Koln

2nd Day in Maastricht I spent in guesthouse de sempre which was amazingly nice and I ruined the feel a little by having to do laundry in my room because the laundry place closed at 4. Oh well.

Met Adnan and his friend (which I won’t try and spell his name because I will just make a mess of it). They were amazing and so very kind to me. We got to talk about chassis design and his plans over her in Europe.

Cycling to Aachen was uneventful and went fairly well. As I get futher into Germany it unfortunately becomes less cycle friendly on main motorways compared to Belgium but the cities are very good. Koln is especially good but getting here proved difficult. 30km out the cycle lane dissappeared and I had to go on the N264 which wasn’t a problem until I think I got to a point where it sped up to 100km-hr rather than 70 and had a red circle with a bicycle in it. I think that means don’t cycle but little choice. I did the same going to Cambridge. The Problem I have is there is also Red triangles with cycles in it (I cycle there all the time). WHICH CAN’T I CYCLE ON!? (I cycle on both anyway but won’t have to any more)

I tried to play it safe getting here which meant getting lost in some cities which was painful. I left Aachen going the wrong way but it had a cycle sign to Düren which was exactly where I wanted to go to join up on the N264.

I got to see some giant wind turbines in action (which meant the wind was blowing in my face directly) and it makes you very concise of energy usage.

Black Sheep Hostel is nice and I’m sooooooo glad to be in a hostel and not a hotel. It is so boring without someone to talk to but I was also mainly just cycling so I was burnt out anyway.

This keyboard has the placement of the y an z key switched. Better than the Brussels one but not quite normal for me.

3 nights in Koln, debating how to get to Duseldorf.

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~ by kwakeham on May 10, 2009.