Mam Vëlo duerch Toskana 09/2011

Toskana 2011

Fir Toskana mam Vëlo ze erliewen, hunn ons a puer interessant Stied gesicht, vu wou mir verschidde kleng Tir organiséiere konnten. Eisen éischten Ausgangspunkt war den Hotel Casa Lemmi zu San Quirico d’Orcia.

1 San Quirico

Den éischten Tour huet eis vu San Quirico op Bagno Vignoni geféiert. Bagno Vignoni ass haaptsächlech fir seng Therme bekannt, déi scho vun den Etrusker an dono de  Réimer besicht goufen.

Mir waren ons scho bewosst dat Toskana alles anescht wéi flaach wär, me dat déi Knuppen esou gëfteg wären hu mir eréischt „sur place“ gemierkt.

No Bagno Vignoni goung et weider op Castiglioni d'Orcia an iwwer Gallina a Spedaletto nes zeréck op San Quirico.

No enger éischter “mise en jambes” goung eisen 2ten Tour vu San Quirico op Pienza.

Leider hate mir hei en Accident „rupture du tendon d’achille“.

Nodems mir de Kolleg heem bruegt haten, konnte mir onsen Tour awer weider féieren.

PIENZA

Vu Pienza si mir weider iwwer  Monticchiello op Montepulciano gefuer. Montepulciano läit op enger Kopp vun 600 Meter, an ass vun enger Befestigungsmauer ëmginn. Bekannt ass et duerch seng pittoresk Lag, a sei gudde Wäin de Vino Nobile di Montepulciano respektiv déi méi gënschteg Versioun, de Rosso di Montepulciano.

MONTEPULCIANO

Vu Pienza si mir weider iwwer  Monticchiello op Montepulciano gefuer. Montepulciano läit op enger Kopp vun 600 Meter, an ass vun enger Befestigungsmauer ëmginn. Bekannt ass et duerch seng pittoresk Lag, a sei gudde Wäin de Vino Nobile di Montepulciano respektiv déi méi gënschteg Versioun, de Rosso di Montepulciano.

Zu Montepulciano hu mir decidéiert iwwer Regolo zeréck op San Quirico ze fueren, fir no dem verletzte Colleg ze kucken.

Eise lëschten Tour an dëser Géigend war eng Rundfahrt nord-westlech vu Montalcino. Grad wéi Montepulciano ass Montalcino bekannt fir säin excellente Wäin, de  Brunello di Montalcino.

2 Gaiole in Chianti

Vu San Quirico si mir mam Auto weider op Gaiole in Chianti gefuer, wou mir an der Casa al Vento e flotten Agro-Center als nächste „Stützpunkt“ fond hun.

Eisen éischten Tour goung vu Radda in Chianti iwwer Lucarelli, Panzano op Grewe in Chianti. Hei war eng grouss Dégustatioun vu Chianti. Dat huet eis net onbedéngt gehollef fir de Bierg erop op Lamola ze fueren, mir hunn trotzdem misse erop.

Eng Visite vu Siena war eist nächst Zil. Dofir si mir op Pianella gefuer wou mir den Auto stoe geloss hunn.  Vun do aus mir, iwwer San Giovanni, mam Vëlo op Sienna gefuer. Siena gellt als eng vun dene schéinste Stiet aus der Toskana, me et ass  absolut keng Vëlos-Stat. Bekannt ass Siena fir seng Pärdscours de Palio di Siena, déi op der zentral Plaz (Piazza del Campo) ausgedroe get.

Zeréck op Pianella si mir iwwer Vico d’Arbia gefuer.

Pianella- San Gusme –Pianella

Eise leschten Tour an dëser Géigend ass südlech vu Gaiole verlaf. Hei goung et eng laang Montee erop op San Gusmè. Mir hunn hei mir op engem Volleksfest eng Paus gemaach, eng Klengegkeet giess an dobäi fir Jiddereen a „Mignon“ bestallt. Dat war en halwe Liter Wäin den seng Wierkung net verpasst huet, besonnesch wëll et dono nach stramm de Bierg erop goung.

3 Villa San Giorgio

No Gaiole goung et weider op Poggibonsi. Nördlech vu Poggibonsi hu mir ons an der Villa San Giorgio an de Bierger niddergelooss.

Nodeems mir ons installéiert hate goung et nach dur fir en Tour iwwer Tavernelle Val di Pesa-Barberino Val d’Elsa-Poggobonsi zeréck an d'Villa Giorgio. Well et ons zu Barberino sou gutt gefall hat si mir owens dohin zeréck gefuer, fir op enger Terrass mat enger super Vue iwwer de Vald’Elsa zu Nuecht z’iessen.

Florenz

Wann en Toskana besicht ass Florenz e Must. No eiser Erfaarung mat Siena, hu mir zu Florenz ganz op de Vëlo verzicht. Mir hunn d’Stat wéi déi meschte Leit zu Fouss besicht.

San Geminiano –Volterra

San Geminiano läit wéi déi meescht Klengstiett an der Toskana op enger Knupp, a gett och „mittelalterliches Manhatten“ oder Stad vun den Tierm genannt. Vun deenen 72 Tierm aus dem Mëttelalter sinn der nëmmen 15 iwwereg bliwwen. Am Mëttelalter goung et dorëms seng Macht Duerch d’erbaue vu groussen Tierm ze beweisen. Vun hei aus si mir a Richtung Volterra gefuer, deelweis op klenge Stroossen deelweis op Mountainbike's Pisten. D’Montee op Volterra war net vu schlechten Elteren. Zeréck op San Gimignano si mir iwwer déi normal Stross gefuer. Dat war méi langweileg me dofir manner ustrengend.


