by Johann Aeschlimann | Mar 9, 2024 | letters
Dear L an P, My intention was to follow the Saale river, then veer off and ride to Weimar or even Erfurt. Fat chance. The Komoot app leads me in the wrong direction (my bad, I trusted the robot more than my instinct). Good thing was that I got to pass the immense...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Mar 9, 2024 | letters
Dear L and P, The goal was to make it past Halle, if possible to Weissenfels on Saale river. Again, not a very exciting Komoot route. The one striking thing is how deserted those German small towns actually are. In the majority of them you won’t find a bakery, a...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Mar 9, 2024 | letters
Hi L and P, You are my only biking buddies (more precisely, I am yours, as you are the fiends and I the hopalong) and the only ones in my extended readership possibly interested in whatever might turn out noteworthy on my velotrek. One of my other two readers told me...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Nov 13, 2023 | letters
We of the teutonic persuasion speak of a “Demonstration” when we mean a march. A “Demonstration” is a political gathering in a public place, not necessarily a march, but always a statement, mostly in protest. A “Demonstration” is...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Jan 10, 2023 | letters
All the best to you for 2023! Health! Atonement! Contentedness! Hygge ! Lagom ! Satisfaction in the pursuit of happiness ! We have a war in Europe and inflation in full swing. The former is a catastrophy for Ukraine and all soldiers who fight, the latter a kick in the...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Jul 4, 2022 | letters
Berlin, 27 Jun 2022. Dear J, my lines are coming late, but they are coming. I am truly pleased that you read my post about the Ukraine war, and even more that you found acceptable reasoning in my 25 cents of assessment. The exception is what I had to say about...
