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Cross-country skiing: How resorts count loops twice to increase their advertised kilometers

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Pig dog: This is how we climbed on Germany’s highest pass by roadbike

By onabike.ccNovember 19, 2018
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Winter cycling in Bozen: 5 bike rides for the cold days

By onabike.ccNovember 18, 2018November 19, 2018
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Chocolate is my vegetable, and ice cream is my fruit. German is my language, and Europe is my home.

Me and her, stones and the sea. For a change of routines, we took up a hike while we escaped the rain in Lombardy. Camogli is the place in Liguria I've visited most often. I've still discovered unseen treasures, like this abandoned fortress and that crack in the earth that told of how tectonics shape the earth.
Tulip time, but not at the usual place! When Spring in Switzerland brings up unexpected memories of riding in Holland.
More than 300km in one day. Just last year, I would have told you: I'm no professional. I can't do it. Then a friend did it and I found my curiosity to try. It takes a good route with anti-boring storytelling, some luck (tailwind all day), and a little bit of mental endurance. And a great bike. I finished at Lake Geneva and the Corniche East of Lausanne is one of the most amazing places to ride your bike in this country.
Last spring forced us to be apart for four months. This spring, we keep exploiting holes in the system with (white and not so white) lies. Out on the ride today, I enjoyed it so much that I felt again how much I had missed it last spring. Heirs to movement together. For us, it's literally true: #outsideisfree
I often ignore how much I love riding in Thurgau. It's not that part of Switzerland with the most epic climbs. But on days like today, with the fruit trees coming to blossom, and the snow-covered Alps in clear sight, the silent roads just South of Lake Konstanz make for an absolute detox of the mind.
Easter is for families, but families that don't fit the norm (i.e. not living at the same place) are left wanting for more than a year, especially when they live across borders. On Sunday, I entered Italy through a hole in a fence. On Monday, I returned home on a regular border crossing, because Switzerland ain't as paranoid. Along the way, I used the freedom that the bike is. The lakes are waking up to life. May we all this Summer.
Have you been out today? I love Ticino, but I also love to finally ride again closer to home. Spring vibes are there. Add the joy of riding with a strong and steady tailwind.
I think that's what it means to be fully immersed in nature.
The joy of an early season's couple ride culminates at the intense blue of a mountain lake. Ever been to Lago di Mergozzo? I noticed it's been three+ years for me since my last visit, but it's been as gorgeous as always. Or was it the lake? Or was it my bike? Or was it the Domane of my girl?
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