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Today

<Thorn-Montfort-Roermond-Thorn 🚴‍♂️46 km>

Beautiful weather, first real sun of the week. Quite hilly in Limburg. At the end we had to go into Roermond for a coffee as we didn’t pass anything on the way.

Even the Kasteel Monfort was closed.

Yesterday

<Thorn-Stevensweert-Maaseik-Thorn 🚴‍♂️41 km>

Nice ride, K2 came along, she did Cologne-Erkelenz by train and then 40 km by bike to here.

The trip to Maaseik involved a ferry ride across the Maas from Limburg to Limburg (Belgium), no clue were we crossed back to .nl

#vacation #cycle

A rusted manhole cover labeled Vestingstad Stevensweert is set into a cobblestone surface.

A winding dirt path bordered by green fields and trees leads towards a distant house under an overcast sky.

Yesterday we visited Roermond for the first time, that is, outside the Outlet Center.

On the way there, the weather was fine, on the way back we sampled some nice Limburgish rain?

The landscape reminded us of home, but of course the better cycling infrastructure gave it away.

<Thorn-Roermond-Thorn ca 44 km 🚴‍♂️>

Munster Kerk. A Gothic-style cathedral with twin spires is surrounded by trees and outdoor seating.

A narrow cobblestone street is lined with historic buildings and decorated with blue and white flags under a cloudy sky.

A narrow street with brick buildings leads to a distant view of a twin-spired church under a cloudy sky.

#vacation #cycle #cycling

Retirement

As my retirement is nearing I’m considering (additional) hobbies.

Some should be solo activities, others should encourage social interactions and new contacts. Some should be sustainable even when physical activity is getting difficult. Some should promote physical fitness.

So, a preliminary list:

  • cycling
  • photography
  • (local) history
  • archery
  • tai chi
  • volunteering
  • Volkshochschule
  • Languages

Suggestion welcome

#retirement #hobbies

Schloss Strauweiler

Originally a castle, close to Altenberg Abbey, 21 km as the crow flies, but 30 km with the e-bike (and back again). Fairly cold. On any other day I could have saved about 5 km, but due to two Karrnevalszüch there were some detours.

A sprawling landscape features a lush green field in the foreground with a yellow turreted Manor House and trees nestled at the base of a forested hillside in the background.

Vacation roundup

The first week of our trip was fairly shit. We’d both caught a nasty flu which very much restricted what we could do.

The second week was great, though both recuperating, we got a few nice bike rides done.

#vacation #cycling

Berkelspringer, head and torso of a female white statue, with a bright red bathing suit, a blue cap with a yellow stripe going back to front, with a friendly round face Inside of a church in Ahaus, whose facade of concrete squares resolves into colourful squares and a nice contemplative light within View of the church tower on Winterswijk market with a woman on the right and a small girl in a rose jacket

This #vacation isn’t quite working as intended.

First we had to go home for a day for a optometrist appointment, then first I and then @tigerlilly@mendeddrum.org caught the flu.

So we’ve done 15 k of #cycling in the last 6 days. Heaven knows why I brought the camera.

At least our hotel room has two nice wingchairs.

St Briktius

On todays Open Monuments Day we cycled to St Briktius, Oekhoven, weich wie had passed, but discounted as a typical, for the Rhineland, neo-romanic village church. It’s the real thing though.

The church, on a slight hill, surrounded by the ol churchyard, bell tower on the right, light sandstone, somewhat dramatic sky the inside, view to the altar, rich murals

The wall paintings are a 19th century recreation, the faded originals were found, when the church was renovated. The murals were covered by white paint during the annexation of the Rhineland by revolutionary France.

#cycling #photo #OpenMonumentDay