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Eine Expedition mit dem Fahrrad – von Karlsruhe bis Koblenz immer den Rhein entlang, vorbei am Roten Hang, durch Rheinauen und das Mittelrheintal, bis zum Deutschen Eck.

00:00 Intro
03:17 Geschichte der Ziegelei
11:46 Das “Weiße Gold” der Region
14:29 Unterwegs mit der Rhein-Rikscha
20:43 Die berühmte Weinlage “Roter Hang”
26:37 Die zahlreichen Weiden und Pappeln
32:01 Eine Runde Boule
39:30 Bienenschutz
42:42 Wiedersehen mit Ramon
44:07 Outro

Anna Lena Dörr steigt aufs Rad. Sie startet in Karlsruhe und entdeckt entlang der Pfälzer Seite des Rheins geheimnisvolle Orte. Am Altrhein bekommt sie Geheimtipps für Radler, fährt in Mannheim auf den Spuren von Karl von Drais den ersten Radweg der Welt und lässt sich in Lampertheim den berühmten Spargel schmecken. Über Worms geht es dann weiter nach Nierstein, wo sie am roten Hang eine der Spitzenlagen am Rhein erkundet.

An Mainz vorbei führt die Radstrecken nach Bingen, wo Anna Lena in den Rheinauen etwas über die allgegenwärtigen Pappeln erfährt. Sie erreicht schließlich das berühmte obere Mittelrheintal, mit seinen Burgen und verwunschenen Orten. Nach fünf Etappen und über 350 Kilometern endet unsere Radtour durch den Südwesten schließlich am deutschen Eck in Koblenz.

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“Radtour am Rhein – Von Karlsruhe nach Koblenz” ist ein Film von Rolf Stephan. Redaktion: Doro Eisinger. Dieser Film wurde 2022 im Auftrag des SWR produziert. Alle Aussagen und Fakten entsprechen dem damaligen Stand und wurden seitdem nicht aktualisiert.

We start on the Rhine cycle path through the southwest. In any weather. With many challenges. And lots of fun! Uaah! (laughs:) We’re out! I’ll see what’s in the duck mail. What Ramon experienced. “Hello Anna, I hereby pass on my loyal companion on our birthday tour to you.” “Good luck and always have air in the hose, Ramon.” And with the e-bike, hopefully always a full battery. It’s nice that she’s coming with us, the duck.

We are ten years old, hence the birthday cake on top. And in my case we are now celebrating this with 300 kilometers of tour ahead of me. These 300 kilometers are divided into five stages. If you are fairly experienced with cycling, you should be able to do it well.

Plus, of course, everything that belongs to an expedition. Good food, nice people and lots of great scenery. I’m looking forward to it. Yes, then I’ll go. We move along EuroVelo-Weg 15: the Rhine cycle path. It takes us from Karlsruhe across the beautiful Palatinate to Mannheim. There is a detour to Hesse in Lampertheim. At Worms we return to Rheinhessen. We touch Nierstein, Mainz and Bingen. The world-famous Upper Middle Rhine Valley finally leads us to our destination in Koblenz. My first highlight: the idyllic Jockgrim. We see works of art everywhere in the town center. It’s not just the beautiful landscape that fascinates the Rhine, but also the wealth of its mineral resources, which the river has accumulated over the course of millions of years. You all know gravel works. But only a few brickwork museums in the southern Palatinate still tell us that clay used to be a valuable raw material here . And this is exactly where an Upper Swabian really fell in love with the Palatinate. I’ll take a look at what he’s doing here with his wife now. Mr. Haag, I heard that you were the man who fell in love and wanted to do something here.

I fell in love with the machines, with the diesel locomotives. How old is the machine that stands in front of us? It was built in 1934 and is self-made. That’s what’s special, the locomotive was developed by an inventor. And you can get into it again so that everything starts to rattle and go…

Yes, they are actually simple engines, the diesel engines. No electronics. You know exactly when there’s knocking and nailing, this and that is broken. You can use them easily. Although there are locomotives, you need men’s sweat. Wow. Now! (The locomotive puffs.) Now. (off:) But men’s sweat doesn’t help today either. The machine just doesn’t want to. You have to be able to deal with the frustration with such old machines, right? Good machine. – Yes. You have a big collection, let’s look at something else. Gladly. – Where do we go?

