Category: Life in Germany

Happy New Year! I would like to wish all my readers a happy new year 2021. For those of you who comment or send me messages through the Blog, I really appreciate it. It’s good to know that people are reading and what they find interesting. But before we get stuck into 2021 which will… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – December 2020 (Month 81)

More Good News! Last month I started my blog with the great news that I had passed the German exam required for my citizenship. Well, I have even better news this month! It started with an Email from the Ausländerbehörde: For those who don’t understand German… “Your citizenship certificate is available!” Yes, I have been… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – November 2020 (Month 80)

Good News! I will start my blog with some great news (for me at least). The results of my German exam for my citizenship application: I passed my German exam! And I passed well too, with 18 out of a possible 20 score (pass mark is 12, but you have to get at least a… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – October 2020 (Month 79)

In September we had a mixture of fairly warm weather and also some very chilly days. My cycling distances are generally down this year – not particularly because of Covid but more I suppose because I have achieved a lot of my cycling goals and I don’t want to overdo it! Cycling this month Most… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – September 2020 (Month 78)

August was a month of really warm weather which shifted into rather autumnal temperatures at the end of the month. But there were plenty of opportunities for cake this month, as you will see. Cycling this month Here is where I went: As you can probably see, there were only two long rides in the… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – August 2020 (Month 77)

I’ve had a very low mileage month, pretty much only commuting. And here is the Wheel which shows where I have been – a small green blob around Kempen and a tiny blob near Munich. Klaus has been out riding Malcolm the Sprint X in the evenings and has taken some lovely photos. One good… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – July 2020 (Month 76)

Don’t miss my reports on our Kylltal and Mosel Trike Tour this month! Cycling this month Here is where I cycled this month: Here are my cycling statistics for this month. As you see from the top of this post, we did a bike tour early in June. But first of all we had to… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – June 2020 (Month 75)

Cycling this month Here are my cycling statistics for this month. You can see the last ride in May was on the trike. More about that later! And here is where I rode this month Tile-bagging at Düsseldorf Airport It has to be said, Düsseldorf Airport doesn’t seem like the optimal destination for a cycle… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – May 2020 (Month 74)

Corona continues. It hasn’t affected me closely (a relative in the UK has had it but recovered), but of course the lockdown and other effects are making a difference to all our lives. I am still working normal hours but as I share a smallish office with another colleague we are staggering our work hours… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – April 2020 (Month 73)

Life in the time of Coronavirus So here we are, in the time of Coronavirus when we are meant to stay at home as much as possible. I am writing this on 9 April (so rather later than normal for a March report) and like most of you I am following the news throughout the… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – March 2020 (Month 72)

February was a bit of a dull month and we didn’t manage too much cycling. As you can see from the Wheel above, I was mostly commuting, although as there were some rainy windy days I used a car occasionally. On one of the very windy days I got a bit concerned about Millie blowing… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – February 2020 (Month 71)

A new year and the end of my EU membership So a New Year has begun. I hope you all had a good and healthy start to 2020. As January is a cold and grey month I didn’t do much velomobile riding. And this is where I went: As you can see from the Wheel… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – January 2020 (Month 70)

The end of 2019! 2019 has been a good year, and as you can see my cycling total for the year isn’t tooooo shabby: I also did quite a bit of walking after getting my Garmin Vivoactive 3 smartwatch: And I am particularly proud that I managed to hit my Steps goal 103 days in… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – December 2019 (Month 69)

Cycling Statistics this month This month I cycled a total of 542km, largely commuting/. And this is where I went: Although November was quite cold we also had some bright, clear days when Klaus and I managed to get out for some rides together. Tile-bagging, the final tile! I had set myself a challenge to… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – November 2019 (Month 68)

Cycling Statistics this month October was not a good month for cycling. We had one week when my Mum visited and another week when we were away in Berlin, so all the riding was concentrated into two weeks. This was almost entirely commuting, with just three leisure rides. This is the Veloviewer Wheel for the… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – October 2019 (Month 67)

Cycling this month Last month I rode 1,600km, this month rather less: However, I did use all three of my bikes this month. And this is where I actually cycled to: A bit of a weird-looking map, but you can see there was some riding in the east of England, a ride between Hoek van… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – September 2019 (Month 66)

Cycling this month I’m writing this two days before the end of the month as I will shortly be saying goodbye to my MacBook and heading off in the Velomobile to England. Here is where I cycled during the month of August, including the beginning of the England trip. And here is where I went:… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – August 2019 (Month 65)

Cycling this month Last month was a very good month for cycling as we had our Bodensee tour, but this month wasn’t too shabby either, with a total of 766km cycled. And I went here: As there were some warm days I decided to get Alfie the trike out of storage and ride him a… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – July 2019 (Month 64)

Cycling this month This month has been very successful for cycling as we had our two week Velomobile tour to Bodensee. My total distance cycled this month was 2,300km and that brings the year’s total to 5,500km cycling and 480km walking. And here is where I cycled this month – from the North Sea to… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – June 2019 (Month 63)

The year is almost halfway through already! Shocking! Velomobile stuff Of course and as usual, velomobile riding is an important part of our lives. Here is the list of rides that I have done this month, excluding the ride on 31 May (I am publishing this post on 30 May). That will be in a… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – May 2019 (Month 62)