There hasn’t been much travelling in my life lately – and thus little to write about. However others had their adventures and provided some entertaining reading for cold and dark winter evenings. First on the list of recommended reads is a few stories by Huyen. I met her in Georgetown where we teamed up for […]
Castles
The weather was fine today and thus I saddled my steel horse and rode to see some old castles in the Pfälzerwald. The area is filled with castles but one of the main attractions is castle Trifels. It was build about 1,000 years ago (!) and is known for having been a prison to Richard […]
How to register a Motorcycle in Germany
Since of earlier today, my motorcycle is once again registered and ready to (legally) drive around on Germany’s roads. It hasn’t been easy though. This is the story. It started last Wednesday when I got the bike out of the basement – equipped with a nice new battery – and went to get a safety […]
Sunset at the Harbour
Fischereihafen-Rennen
When I was younger, I never had much interest in watching any kind of road-racing. WRC was ok for me but Formula 1 was incredibly boring and Nascar even worse. Things changed when I started to develop an interest in motorcycles. Suddenly there was the world of MotoGP, where riders were fighting fierce battles, sometimes […]
Educated Times
1944 – My grandfather is in his early thirties. He is wearing a SS-uniform and is fighting allied forces in the French Normandy. 2010 – Two generations later and at a similar age I am celebrating Christmas in Australia with a group of French, Americans, British, Japanese and Germans. Our ancestors clashed in a war […]