Munich, April 2009
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Easter. Time for a nice spring ride, visiting grandma and riding some twisty roads in Bavaria. I made about 1000 miles in 3 riding days and it was a lot of fun.
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First Day
Ride to Bavaria
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View out of my living room. Looks like spring has arrived and I need to ride.
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Break in the middle of nowhere
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Schleizer Dreieck (Schleiz triangle) is a famous race track and in between the races part of one of the most important inter state country roads B2 from Stettin to Munich
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Another break in the Fichtelgebirge mountains
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Second Day
Ride with Wolfgang and Irmgard
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Proper little Bavarian city Kirchheim
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Break for a cigarette
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Coming closer to the Alps
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At the next break we are even closer
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Break above Ammersee lake
Irmgard is pointing towards...
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... Monastery Kloster Andechs
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And still the Alps in sight
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Group picture with Irmgard, Wolfgang and Tom
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A little lizard stops by
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Third Day - Easter Sunday
Just enjoing the beautiful weather at the lake
Gooses and ducks
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Tranquility
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Fourth day
Return to Berlin
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Bavarian city Riedenburg with Castle and old medieval fortress
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Break in between
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Last snow patches in the Fichtelgebirge mountains
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Easter decoration in a little village
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Close to Berlin. Aspargus fields reaching the horizon. Germans prefer white asparagus which grows below the surface. The Belitz asparagus from this region is well known for good quality
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