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.

Another day of the Berlin Travel Festival is coming to an end, which was again peppered with lectures on a wide range of travel topics. Was it once a travel talk to the wines from Georgia ....

Even the first tour shows the concept deviating from conventional trade fairs more than clearly. For example, environmental protection and sustainability play at least as important a role as "fair travel" in order to use a familiar term.

As a real alternative to the traditional travel fairs, the Berlin Travel Festival and its motto "Travel Different" goes into the second round of its existence, from 8.-10. March 2019 in the Arena Berlin, bringing together again the adventurers, discoverers and brands of today.

Once again in Trier, the sun lured us for a walk along the Mosel, where we came across the ancient Moselkran, which is written in the old way spelling with “h” and is locally called Alte Krahnen.

The view from the window shows once more gray, rainy sky in the west of Germany, no wonder, there is the desire for permanent sun and bathing beach again.

Once again, we spend a few days in Vienna, so we decided for a short bike ride into the city of Vienna, first from Hütteldorf down to the Vienna River, then along the river bed past the Schönbrunn Palace into the city center.

Blossoming high pastures in the Jablanica - in addition to the flowers and butterflies in the wet area - we waited long time for the mountain idyll on the border with Albania, where we had already done several extensive hikes.

We had continued our walk through the Pindos Mountains and had risen up to an inn, which also offers guest beds for hikers in Astraka. Up until here you can get by using serpentine roads by car.

Several times we have been in the National Park in the Pindos Mountains, on the way to explore the established hiking trails introduced and signposted by the National Park management, not at least to admire the countless stone bridges.

Several times we were on the way in the Galicica National Park on Lake Ohrid, during the various walks various had nice encounters and enjoyed the view from about 1800 meters above sea level on the beautiful lake. Already we look forward to further excursions.

If you are traveling from Thessaloniki towards Kavala, have passed the well-known Lion Monument of Amphipolis, on the coastal road far before Kavala you will reach a fork, which leads to the hot springs.

Every year you can inform yourself comprehensively and extensively about an official partner country at abf Reisen & Urlaub. This time explorer long distance Travelers presents Australia as abf partner country 2019 on a special area of more than 1.000 sqm!