To our Deutz locomotive, which will hopefully start running. Do you have a good feeling? – Yes. Yes? – Absolutely. Absolutely. This whole thing about saying that an old brickworks would be for me, how did that come about? Yes, we were actually looking for a quarry lake with a quarry boat.

It didn’t work out that way. And then, as a coincidence, the brickworks on the Rhine came along. It’s almost the same, so to speak. – Yes. And fell in love as we walked through. All the roofs collapsed. Oil barrels were floating around, really nice. We said we’d buy it. It was that simple.

When I look at you: The hat wasn’t bought yesterday. You wear it longer. – We discovered it here. When I bought it, it was the hat from the former owner. Oh, great, okay. – It was hanging upstairs in the coat rack. The former employees knew that this was the boss’s hat.

Then I said, okay, this is mine, it will never be sold, never thrown away. As long as the hat lives, I’ll stay. – Very cool. He’ll live for many more years and makes a good impression. Yes / Yes. – Is well ventilated. At its best. – Yes. What exactly happened here, Ms. Haag?

The clay was delivered here. Exactly, probably dumped out here? Yes, there was a box feeder there and it was then brought onto the conveyor belt in portions. To then get to the machine room to the extrusion press. And depending on the mouthpiece, this strand, this strand of clay, was basically pressed out.

And cut with this cutter. And something like that, naturally soft, arrived here. – For example. Now the stones come out here to dry. They came from the press and were then stored here in a damp place. Exactly, they were distributed here and stacked in here. How long were they here?

Well, with good weather and a warm wind, 14 days. But with rain and bad weather it could have taken longer. You had to adjust to that. We are here in the ring oven. Do you see this vault? – Yes. Like an old vaulted cellar. How long is the tunnel overall? A good 85 meters and then it’s time to go around the curve. So, we basically have 200 meters of tunnel in one piece.

The ring kiln is still preserved here as a whole. And that is a rarity, yes. – This is special. In the meantime the boss has got his machine running. We continue to Germersheim. The mighty fortress, which is more than 250 years old, can be easily visited by bike. We reach Speyer through the Altpörtel. Opposite the old city gate: the mighty cathedral. North of Speyer there are numerous old Rhine floodplains. Time for a little break. My goal for today is not far away. The Blue Adriatic near Altrip is one of the largest local recreation areas in the southwest. The first stage on the Blue Adriatic ends here. That sounds great. Above all, this journey along the Rhine was great. First of all, you naturally feel driven on the e-bike. If the river still flows in the same direction, you are essentially floating.

Nevertheless, I think I deserved something at the end of the stage. I’m going to have a drink. The next morning I cross the Rhine. We drive on the relatively short second stage from Altrip in Rhineland-Palatinate via Mannheim in Baden-Württemberg to Lampertheim in Hesse. After 43 kilometers of cycling we stop in Worms. The cycle path leads along the beautiful nature reserve on the Reissinsel. When I take a detour into Mannheim city center, I notice that Karl Drais once started his first “bike tour” here. Opposite, in Ludwigshafen, is BASF. When cycling on the Rhine in spring, you’ll notice the many asparagus fields. Reason enough to take a closer look at this “white gold”. The office of wine queen is well known. What does the asparagus queen do? Even such representative tasks?

You have the same tasks as the wine queen. The parties where we always met were the same. Except that I represented the asparagus during my term of office. And I strongly assume that this is only possible if you are the asparagus queen, if you come from a real asparagus family.

That would be an advantage, yes, of course. Like a winemaking family. – Exactly. Is this your asparagus plant? – Exactly, that’s our asparagus plant. I’m happy to be able to distinguish between white and green asparagus. But you have much more. When sold, white asparagus is always white asparagus. But there are different varieties:

Ramires, Raffaelo, Gijnlim, many more. But what we see here now isn’t all you have? If you say, much more. This is a variety in the field: the Ramires. Can you sting him yet? – Mmm. Show how it’s done, like a professional. We start with two fingers to the right and left of it.

Mmm. Hold the asparagus a little and dig down. (mumbles:) Okay. As deep as possible. When pricking, you have to be careful not to damage the root, because several asparagus grow from one root. AHA OK. There could still be small asparagus in here. They grow from the root at different speeds. – Yes?

