Author Archives: boogkb

7 June Decided on a route detour to see and stay one night in this resort area. During breakfast had a chance to discuss the DDR to unification with the very interesting owner of the Gasthaus. Will write this up … Continue reading →

6 June Back on road after excellent stays and touristing in Potsdam and Berlin. Still no rain but some wind expected, will find out once out of the city and past Charlottesberg. Suggest lookup of this three star palace on … Continue reading →

Greetings from Berlin, Just finishing up our third day here. Excellent city for walking, biking, people watching, as well as the expected architecture viewing. Tomorrow we do the the main sights. Reichstag, Holocost memorial, the big squares, the Dom, museums, … Continue reading →

2 June Arrived Berlin after a lovely ride through the forests and then the outskirts of Berlin. Got to the hotel, about a 40 km ride,on bike paths the whole way and no map. GPS got us to the hotel, … Continue reading →

31 May, Alert! Need Hawaii shirt, baseball cap, and white shoes, especially the latter. Have been asked if French, Aussi, and English. Apparently we do not look or speak like Americans. Send white shoes. Pic from Dutch section. This led … Continue reading →

30 May Potsdam is, according to our Guide Michelin, a three star city. Finally as QB has said. We will stay three nights. Before departure breakfast buffet had a new item this morning. Steak tartar, garnished, of course, with onions. … Continue reading →

Glad to hear that the QB is back on the royal saddle and hope she is not suffering too much from the previous fall. I did not see the expected retinue (footmen, ladies in waiting,canopy over bike, etc.). Was gibt … Continue reading →

29 May On the R 1 to Potsdam. Route too hard to make it in one day. R1 mostle bad dirt here so after 15 km found a road. Then back on improved R1 roads. Ride turned out to be … Continue reading →

28 May Home of the Reformation and city of many pilgramages. QB thanks all for their comments, added support staff, animate and gnome variety as well as the good wishes. She gives extra points to Moshe for accuracy of observation. … Continue reading →

27 May Moat had three bears. Hard day today. QB fell, scrapes and subsequent tiredness. Many km of difficult cobbles and unpaved roads. Cobbles forced us to walk quite a bit. Averaged under 8 km per hour for the day. … Continue reading →