Simon crossed the Pyrenees by train from Toulouse to Barcelona (via Latour de Querol, infos on Rodalies.gencat.cat), with the cargobike and trailer rather unproblematically taken aboard. The rest of the family joined him by plane from Berlin in Barcelona. They had taken a one month break because the nights in the tent were too cold…

As the nights got colder and getting a good sleep in a sleeping bag while breastfeeding is not easy, more and more of our budget went into airbnb. Since that is significantly more expensive than camping, we decided that Simon would travel alone to Barcelona via Switzerland and France to Spain with the cargobike and…

After a great week of non-violent communication in Sieben Linden, we left our bikes behind for two weeks of backpacking through France and England. We first spent a few days with friends near Fontainebleau and visited Paris and Le Havre for a few days.Then we took a ferry from Caen to Portsmouth and enjoyed a friend’s…

From Frederikshavn we took a train to Skorping from where we cycled to an ecovillage called Himmerlandsbyen. The way was hilly and stony but quite beautiful. Jan of Himmerlandsbyen took the time to show us around the ecovillage and his stunningly beautiful self-made home. The next morning we cycled on to Arden from where we…

We took a train from Berlin to Rostock, on which someone told us about Karl’s Strawberry Land. So we got off just before Rostock and discovered that land, which our four year old really enjoyed. Booking the ferry in advance was a bad idea, because our son got a fever just before getting aboard so…

Dad and son first started cycling over the Swabian Jurassic Alb, via Balingen, Lautertal and a 1nitetent in Aulendorf. The family then reunited on the train to Allgäu where we spent a week in a friend‘s hut. We then came back for final preparations in Tübingen and took a train to Cologne where we spent…