4 Pisa

Eisen nächsten „pied-à-terre“ war den Airone Pisa Park Hotel an der Entrée vu Pisa. No enger kuerzer Visite  mam Vëlo si mir duerch kleng Dierfer bis un d’Küst um tyrrhenesche Mier gefuer. Vun Tirrenia si mir zeréck iwwer Marina di Pisa an Stat mam schifen Tuerm gefuer, wou mir am spéide Mëtten ukoumen. Zu dem Zäitpunkt stoung d’Sonn schonn niddereg, wat eis erlaabt huet den Dom vu Pisa mat dem schifen Tuerm an engem ganz besonnesche Liicht ze gesinn.

Nordseeküste-Nordostseekanal-Lübeck-Wismar-Rostock-Berlin

2011-06 Emden – Wilhemshaven – Bremerhaven – Hamburg - Nord-Ostsee-Kanal – Kiel-Lübeck – Travemünde – Wismar - Rostock – Berlin

Day 1 : Emden – Jever

An eight hours train ride took us up to Emden where we spend the first night . The next day  we headed North until we hit the coast of the North Sea. Opposite to last year the weather was rainy which gave a special atmosphere to the coastal landscape.. As we arrived in Jever we were told that the famous advertising for the non less famous Jever beer, was not made in Friesland and the actor was Swedish. The beer is tasty all the same.

Day 2 : Jever – Wilhelmshaven - Nordenham

From Jever we drove to Wilhelmshaven and cycled all around the “Jadebusen” to join Nordenham just before Bremerhaven.

Day 3 : Nordenham – Hamburg - Wedel

In the early morning we crossed the Weser to Bremerhaven. From here we  intended to go on to Cuxhaven where we planned to take a ferry going to Brunsbüttel. In Brunsbüttel we were supposed to meet our friend Alain. Unfortunately we were told on the phone that the only week in the year the ferry does not operate was the week we had chosen.  In a hurry we phoned Alain that our date was not Brunsbüttel anymore but Hamburg central station, since we had to take the train. We arrived nearly at the same time and immediately went on cycling along the river Elbe to Wedel.

Day 4 : Wedel- Brunsbüttel

During the night Luss suffered from sever stomach ache. We told Luss to have a rest for one or two days in Wendel and then follow us by train. He preferred to head homewards.

Alain, Jacqueline and I continued our trip to Brunsbüttel in spite of very very strong headwinds. In Brunsbüttel we visited the sluices of the Nord-Ostsee-Kanal. We were impressed by the size of the big container ships and how they manoeuvred through the sluices…

Day 5 : Brunsbüttel – Rendsburg

We followed the canal for about 50km. Then we left the canal to cycle a bit through the beautiful landscape of “Schleswig-Holstein“. We spend the night in Rendsburg in a hotel close to the canal. During the night we could hear the ship horns of the big container boats. Watching them through the window of the hotel, gave us the impression of seeing a 12 floor building passing by. 

Day 6 : Rendsburg -  Kiel – Plön

We started in Rendsburg by rain wearing our full raingear, looking dreadfully attractive in it, so that the landlady of our hotel asked us “do you want to frighten away the rain???”

After 30 km  we arrived in Kiel, where the “Kieler Woche” took place. The “Kieler Woche “is an annual sailing regatta that was first organised at the end of the 19th Century. It is considered one of the biggest sailing events in the world. Being old sailors it was a pleasure for the eye to watch the huge 3 masts gliding majestically away towards the horizon…..

KIEL

Day 7 : Plön – Travemünde

Alain left us in Plön. We cycled South until we had a break, a delicious one with lots of calories in the Lübecker “Marzipanhaus”. Along the border of Schleswig-Holstein – Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the former DDR border runs a cycle path which we followed to reach the “Ostsee” in Travemünde
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LÜBECK

Day 8 : Travemünde – Wismar

We arrived in Wismar totally fed up feeling hot and exhausted. As we hadn’t made up our mind how to go one, we spontaneously decided to spend the night in Wismar. This turned out to be an excellent decision since we discovered Wismar  to be worth the while with its harbour its beautiful timbered houses, the old market place and the oldest hotel in town, “der alte Schwede” where we, as a special treat, spent the night.

KIEL

Day 9 : Wismar – Rostock

From Wismar we followed the Ostsee-coast with some stunning views over the dark blue Ostsee on one side and a sea of beautiful wildflowers on the other side. Since it was the hottest day of the whole trip , I could not resist to have a quick dip into the Ostsee.

Day 10 - 13 : Rostock - Krakow/Linstow  - Neustrelitz - Zehdenick  - Berlin

 Mecklenburger Seenplatte rain rain rain

In Rostock we took our train tickets from Berlin to Luxembourg. The next four days we cycled through the “Mecklenburgische Seenplatte” passing Güstrow, Waren, Neustrelitz, Zehdenick down to Berlin. The landscape was fantastic but unfortunately it was raining cats and dogs during the whole trip. We arrived in Berlin completely soaked and miserable. Before returning home, we spent the next two days with my daughter and our three little grand-children.

GÜSTRWOW

BERLIN