Category: Life in Germany

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)

I ended last month with the cliffhanger… what would happen at my meeting at the Ausländerbehörde (Foreigners Office) with regard to Brexit? Of course, Brexit was delayed from its original date of 29 March 2019, thus meaning that when I arrived for my appointment at the Kreishaus Viersen on 1 April (I had lived exactly… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – April 2019 (Month 61)

I am writing this on 31 March. Until a few days ago I assumed I would no longer be an EU citizen on this date. But, hurrah, that is not the case! Tomorrow is my visit to the Ausländerbehörde, the Foreigners Office, in Viersen; hopefully there I will be able to get some kind of… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – March 2019 (Month 60)

Welcome to my February blog – the last before Brexit (or so it seems, we are not quite sure!) As usual, there’s been some cycling, and in fact February was much more successful than January in terms of riding distance, helped by the fact we had some cracking weather!! In total in February I rode… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – February 2019 (Month 59)

January isn’t generally a particularly high-mileage month, and this year was the same – also as I had the lurgy twice during that time, which included an entire week off work/no cycling. However, I managed to cycle to work every day that I worked, including a couple of very snowy days where it was a… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – January 2019 (Month 58)

Cycling this month This month has been a low cycling month due to a visit to the UK and also rather chilly weather! And here is where I actually rode: My total distance for the year was 7,522km and you can see below how it was divided up. There have been some good rides this… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – December 2018 (Month 57)

Cycling this month I have continued with my rather low mileage… this will not be a great year for distance, but there are reasons behind that and I am no longer chasing kilometres. Almost all my rides this month were commutes. However there were a few other rides to stretch my legs a little. Mini… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – November 2018 (Month 56)

Oh look, the title of this post has changed again! We are no longer in 13 Wheels but are now down to 9 wheels. This is because Humphrey has left us and gone for a new life in Düsseldorf. But first, here is where I cycled this month: And these are the distances I rode,… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – October 2018 (Month 55)

Cycling this month. This year continues with Klaus doing mega kilometres (he’s now on just about 11.000) and me doing significantly fewer. My total for September was 352km and was almost all commutes except for a couple of longer rides. I used Humphrey for my work commute twice too, because of bad weather/need for large… Continue reading Thirteen Wheels in Germany – September 2018 (Month 54)

Cycling this month This month I cycled less than I might have expected for a summer month, but I am happy to ride just when I feel like it and not overdo it. Klaus is doing loads of riding as it makes him feel good, but I am taking it a bit more easily, as… Continue reading Thirteen Wheels in Germany – August 2018 (Month 53)

The observant among you may have spotted that the title of this month’s report is a little different… More about that later! Cycling this month July was a good month for cycling, despite Germany sweltering under mega temperatures. I think we were above 30 degrees for almost every day of the month, and I saw… Continue reading Thirteen Wheels in Germany – July 2018 (Month 52)

Cycling this month This month was a very good month for cycling because of our Helen and Klaus round NL tour. Here are the total distances I have ridden (green = recumbent trike): And this is where I went (mostly round the Netherlands and a few commutes)   There were a number of events on… Continue reading Ten Wheels in Germany – June 2018 (Month 51)

The fiftieth month of my life in Germany! Cycling this month This month has been good for cycling. Here is where I have been (Green = using Alfie the trike with motor): And these are the individual rides: Regular readers of this blog will notice that the listing of rides looks rather different. This is because… Continue reading Ten Wheels in Germany – May 2018 (Month 50)

April is a busy month in the world of Velomobiles as it is when the annual SPEZI Special Bike fair takes place, and once again I visited. First things first, here are my list of rides this month: And here is where I went: The green rides are E-bike rides on Alfie. Celeste, Humphrey and… Continue reading Ten Wheels in Germany – April 2018 (Month 49)

So this month marks the end of my fourth full year living in Germany, and also the one year mark until Brexit, at which point my residence in Germany becomes more complicated, and my tax liability higher. Thanks, Brexiteers! But away from politics, what happened in March? Not a lot really, apart from work and… Continue reading Ten Wheels in Germany – March 2018 (Month 48)

Cycling This Month The observant amongst you may have noticed that the filename of this blog post is no longer “Six wheels in Germany” but is instead “Ten wheels in Germany”. Why? Because I have now received my brand new Quattrovelo velomobile. I will write much more about the Quattrovelo in a post soon as… Continue reading Ten Wheels In Germany – February 2018 (Month 47)

Cycling this month I started this month with a rather better attitude than last month, managing to ride to work on many occasions. However, overall mileage was still very low due to poor weather (cold and/or rainy). And here is where I actually went. It seems that now Ralf has his DF velomobile we often… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – January 2018 (Month 46)

So 2017 is at an end! This is a little something I wrote over the New Year 2017/2018: I’m not the sort of person who looks back the whole time and lives on memories. Generally I feel happy with all my life choices so far and I appreciate the wonderful times I have had with… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – December 2017 (Month 45)

Cycling this month Another low mileage month. In fact, it looks highly unlikely that I will reach my year’s target of 8000km and so will be the lowest year’s cycling total since I started recumbenteering ten years ago. But do you know what? I don’t mind. This year has been massively different in my life… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – November 2017 (Month 44)

Cycling this month October was better than September but still nothing to write home about in terms of distance! The weather was a bit better on a few occasions so I had a chance for a couple of longer rides. One Sunday morning I went for a ride with Klaus and we planned to meet… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – October 2017 (Month 43)