A long way already lies behind us, and we're still not there.

Finding a way to Paris on bikes is not easy, especially if you don't want to ride on very trafficked roads all the time. Luckily for us, Germany is full of bike paths, especially along the big rivers of our country.

We left Berlin on August 14 at 2 p.m. and first started off to Beelitz, a tiny city south-west of Berlin, which is known country-wide for it's very good asparagus. Staying in the former GDR, we headed almost straight west, to a really tiny village called Leitzkau. The only reason we stayed there was that it was directly on our way to Wernigerode in the Harz mountains and that we know it because it's the place where my mother Charly, who is also coming with us, lived in her childhood.

Next up was Wernigerode, a city which is enormously popular as a place for holidays in the Harz mountains, situated just in the foothills and near the famous Brocken, the highest mountain in the area.

On our two-day way to our next stop Holzminden, a city near the river Weser, we passed the border to former West Germany, encountered a lot of very steep mountains and learned to hate our saddles.

In Holzminden, we did a public reading in the local library. There are a couple of places in Germany where we do those, and all of them consist of a blind reader reading braille and a seeing reader reading something from the time when Louis Braille lived. We also had nice live music and free drinks - all in all a very enjoyable evening with perfect organisation. Thanks!

Stay tuned. More to come...