Arts & Entertainment - July 9, 2008
Tookula brings Germany from Minden to Milwaukee
Bringing more German culture to Milwaukee is never a bad idea. In a city filled with brewhauses and sausage vendors, German youth choir Tookula should feel right at home.
Tags: tookula choir, germany, minden

Travel & Visitors Guide - July 8, 2008
The real Germanfest
PRIEN, Germany -- I'm familiar with Milwaukee's Germanfest celebration but I was able to experience the real thing during my bicycle tour in Germany.
Tags: germany, biking, munich, prien

Travel & Visitors Guide - July 2, 2008
Touring Chiemsee
PRIEN, Germany -- Returned to visit Prien and then Munich during my final week's tour. Christiane, who I met on my second day in Germany, has welcomed me for the weekend.
Tags: prien, germany, biking

Travel & Visitors Guide - July 1, 2008
Adopted by The German Sopranos
DACHAU, Germany -- OMG ... I've been taken in by the Sopranos of Germany.
Tags: germany, biking, dachau, weiss beer

Travel & Visitors Guide - June 30, 2008
An education in the monastery
AUGSBURG, Germany -- I bicycled into Augsburg, which is a little seedy from the start. Maybe it's the day, as the weather is overcast and rainy.
Tags: germany, dachau, biking, augsburg

Travel & Visitors Guide - June 25, 2008
Onto Ulm
ULM, Germany -- It's about 15 kilometers from Blaubeuren to Ulm. I tend to favor the smaller communities outside the bigger cities because they're easier to maneuver, the people are friendlier, and there's just a better hometown feel.
Tags: biking, ulm, germany, hostel, blaubeuren, Gunzburg

Travel & Visitors Guide - June 24, 2008
Come, let's climb the Alps
BLAUBEUREN, Germany -- A beautiful Saturday leaving Lorch and my goal is to make it 60 miles southeast to Ulm.
Tags: biking, germany, alps, ulm, lorch, blaubeuren

Travel & Visitors Guide - June 23, 2008
Finding Stuttgart
STUTTGART, Germany -- Word is, there's a great bicycle trail out of Lauffen that goes straight through Stuttgart. Problem is, if you don't know where it is, it's difficult to get there.
Tags: germany, stuttgart, biking

Travel & Visitors Guide - June 19, 2008
The German bike museum
NECKARSULM, Germany -- In 1956 a brilliant German came up with a bicycle factory in Neckarsulm. Bicycles and motorcycles. In 1986 the biggest bicycle / motorcycle museum opened in the same city to pay tribute to NSU motorcycles and the history of the bike.
Tags: biking, germany

Travel & Visitors Guide - June 17, 2008
Schell chocolates for breakfast
GUNDELSHEIM, Germany -- I had an 8 a.m. interview this morning with Eberhard Schell. He is a master chocolatier from the small, small community of Gundelsheim.
Tags: Schell, Germany, biking

Travel & Visitors Guide - June 16, 2008
Thomas the rafter
GUNDELSHEIM, Germany -- I bicycled south out of Heidelberg and kept to the Neckar River.
Tags: rafting, germany, biking

Travel & Visitors Guide - June 12, 2008
Tourist in Heidelberg
HEIDELBERG, GERMANY -- I tried to be a tourist today and explore the sites in Heidelberg. Rather than race from the big cities, I challenged myself with a different approach.
Tags: Heidelberg, Germany, biking

Travel & Visitors Guide - June 11, 2008
The Gruppenrum suite
HEPPENHEIM, GERMANY -- Clocked in with 58 strong miles on Friday as a series of hills made up the distance between Swabisch Hall and Billigheim.
Tags: Gruppenrum, germany, biking, heppenheim

Travel & Visitors Guide - June 10, 2008
McCafe in Germany
I stopped at a McDonald's on the outskirts of Swabisch Hall. McCafe is much the same as the states except the coffee bar and the food counters are completely separate. It was like having a Starbucks inside the McDonalds.
Tags: mccafe, mcdonalds, germany, biking

Travel & Visitors Guide - June 9, 2008
The not-so-helpful man
I reluctantly left the wonderful youth hostel in Donauworth this morning. Before going, I was finally able to fix my handlebars. They had slipped a little following the rain in Neuburg.
Tags: germany, biking, hostel, church, Buhlertahn