We were traveling to England, the ferry from Calais was booked in advance and the customs and import control by British authorities quickly done. The embarkation was without significant disturbances - well organized.

Several times we were guests in Rottweil, sometimes on flying by to visit in the Roman Museum, then just on the transit along the Roman road Neckar-Alb-Aare. Far too little attention has been paid to the historically imposing, medieval city center.

We are in Wels - a little more detailed: We are going to visit the Austrian trade fair and exclusive order platform for bicycle and accessories in the Exhibition Center Wels in Hall 21, which this year took place from 17 to 20 August 2019.

We had come to the fair "Fahrrad Order Tage" in Wels and parked our caravan directly on the fairground. After another long drive, our first goal was to explore the immediate area with a short walk across the fairground.

The search for a place to stay next to the Ammersee had directed us to the monastery Andechs on Bavaria's holy mountain with the famous Benedictine monastery and the no less famous Bräustüberl / local brewery and pub with famous Andechs beer.

Who has not heard of the Neandertal, the significant site of the remains of our human predecessor homo sapiens neandertalensis so far to the north, confronted with the ice ages and barren living conditions?

A short hike in Vienna had again led us to the Danube Island, which is a 21.1 km long and up to 250 m wide artificial island between the Danube and the New Danube in the city of Vienna and Klosterneuburg.

Especially when the weather is nice, cycling tours in and around Cologne are very popular. In addition, cycling to destinations of particularly interesting sights, they also offer the possibility of using paved bike paths as well as off-road biking, everything the cyclist's heart desires.

Once again it had moved us to Bremen, this time the reason of our visit was a removal within the family. An opportunity for an evening walk through the world-famous Böttcherstraße to the town hall.

A friend's visit had taken us to the village of Avenches, not far from Lake Murten in Switzerland, where in the afternoon we could take a long walk along the beach path under shady trees.

The naming goes back to Goethe's ballad Erlkönig, with the verse "Who rides through night and wind that late? It is the father with his child "begins and was rewritten by some journalists in the early 1950s.

The event Abenteuer & Allrad is an annual off-road fair in Bad Kissingen, where in addition to small and large off-road vehicles and outdoor, camping accessories are issued.

What a splendor of color along the wayside. Our biking tour through the nature reserves on the Gdańsk Bay also take us along magnificently blooming field margins that invite you to take photos.

The Hel Peninsula, which is part of Poland, is a 34-kilometer long headland in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, about 20 kilometers north of Gdansk. It is just about half as long as the Frische Nehrung which has significantly more inhabitants than these.

For an extensive bike ride with friends, we had made an appointment in Xanten, but without a fixed time because we were not sure if the currently quickly changeable weather conditions would allow a bike ride at all.

The BEA in Bern is literally an exhibition for all stakeholders, as we saw during our visit this year.

At the big fair Velo Berlin in the Hangars 5 and 6 of the old airport Tempelhof and in the outdoor area in front of it, more than 300 exhibitors presented their brands and products, so that they can be test and the employees inquired about details.

A trendy bike fair attracts - and many will come - so at least the organizers hope. Does that apply especially when the Cycling World calls Dusseldorf, because it offers everything related to the topic of bicycles and e-bikes? Certainly, it does!

At the beginning of the development of bicycle manufacturers, there were a variety of bicycle factories whose development path, such as the brands Opel and NSU, led to the car much later.

Suddenly the sun was there and our appointment with Gernot had turned into a Sunday walk - up to the Vienna Woods, where we, in deep discussions, first went to the Sophienalpe and moved on.