That’s why there are big ones that we sting. We have to put the knife right at the bottom. That we have the desired length. And prick carefully. And then we have the asparagus. Well, very nice. Favorite way to eat asparagus for you? Um…as an asparagus quiche.

As… You have to describe that a bit. So, a quiche, a shortcrust pastry. Boil green asparagus and white asparagus. And then with cream, egg, herbs… and then in the oven. Oh, nice, that sounds very, very good. It’s also very, very tasty. Historically, asparagus also has something to offer.

What many people don’t know is that the Lampertheim asparagus flew in the Hindenburg in 1936. It was eaten there. That means that it was something exclusive and great, because you had to prepare exclusive things according to this flying ship, this Zeppelin. – Precisely. So, a bit like the oyster from Lampertheim.

That’s the way it is. – That’s it, yes. We saw great asparagus in Lampertheim. Now I want to go to the Rheinauen. Something has been done that can also be enjoyed by handicapped people. I’m not watching this with you, but with your mom. I have to say, this is a really great alternative to my bike tour because I can let myself be driven. Thank you, Sandra. I like doing it, yes, it’s really fun. So, also as a driver. Yes, also as a driver? – Yes. It’s nice to be able

To bring joy to people who have limited mobility and drive them around the area. So, are you doing this for people who are actually in wheelchairs or have a walker, so they can drive around with you? Anyone with reduced mobility can travel by e-rickshaw. And really soak up the Rhine meadows.

Is a nature reserve. Biedensand and the Bonnauers. You can’t drive everywhere on the Biedensand because the paths aren’t wide enough or suitable for the rickshaw everywhere, but you can still show a lot. What do you like so much here, Sandra? Yes, the different things you can experience here.

Well, we have the river, the Rhine. Then you drive over here, then you come to the green. If we were to turn left now, we would come to Zeil, which is an apple orchard. So, there’s a lot to see. What you see here is the Rallengraben, which currently has very little water.

And the Rallengraben leads into the Welsch-Loch. And the Welch Hole is very famous because there are a lot of birds here. The Rhine is the line for migratory birds to follow. And lots of migratory birds rest here. You have stored everything you know with love for your homeland.

Yes, I love my homeland and am very close to nature. And I love Biedensand anyway. And as you say, such an enchanted place, this silence, you can hear the birds chirping. And just stand here for a few minutes, it’s a Rallengraben, or look at the Welsch-Loch, it’s relaxing, it’s good for the soul.

Total. Head vacation. Then let’s listen now. (whispers:) Whoever lives here like that. Continue on to Koblenz, I would really like that. (Laughter) Would you be able to do that, Sandra? About your fitness? I don’t know, with breaks. I’ve already gone on longer bike tours. I love cycling. We could try. – We could try it. Wuah… – Wuah! (laughter) We’re out! Cross the Nibelungen Bridge to Worms. Electromobility is an important keyword anyway. And the e-bike, we’ve all known that for a while now, but a highlight today was definitely the e-rickshaw. This was so comfortable and then really felt gliding through the nature reserve – very relaxing. I was also told what it was all about. Perfect day, it was great. Stage three begins in Worms and takes us over 55 kilometers down the Rhine. past Eich, Oppenheim and Nierstein to Mainz. And with a bit of luck you may also have unexpected encounters on such a bike tour . Hello. – Hello. That looks pretty idyllic. What a place to take a break. It’s idyllic. Does that mean you come here more often? Yes, I go horseback riding every day, I’m usually on the Rhine.

Oh how beautiful. Here on the path where I was just cycling? To Ebersheim. – Great. Or in the direction of the ferry. So every day because you simply have time for it? – Yes. What is so appealing to you about being on the route here?

I’m actually from the Black Forest, where I grew up. What you can still hear clearly now. But have lived there for 40 years. And the Rhine really comforted me. – Comforted? Yes. When you drive past Ludwigshafen, I thought: My goodness, where do I live now?

It’s just an industrial area, yes, that’s true. – Exactly. The Rhine is really simply magical. And you’re lucky that you’re always almost alone. Do you think that’s good? – I think that’s nice. If you go on a horseback ride, how long is the ride? I go riding for about an hour, then in the spring he can eat for three quarters of an hour. Until the paddock opens. You can hear that he’s really enjoying it, even here. Otherwise he wouldn’t just stop there.

