The last day – finally! By this time, I was pretty tired and ready to return home. I tried cycling again, and although the knees were better, there was ever the faintest reminder of discomfort. (This was to remain for about two weeks after!) Although Passau was but a mere 50km away, I decided to [...]
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Day 8: Passau
Posted in Cycling, Germany, Travel, tagged cycling, Germany, Passau on January 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Days 5,6 and 7: Ingolstadt, Regensburg, Straubing
Posted in Cycling, Germany, Travel, tagged Ingolstadt, Regensburg, Straubing on November 10, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The reason why I group three days together: because they all seem a bit of a blur to me. Not so much because I didn’t like these cities, but because I was in a state of despair. I was so bent on the trip being a cycle trip, I hadn’t thought about what to do if [...]
Day 3: Sigmaringen to Ulm
Posted in Cycling, Germany, Travel, tagged cycling, Germany, Rieldlingen, Sigmaringen, swan, ulm on October 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Day 3 started out really, really cold. I practically flew down the hill on which the youth hostel was situated to get to the river. I stopped every 500m or so; to make sure my bags were securely fastened, or to take a picture, or to look intensely of something. See the gallery below for [...]
Day 2: Singen to Sigmaringen
Posted in Cycling, Germany, Travel, tagged cycling, Germany, Sigmaringen, Singen on October 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Thankfully, it didn’t rain on my second day of cycling. This isn’t to say it wasn’t wet – I was carrying my own little portable ocean in my shoes – and I had to negotiate some pretty awful terrain. Well, OK, saying I “had to” is in fact a disguised way of seeing I got [...]
Cycle Tour Day 1: Konstanz to Singen (Hohentwiel)
Posted in Cycling, Germany, Travel, tagged cycling, Germany, Konstanz, Singen on October 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As the train rolled into the station at Konstanz, I finished reading the last page of the Terry Pratchett book that I was reading on my Kindle. Yes! I was about to embark upon my very first week-long bicycle trip in Europe – from Konstanz, on the edge of the beautiful Bodensee, where Germany rub [...]
Reflections on Africa: A South African meets some fellow Africans in Bonn
Posted in Germany, South Africa, tagged books, Germany, Kim Stanley Robinson, South Africa on October 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Something loud and lively was happening in the hallway. Something cheerful and friendly. People greeting each other with gusto. It felt like I was home! At a recent meeting of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in Bonn, I had the pleasure of meeting other students (read: scholars) from Africa. Yes – what a privilege! For [...]
Goodbye, Dortmund!
Posted in Conferences, Germany, tagged books, cycling, Germany, Münster on September 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In a short while, I’ll leave for Münster – and will have to wave Dortmund, my home for the past four months, goodbye. How fast everything has blurred past! I can’t even begin to recap. So, what to tell? The first thing that springs to mind is the multitude of people that I met while [...]
