Astrid's and Herbert's Bicycle-Touring Adventures
10.-17.10.2023 Click photos for large size “Welcome to Jordan!” – I still remember this friendly, frequently repeated form of greeting well from my Silk Road tour when entering Iran. But the friendliness shown to us on the Jordanian side after weiterlesen…
28.09.-10.10.2023 Click photos for large size “Put the flag down, this is not Israel!” – this is what passing motorists and passers-by shout at us, sometimes angrily. Unthinkingly, we kept the Israeli pennant on Astrid’s bike when we set off weiterlesen…
The terrible events in the Gaza Strip not only made us leave Israel and enter Jordan earlier, but also led to fundamental considerations about continuing our tour. The brief thought of cancelling our tour completely was quickly dismissed. Apart from weiterlesen…
The current events naturally do not leave us untouched as current visitors to Israel and in our travel plans. Almost shocked by the awareness that we are in a country that is suddenly in a state of war, joyful wanderlust weiterlesen…
Now we haven’t been in the saddle for quite a few days. How come? Of course, from the very beginning, our travel plans included times for leisure and relaxation, sightseeing, culture and encounters, even if they were not specifically planned weiterlesen…