Then have a nice break with a book and lots of grass. Thank you. I also continue riding. – Have a nice tour. Thank you very much. We continue past the black hole towards Eicher See. By the way: The Nibelung treasure is said to be somewhere here. Almost as valuable: a weekend cottage by the lake. At Guntersblum the Rhine is a wide, slow stream. Nierstein with its world-famous “Roter Hang” vineyard. A good opportunity for me to do a wine tasting. Hello! Hello! Welcome! I’m looking forward to a great cycling break with wine. Yes, exactly. Before we taste the wine, we’ll go to the Roter Hang together and I’ll show you

What’s special about the Roter Hang. – That’s where he comes from? That’s definitely where he’s coming from, and then we’ll set off now. I think it tastes better afterwards. – Good. Twice as good. Here you can clearly see why it’s the Red Slope.

It is the color of the earth here. – Exactly exactly. The iron oxide simply turns the earth red here. This is a red slate weathering rock. This is simply what creates the minerality in the wine. What you will taste later. So make a special taste.

A special job, you already talked about investing. – Mmm. You really are so into the profession without coming from a real winemaking family. I said 17 years ago that I wanted to try to build a winery without having any legacy behind me. I think it’s a great job, I’m full of admiration.

Why did you come up with the idea: I’ll become a winemaker now? I really enjoy working as an organic winemaker because I respect nature and don’t disrespect it. When you say that ecological things are very important to you, you do it consistently. What’s different here?

Yes, as you can see here under the stick, there are a few blades of grass here and there. That’s okay, it just can’t be too much. The plants that grow under the vine or next to the vine also draw water and nutrients from the soil, and you have to find a healthy balance.

Here we work purely mechanically with weed control, so to speak. We can see that I drove here with the disc two weeks ago and some of the plants died a bit. They dried up because I cut off the roots. And this is a simple system, you always have to think of new ways.

And now that we are standing here, Philipp, the Red Slope, the great location and then the Rhine that we are looking at: What is it like here for you? That’s wonderful. The location here is called Niersteiner Hipping. And when you try the wine from this location,

I always have the feeling that it is really light. Now I’ve learned a lot, now let’s try it out. Definitely. Off to the winery! I’m now pouring a sip of our dry Roter Hang Riesling. It comes from various plots on the Red Slope.

It is, so to speak, a cuvée of Riesling and Riesling and Riesling. And, uh… – And smells very, very fruity. And very intense. Exactly. and when you try it, you don’t just have the fruit, it also has a really nice minerality.

What does minerals mean now? That it bubbles a little on the tongue? No, that’s what you taste, in principle, what really makes up the soil. We have a completely different mineral composition. We have this red color. This brings completely different substances into the wine than from a loess location, for example.

Bottom up! – Enjoy your meal. We then head past Hakenheim – in a lively manner – towards Mainz. Rhine and wine, these are two things that definitely belong together. You also notice that on the tour, beautiful vineyards, vines. So it was great today that I was able to have a sip of wine at Philipp’s, not too much for cyclists. 55 kilometers today, so my highlight,

I have to mention it now after day three: these pants… well, cyclist’s pants, nicely padded, and to be honest, if you’re sitting on the saddle for that long, you definitely need them, that’s easy on the butt. In Mainz, the fourth stage leads via Bingen into the Upper Middle Rhine Valley. Trechtingshausen and Bacharach are on our route to St. Goar today. There is no guarantee of sunshine on the EuroVelo cycle path, it rains every now and then, and I can only recommend a pair of rain pants. That really helps, you don’t get completely exhausted and you can just carry on driving. I keep noticing the many willows and poplars. So I’ll ask shortly before Bingen. At NABU. Hello! – Hello. Good morning. I’m excited to see what you can learn here now. Short cycling break with knowledge from NABU. Very good. Yes, we are now in our new building area, the so-called Auenland with our beautiful new building.

So, everything here has been completely reset? – Everything new, exactly. A lot of, let me say, habitats have been created here that we also find in the natural floodplains. Like some kind of reconstruction? – Exactly. In a small space, everything is a bit compressed.

The orchards, for example, are also used for agricultural purposes here in the areas on the Inselrhein. What do we have here? This is a pond that is primarily concerned with the amphibians and insect larvae that can develop there. In principle, the goal is also to attract visitors from the sensitive nature reserves.

