Monthly Archives: June 2008

23 June Stayed up too late as to watch the Spain Italy quarter final. Very windy day but fortunetly mostly a tail wind. Big weather change after yesterday and the thunderstorm. Stork station with youngins just out of Verden. Wind … Continue reading →

22 June Hot, very humid, and a bit windy ride to Bremen. Mostly along the dike so a good view of houses and the river. Lack of signs and some dead ends led to riding in circles around Lemverden. Many … Continue reading →

21 June Good ride from Bremerhaven to the cute town of Bake. Decided to ride further so ww went to an even smaller town as per subject. Ferry ride, lots of sheep, many fine thatched houses, and a shining river, … Continue reading →

20 June Extended our stay by a day. Chores, relax a bit, final site seeing. Watched the German portugese quarterfinal. Germany got quite lucky. Many potatoes at the market. Herring heaven. The first place, and everyplace, we visited had about … Continue reading →

More from Hamburg but first to answer Dee's questions. We have not so much spoken to the herrings as consumed them. Last evening, during the France Italy game, a very rough one, we went to eat at a portugese restaurant. … Continue reading →

15 June Morning walk to the botanical gardens; the roses were spectacular. A pleasant shower and a late brunch at a Raddisson just outside the park. Ate an extra herring and a herring fishball, not clear if I liked it. … Continue reading →

14 June Biked a while longer along the Elbe and then decided to take a train for the last few kms to avoid the outskirts and hard part of city entrance. Yasmin recommended to QB that we try an eintopf, … Continue reading →

13 June Mostly on dike, a short shower which we missed while having coffee in a bistro. Still on the stork road with many sightings and pictures to come. Will get to Hamburg tomorrow with fine accompdations once again by … Continue reading →

12 June Easier ride today, also along dike, but far less wind and pleasantly cool. No camel today but did see his habitat. Many storks. Turns out that the area from Lauenberg to Havelberg is the "stork street". German spelling … Continue reading →

11 June Got to Wittenberge and did not find it intreating so we pushed, almost literaly as we had a 20 plus km direct Headwind. QB had high calorie cake with her schinken sandwich for extra ergs. Then the wind … Continue reading →