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Emden - Baltrum

The Mai offers its many long weekends always the opportunity to take short trips. In the search for tours that from Cologne by train, and without great Effort are available, we chose this time to the North Sea coast. The tour should go this time of Emden to Wilhelmshaven, all along the East Frisian Islands.

Getting Comfortable in old school wagons of the train!

After leisurely journey it was in Emden, the first surprise: a beautiful hotel ! The rooms are really lovely and individually, has its own bicycle garage and the breakfast delicious! Highly recommended!

our princely room at the Hotel Heeren!

went after a restful night in our princely room there (as always) go early. The goal of our trip should be Baltrum, a small East Frisian island. Somehow we had thought the ferries run every half hour, as one knows so classic from the Rhine. Unfortunately, there are up there high and low tide and thus the ferries only 2x a day. But every day another time! For Saturday we had the nature of the tide - and the ferry - set to clock 17.00. In fact, enough time for a distance of 100 km.

According to report, it should also give West and thus momentum. Unless the plan. Something went wrong, however, because the road was not schnurschtracks from west to east but from south to north. Headwind! At some point we realized that this will continue over the next 50 km Sun The only people who could be happy about were the countless windmills. The next sheep were our only entertainment. Every 100 meters is a huge, completely over-sized wheel and all turn to the right! Whether this has a deeper meaning?

The other companion, the sheep, there was also in vast quantities. The animals are really nothing more than moving and fur bearing intestines, which lay just constantly eating small mines. But süüß! At least your little one!

A small selection of Emsländer blackface sheep.

After the first original Frisian village, we pile on the other, still lying in the back country on the route, ignored and are directly followed the dike to the ferry terminal.

If the water is so high only once, there is a problem.

first positive surprise: On the island, cars are banned completely! Something like the courageous cyclists happy of course! Even with our bicycles We already had a bad conscience!

While beat so all the tourists and the few guarded and overpriced parking, we could take our vehicle easily. The first surprise came right after: A seal colony! Unfortunately, rode the ferry does not pass close enough!

On the island, the holiday-makers take their belongings with the wagon to the hotel, we are simply hingerollert.
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After a sumptuous meal, a short walk to the beach and the obligatory sauna we earned the night's sleep upright!

idyllic island scenery ....

and then so what! The most dangerous state in Germany!

Here are the dates: 93.28 km, 05:47 'travel time, average speed: 16,09 (sooo bad, but the head wind), speed: 32.03 km / h . Temperature: 10 degrees, overcast. View

North Sea Cycle Route on a larger map

Sink Overflow Insurance

15.5.10 Rennsteig: Oberhof Seebach

The next morning we see interesting characters at the hotel. People with Adidas jackets and slogans such as "Shooting Team Israel." In neighboring Suhl held a shooting championship, the economical shooters are probably descended in Oberhof.

The last day we start with heavy snowfall. Since the final temperature-sensitive nerves are now dead, which troubles us no further. From the outside we can not thanks to several layers of waterproof clothing gets wet.

The tour guide had promised us sunshine ...

About noon the rain does something after, we strengthen ourselves in a lot of coffee, cakes and hearty home cooking.

the absurd tradition of the shoes-in-the-tree-throwing does not stop at the Rennsteig.

The island mountain, nightmare of the third day, is surprisingly easy to crack. Unfortunately, we are able once again not to take the steep directions in one piece, 25% slope in the rain is probably too much. Inexplicably, the ice cream is not the summit open, we decide to take the right exit to Seebach.

After we passed through a smoke screen comes the harvest: miles of downhill runs in the mud and Mud.

Uff, now not just fall over!

looks to know the patches with ...

achieve our goal, we entirely disfigured, here first is Cleaning up the day. We kärcher from us and the wheels.

is the last time for this tour is delicious sausages and coffee and cake!

The team arrived!

How To Tie A Face Bandana

14.5.10 Rennsteig: Neuhaus - Oberhof

The hope of sunshine and 25 ° deceptive. The next morning it is much colder, almost wintry. Frighten us that is not much and we are just a little later on the way to the first coffee break directly on the Werra source.

The homemade cake is simply divine!

There are already hearty lunch at 12:00 clock 3.5 ° degrees, which motivates us to stay a little longer in the restaurant. For safety, buy a variety of local spirits.

clearly too cold!

helps if blowing?



only for a few seconds ...

Then it goes off at last! The most beautiful part is: A real little trail, high heels, stairs, stone wall, anything your heart desires! Skillfully we master each "obstacle". The oncoming hikers warn us: before us is even steeper! Yippieh, so it should be!

the 'gateway'. Caution is appropriate here, because the expert knows: the mountain never forgives!

Eventually the road was narrow and steep and ended in a wooden staircase.

drives in the woods, the Smart Grid initiative of the Federal Government absurd Flowers: There are nailed to trees indiscriminately outlets. On the other hand, not so bad, many hikers who can lose without a GPS and GPS orientation as a charging station to save the life! The many grave stones along the way as talk for themselves. Perhaps they were also landmarks.

Unfortunately, no power connection Electric Bicycles

some point we reach the station Rennsteig here use many Thuringian barbecue into the presence of a locomotive to. However, we continue to consume in the outdoor bar at the decorations a few sausages and beers. Unfortunately the weather for the Rockers, who otherwise always block the decorations is too hard, the whole motorcycle gangs are still at home (well - only 3.5 °). Therefore, the party falls out this year, we get the last sausage and then the party temple closes already. While we continue to celebrate in a nearby restaurant, draws on the first rain.

An image that radiates hope!

shocks Fortunately we do not, we're protected by several layers of water-resistant to moisture from the outside. And also against the leakage of condensate from the inside - as soon as we sweat it stays there where it is produced!

in Oberhof then that with which all had only planned a long time: We find the snow! But in late May not unusual for the region. In other mountain areas, eg on the Grossglockner, one can even find snow even in June!

Yes, that's snow!

wet and cooled down, we finally reached the Oberhofer Sauna!