Bike – Hike and Bike Tours

15 August 202021 December 2024biking-2020-along-the-danube

2020-08-14: Day 04 Donaueschingen – Sigmaringen (104km, total 313km)

Today the real Danube trip started. The three days before were mainly to get to the spring of the Danube. I slept on the camping Riedsee 5km away from Donaueschingen. It rained in the night and when I woke up some small puddles of water were in the tent. At least everything was in the […]

13 August 202021 December 2024biking-2020-along-the-danube

2020-08-13: Day 03 Bad Zurzach – Donaueschingen (69km, total 209km)

Goal of today was Donaueschingen with the spring of the Danube. The rain in the night tested the tent to be waterproof. After the breakfast at the Rhine, I started the next stage a bit late around 10. The way on the map didn‘t allow vehicles and I had to take the main street to […]

12 August 202021 December 2024biking-2020-along-the-danube

2020-08-12: Day 02 Lenzburg – Bad Zurzach (42km, total 140km)

Originally I planned to drive 20km further, but there were so many beautiful historic places to visit. Start was at the friends place in Niederlenz. 15min later I reached the baroque castle Wildegg. The building is rather impressive. In the small aviary are some waldrapps (black bird with long bill) among others. Instead of the […]

11 August 202021 December 2024biking-2020-along-the-danube

2020-08-11: Day 01 Bern – Lenzburg (98km)

Today was the start of my bike tour. Before I can follow the Danube I have to get from Bern (Switzerland) to the source of the Danube in Donaueschingen (Germany). The distance is approximately 180km, what is about 2.5 days of biking. The first stage is from Bern to Lenzburg, where I will visit friends […]