![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#11 |
Cruiser
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Germany/Bavaria/Sonthofen
Posts: 275
|
![]()
The story has begun!
![]() ![]() ![]() Can't wait for the rest! Best greatings from Germany Rudi |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#12 |
Mapping the next ride...
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 15,862
|
![]()
Well and truly, mate
![]() Just upping the pics for Day2....the day in Aarau's Old Town, packing the bikes...and trying to find some food in Muhen on a Sunday night ![]()
__________________
Cheers Pete |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#13 |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#14 | |
Mapping the next ride...
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 15,862
|
![]() Quote:
![]()
__________________
Cheers Pete |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#15 |
Mapping the next ride...
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 15,862
|
![]()
Pitchdark….5.15am….there’s no holding back.
![]() I’m up… and out 10 mins later, picking my way through the narrow lanes out of town… retracing the way the Mader-van had taken yesterday arvo. Come past the corn-field and pinch a corn-on-the-cob….early breakfast, and it’s delicious!! ![]() Still dark, the traffic on the A1 Autobahn is surprising for a Sunday morning. I grab one of the keys in my pocket…it fits Marty’s GS8…shove the helmet onto the noggin and slowly tootle back along those narrow lanes….even the very fine drizzle/ fog can’t dampen the spirits the slightest. By now most of the bunch is up…today being a rest-day’ to shake some of that jet-lag and time-difference. Off to breakfast to that little café down the road….the one with those delicious croissants and Bircher Muesli Yoghurt. ![]() Pumpkinheads? ![]() ![]() Juuust checking the menu for tonight, eh? Closed?? Yo, closed on Sundays!! ![]() ![]() The tram/train trip into Aarau only takes 10min..but Marty heard something… ![]() Being the old charmer that he is, it’s a 20sec pick-up ![]() ![]() She’s a push-over!! ![]() ![]() ….dropping off Tim first for his backpack-retrieval mission to Geneva… ![]() I’ll tell ya where to go, dear ![]() ![]() ….then exploring the Old Town of Aarau. Situated at a major Swiss river, the Aare, one thing stick out immediately: this town/ small city has seen some wealth, at least in the past. A river means transport (at least in the old days before trains and roads)…transport means commerce and trade, which in return bring money into town. And not just money, but also a wider horizon, as the river also allows travel. The buildings of the old town are simply astonishing!!!.... richly decorated with elaborate timber-and tin work….and then add the paintings!! ![]() ![]() Coming along for a stroll ?? ![]() The old (and still current) market place ![]() Just look at those decorated eaves ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
__________________
Cheers Pete |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|