• Gö Gravel at the Forum Wissen – March 10, 2024

    The enormous success of the film Oppenheimer at the Hollywood Oscars fits nicely with our Gö Gravel visit to the Forum Wissen in Gottingen. It was in Göttingen, Germany that the ´Father of the A-Bomb´ earned his doctorate in physics from the city´s university in 1927 under Max Born who had established a world leading… Continue Reading

  • Bad Sooden Allendorf 2023

    There is much to explore in and around Göttingen and after a short train ride we visited the towns of Bad Sooden and Allendorf in Hesse. The towns are in view of each other but are distinct separated by the Werra River and until recently administratively. The story of Bad Sooden and Allendorf is typical… Continue Reading

  • Grenze hopping – October 15 Road Ride

    With weather forecasts saying that we were in for another summers day I wanted to do something a little bit bolder just in case we plunge into the darkness of winter next. I elected to ride to the Grenzmuseum Schifflersgrund near Bad Sooden-Allendorf on the Hessian-Thuringian border. This would take me past iconic places that… Continue Reading