Starting in Düsseldorf
8 November 2015, Jerman ⋅ ⛅ 15 °CThe bike ride started in Düsseldorf around 12pm.
The bike ride started in Düsseldorf around 12pm.
Still in Düsseldorf at this point, and not making great progress. The Rhein is a windy old river, and I feel I'm being led on a bit of a wild goose chase.
I get to Schloß Benrath and consider turning around. It has taken about an hour, perhaps even longer, to get this far. Following the river isn't as simple as I'd thought - I'm constantly beingBaca selengkapnya
I decide to keep going and I finally make it out of Düsseldorf. About twenty minutes later, after peddling through a patch of dense woodland, I chance upon a campsite with a biergarten. I decide toBaca selengkapnya
Leverkusen. Industry, industry, industry. And I think they also have a football team.
Between the campsite and Leverkusen I didn't make any stops. I did, however, make a lot of U turns. I followedBaca selengkapnya
It's half five and I finally arrive in Cologne. The Dom has been on the horizon for quite some time, and I hone in on it. Through the vast suburbs I peddle. I finally role up at the Dom just as theBaca selengkapnya
I lock my bike up outside the Dom and take a short walk to the Altstadt. There, I find a brewery and have pork and dumplings washed down with a Kölsch. Finished, I hobble back to my bike stopping atBaca selengkapnya