tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050916568736413860.post5914530232116062755..comments2024-03-23T22:33:38.324-04:00Comments on anniebikes: Germany - Order and Crossing the Wallanniebikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02737989268380822651noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050916568736413860.post-39485785635556358872012-05-23T06:46:54.456-04:002012-05-23T06:46:54.456-04:00We rode from Vienna to Budapest, but heard that Pa...We rode from Vienna to Budapest, but heard that Passau to Vienna is just as scenic and the bike path goes the whole way. That's definitely the better choice.anniebikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09761205231523083781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050916568736413860.post-37866689204412082582012-05-23T06:44:24.544-04:002012-05-23T06:44:24.544-04:00Yes, BB, it shocked me too. Like you I only heard ...Yes, BB, it shocked me too. Like you I only heard about the wall in Berlin so it was pretty surprising to find it in the countryside as well. Now I imagine it went the whole length of the country. Weird to think about it.anniebikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09761205231523083781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050916568736413860.post-77405229495929645422012-05-22T21:01:09.992-04:002012-05-22T21:01:09.992-04:00I know I'm going to sound a little silly, but,...I know I'm going to sound a little silly, but, my idea of the Berlin Wall, fed mainly by the media in childhood always draws on grey, urban images. Even when it came down, the news focused on the city. If I'd thought about it at all I would, of course, have realised it involved the rural landscape as well.<br /><br />Seeing the green countryside and the remnants of the wall is somehow more shocking. As though the juxtaposition drives the whole thing home that much more. I'm not surprised you got goosebumps. I have to admit I did just reading your post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15636177626451867375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050916568736413860.post-4098889702285390382012-05-22T19:44:25.257-04:002012-05-22T19:44:25.257-04:00How amazing that you got to see where the wall was...How amazing that you got to see where the wall was once erected. I remember when it came down and watching it on the news. Though at the time - it really had not hit me at how significant it really was. <br /><br />Lately I've been dreaming about Passau, Germany and trying to persuade my husband at what a lovely bike tour to take along the Danube path into Austria.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12235831374184428641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050916568736413860.post-43955126606215543862012-05-22T16:44:40.293-04:002012-05-22T16:44:40.293-04:00What I loved about Germany when I went there about...What I loved about Germany when I went there about 14 years ago was how organised it is. Trains and buses were really well organised and everything was so tidy and clean in the cities.Vickihttp://bicyclesinnewcastle.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050916568736413860.post-42549063631996823092012-05-22T06:56:43.240-04:002012-05-22T06:56:43.240-04:00I feel old because this trip was so long ago...and...I feel old because this trip was so long ago...and there are few pictures because we used slide film. This post uses all our own photos, but I've had to supplement most posts with Internet images.anniebikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09761205231523083781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050916568736413860.post-67823603564423171242012-05-21T23:40:12.952-04:002012-05-21T23:40:12.952-04:00LOL! I feel old every time I stop acting like a bi...LOL! I feel old every time I stop acting like a big kid :P<br /><br />Good post,gorgeous pics :)<br /><br />The Disabled CyclistAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050916568736413860.post-7333632977895523152012-05-21T21:24:10.818-04:002012-05-21T21:24:10.818-04:00Slightly funny story, for me at least:
Last week ...Slightly funny story, for me at least:<br /><br />Last week I ran into two German bicycle tourists at a bike shop here in Portland. I asked where they're from in Germany and they said near Frankfurt. <br />"Ah, isn't that in the north-central part of the country?"<br />"No, northwest."<br />"Ah, my geography is bad because I learned where things were in school when there was still a West and East."<br />"Oh, we were two when the country re-unified."<br /><br />I felt <b>very</b> old then!adventure!https://www.blogger.com/profile/11840448827760637569noreply@blogger.com