large shopping bag to our travel gear.

There weren't many water wells along the path where we could refresh ourselves and wash fruits.

Most of the professions presented will soon be <i>extinct</i>, although we will still need them.

Many times, waiters will <i>accidentally</i> charge for more drinks or another (more expensive) dish that you did not eat.

There are 100 and 3 different ways to travel and vacation. We (still) prefer our way.

It looks like an ordinary cruise, but the valley is booming with techno rhythms and the ship is swaying to the beats of the rave party.

Professional printing machines also have the same name.

We skipped a part of the dull (60 km) path between Mannheim and Frankfurt Airport with a train.

Even though we knew which train we were going to take, we were struggling with the ticket machine with countless options for half an hour trying to buy 4 tickets. There are no ticket counters with employees anymore.

Next time, we will buy them through a simpler mobile app.

The runways of the enormous Frankfurt Airport have several observation decks. Fortunately, we chose the right one where planes take off every 2-minutes.

There are many new job openings, but there aren't enough people willing to work.

Locked everything in and rode off.

There are several bridges over the Main River. That's why we checked in advance which one offers the most picturesque view. One of us was running across the busy 4-lane road and adjusting the camera for the perfect shot.

We visited a company for laying <i>glamour</i> floors, for who I maintain a corporate visual identity. However, they were all out of office and kindly invited us to visit them later. Until next time!

After 15 years, the Google Street View car is updating the views of German roads & streets.

We had to take a detour due to the fallen trees that were torn down by the devastating hurricane a few days ago.

The city treasury planned a 36 million € loss in 2021. But the biotechnology company BioNTech (which one?) that is based here, increased the city's profits to <b>1.2 billion</b> € tax at the end of the same year.

This was the most relaxing tour in our 13-year cycling <i>career</i>, just for a pampered person. We were taking often breaks and <i>always</i> ate.

There are more than 60 castles on this beautiful section of the Rhine River.

This castle was built on an island because all of the suitable land was already taken.

Multi-lane traffic and a low fly-by of military cargo planes a few kilometers back.

Cape where the Rhine and Moselle rivers meet. The statue of the first German Emperor was destroyed in 1945 and rebuilt after the East and West Germany reunited.

*Aleks relived the same culinary experience as the (un)popular singer Heino had here some time ago and is now recommended on the menu for €14.20/$15.60.

Bridges over the Rhine are only built in larger cities, so changing banks is enabled by frequent ferry connections.

People are against ... but everyone wants a freshly painted apartment, a new phone every year, to recover and drive comfortably to work.

The couple was so happy with the photo that they wanted to hire me to photograph their wedding.

Enough <i>Instagraming!</i> Let's go for Kölsch!

The newer ICE trains also have space for 8 bicycles. We returned to our starting point at 300 km/h in just over 2 hours.

<b>TV tower</b>. Our bicycle tour cost us around €1300/$1430.

When I bought the ECO sticker for driving in German cities, I thought that the saleswoman sold me one for trucks? Now the huge sticker will block my panoramic view for the rest of my life.

Although we don't have an e-car (yet), we simulated a 20-minute e-rest at the largest European e-charging station with <b>76</b> e-chargers. We patiently waited while e-njoying tasty cupcakes.

Instead of the Mercedes cars in Stuttgart, we stopped to look at the BMWs on our way back home to Slovenia. They are also quite <i>decent</i> cars.

Meanwhile, the new bag is already full and Aleks passed all of his final Matura exams.

Other bicycle tours

Exploring the sights of Copenhagen, Malmö and the Øresund strait with bikes.

Copenhagen (DK) ~ Øresund ~ Malmö (S)

80/31 km | September 2023

Cycling over Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Switzerland & Liechtenstein: Journey to the beginning

475 km | August 2022

With bike from Salzburg over Sölk Pass to Ljubljana

Austria | Slovenia: Salzburg ~ Sölk Pass ~ Seeberg ~ Ljubljana

426 km | August 2022

Slovenia: With bikes from East to West

Slovenia: from East to West

784 km | June + August 2021

Carinthia | Upper Carniola

Austria | Slovenia: Faak . Pyramidenkogel . Klagenfurt Seeberg . Ljubljana

180 km | September 2020

With bikes around Slovenia

Slovenia: for everyone

780 km | June~July 2020

Berchtesgaden

Germany | Bavaria: Berchtesgaden

164 km | September 2019

Lake Millstatt ~ Lake Ossiach ~ Lake Wörth ~ Lake Faak

Austria: Lake Millstatt ~
Lake Ossiach ~ Lake Wörth ~ Lake Faak

221 km | August 2019

Netherlands, Belgium, Germany

Amsterdam ~ Haag ~ Rotterdam ~ Antwerp ~ Cologne

594 km | June 2019

Salzburg, Chiemsee, Inn, Passau, Danube, Traunsee

Salzburg ~ Chiemsee ~ Inn ~ Passau ~ Danube ~ Traunsee

543 km | September 2018

Weissensee

Austria: Weissensee

142 km | August 2018

Prague, Czech Republic

Czech Republic: Lipno Lake ~ Moldau ~ Prague ~ Elbe

510 km | June 2018

Milano ~ St. Moritz ~ Innsbruck

Italy | Switzerland | Austria: Milano ~ St. Moritz ~ Innsbruck

498 km | June 2018

Lake Neusiedl ~ Vienna (Wien) ~ Bratislava

Austria | Hungary | Slovakia: Lake Neusiedl ~ Vienna ~ Bratislava

358 km | September 2017

Bozen ~ Stelvio Pass ~ Lake Como ~ Lake Garda

Italy:
Bolzano ~ Stelvio Pass ~ Lake Como ~ Lake Garda

405 km | June 2017

Spring of the river Drau ~ Brenner Pass ~ Innsbruck ~ Munich

Spring of the river Drau ~ Brenner Pass ~ Innsbruck ~ Munich

400 km | June 2017

Lake Balaton, Hungary

Hungary:
Lake Balaton

244 km | September 2016

Venice ~ San Marino ~ Rimini

Italy:
Venice ~ San Marino ~ Rimini

377 km | June 2016

Spring of the river Drau ~ Cortina d'Ampezzo ~ Venice

Italy: Spring of the river Drau ~ Cortina d'Ampezzo ~ Venice

304 km | June 2016

South Tyrol ~ Lake Garda ~ Venice

Italy:
South Tyrol ~ Lake Garda ~ Venice

495 km | September 2015

Rhein ~ Lake Constance (Bodensee)

Austria | Germany | Switzerland:
Rhine ~ Lake Constance

328 km | June 2015

Parenzana

Slovenia | Croatia:
Parenzana

225 km | June 2015

Tour along the river Mur Austria

Austria | Slovenia:
Tour along the river Mur

320 km | June 2014

Salzburg ~ Ljubljana

Austria | Italy | Slovenia: Salzburg ~ Ljubljana

379 km | September 2013

Alpe Adria cycle path

Slovenia | Italy:
Alpe Adria cycle path

296 km | June 2013

Murska Sobota ~ Varaždin ~ Ptuj

Slovenia | Croatia:
Murska Sobota ~ Varaždin ~ Ptuj

165 km | June 2012

Venice ~ Isola

Italy | Slovenia:
Venice ~ Isola

370 km | June 2012

Drau cycle path ~ Drauradweg

Drau cycle path

609 km | September 2010