Everyone is so excited about Apple’s new VR glasses. Meanwhile in my kitchen it smells burnt and my Homepod in response to “Hey Siri Status Timer”: “The timer has been cancelledl” WTF? You literally had only one job! 🀯

Where Have I Been by Bike

Following on from my post earlier in the day, here are some routes I’ve cycled so far.A map, mainly of Germany and neighboring countries, showing where I have cycled so far. (Mainly in Germany / Hesse, but also from Freiburg to Hamburg and in the Netherlands to the sea).

Buying an Ooni was such a good idea πŸ•πŸ₯°

self made pizza with an Oonie pizza ofen on a wooden plate

Here are a few things that caught my attention in week twenty-one (teaser: #iOS, #macOS, cycling, #playdate): week.esamecar.net/21

Woman on a gravel bike on a dirt road in the sunshine later in the evening.

Woman on a gravel bike on a dirt road in the sunshine later in the evening.

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Where Have I Been

I saw maique posting it and it seems, Manton started it … The idea is very nice and so I thought I would join in. 😎 I haven’t yet been to many different countries. That’s mainly because my wife and I decided two decades ago to avoid cars and planes for traveling. And with just a bike and / or by train, you don’t get very far unless you have a lot of time.

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Here are a few things that caught my attention in week twenty (teaser: #iOS, #macOS, cycling a small part of the Iron Curtain Trail πŸš΄β€β™‚οΈπŸš΄): week.esamecar.net/20

Cyclist on gravel bike on forest path surrounded by green trees

An old port crane, about dilapidated and sprayed everywhere with graffiti, in Hamburg Hafen City.

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Iron Curtain Trail Day Three πŸš΄β€β™‚οΈπŸš΄πŸ’¨πŸ’¨

Iron Curtain Trail Day Two πŸ’¨πŸ’¨πŸš΄β€β™‚οΈπŸš΄β€β™€οΈπŸ₯΄πŸ˜„

Old border fence on the former German borderStrava Stats 131 km ride.Rape fieldWoman on gravel bike riding on a narrow path on a dyke by the Elbe.Old guard house on the former German borderEpic Weather Ride weather forecast for the tour. Lots of headwind.Dusty gravel bike leaning against a concrete wall in front of "loading zone" sign.Elbe in the sunshine.

Iron Curtain Trail Day One πŸš΄β€β™‚οΈπŸš΄

Part of an old border fence on the border to the former GDR.Strava Map with Stats Day One Ride Iron Curtain Trail. Start Wolfsburg, 59 kmCountry Side during sunset at Iron Curtain Trail.Part of an old border fence on the border to the former GDR. Cutting the wall with Banksy style graffiti art.Country Side during sunset at Iron Curtain Trail.Part of an old border fence on the border to the former GDR.

Here the ride begins πŸš΄β€β™‚οΈπŸš΄ …

Volkswagenfabrik in Wolfsburg

Waiting in Hanover for the second train to arrive.

Gravel bike in front of graffiti wall at train station Hanover

Currently reading: How to Take Smart Notes by SΓΆnke Ahrens πŸ“š

2.5 days of cycling ahead of us πŸ₯°

Gravel Bike with bike packing bags attached.

green landscape (field)

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A field, on the Horizon a Rapps field and a castle. In front, only in sections two racing cyclists.

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Specialized Diverge Gravel bike

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A dark hall in an event center with people sitting on chairs in front of a stage on which a woman sits on a bar stool at a small table to give a reading.

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Two pizzas in a pizza oven with a wood fire burning inside.

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