To get out a little bit here on the surface. Here you can see on a small scale what kind of habitats there are in the Rhine meadows for animal and plant species. What is this water about? Looks completely different than above. – This is a wet hollow.

Wet hollows arise when there has been a lot of rain or after flooding. These are bodies of water that only exist for a certain time, but are typical of the Rhine floodplains. And which also give many larvae, such as amphibians or insects, the opportunity to develop. Dragonfly larvae, for example, develop in water.

These short-term water points are very important for this. So what you see again and again when you ride the EuroVelo cycle path are poplars, and you also have some here. Why these poplars on the Rhine? These are very typical trees for river banks. And of course this is very common on the Rhine.

Wherever the poplars are, there is always water. Are they good with moisture? Exactly, they are able to tolerate these changing water levels , which is an extraordinary ability for trees . During floods they are under water, which can last for weeks, and in summer it can also be extremely dry here.

This balancing act is something that not many plants can do, plants and especially trees. And poplars can do this, as can other willow species. And here you can already see what the poplar can do, at your center. This is a very sustainable form of facade design.

This is poplar wood that has been thermally treated. Because poplar itself has a soft wood. The thermal treatment makes it much more stable. (Knocking) That’ll hold for now. Let’s hope so, yes. I brought some more poplar wool here. This is also an attraction here in the Rhine meadows when it flies around.

These are the seeds, the little head of hair. And that is, at the end of May, beginning of June it is so strong that you sometimes have the feeling… – snowy landscape. Like a snow flurry. It looks like there is snow on the side of the path, nice to look at.

So, you said tip Rheinauen at the end of May? At the end of May, beginning of June, yes. Absolutely fantastic. The famous Bingen Mouse Tower then shows us the way to the Middle Rhine Valley with its castles and palaces. The rain is getting worse, so I take a break. Nice, with a view of the Rhine. Fortunately, the sky opens up again at the beautiful Bacharach. Hello. – Ah, hello. Are you very focused? At least it looks like there’s something very focused going on here. With the nice weather here now, right? Have you already played? – Boule, but that was ages ago. I think it’s about getting as close as possible to the little ball, the piggy.

Pig or “pig” as you call it, yes. Okay, if you don’t know anything, you have to explain to me… This is the throwing circle, you have to stand in it with both feet. Yes. – And you have to try to get as close to the piggy as possible.

And the circle always stays the same? – It always stays there, yes. How do you throw? This way. – Ultimately like that. Mmm. But just try it. – Okay. But you’re not allowed to touch it? – Yes, too. Oh, you can’t get out of there if you touch it? Exactly. – No. OK.

Yes, it was great. – Oh well. Exactly, now it’s the next one’s turn. – Yes. Can I just take a moment now? Oh, then you have to go into the circle. – Exactly. Sorry, I was standing on the ladder now. Well, it’s closer now. That means now comes the next one.

You can’t get any closer than you, can you? Shoot away. – Oh right. What is the difference between pétanque and boules? Boules is like badminton. – Mmm. And pétanque is like badminton. One is fun and the other… – sport. The beauty of boules is that it is cross-generational. So, there’s grandpa playing with his grandson. There is no discrimination between inverted commas “black” and “white”

Or where people come from. Anyone can play it. You understand the sport immediately. – Yes, that’s right. There’s only one thing: I have to get as close to this little thing as possible. And that will now be decided with the third ball? Everyone has three and then we see who won? – Yes. Looks good. – Bravo. Great game. – (quietly:) Hey, cool. Shot mine away. Yes, good. Now in this case you are closest with your balls. Cool. – You now have two points. Mmm. – Sometimes it’s so tight. Yes. Then you have to… – measure. Go to millimeters with the meter rule. But that was beginner’s luck. Pfalzgrafenstein Castle and Oberwesel then show us the way to the most famous sight on our route. And here’s the William Turner route. This means that you can pretty much see exactly which pictures the painter took here. Because the Rhine landscape inspired him a lot. It simply works like this: Simply take a photo of the QR code. And then you can

Compare this directly with the landscape here at the site. Yes, you can see the great similarity. Everything is much more romantic with him. My highlight today is easy, I finally found a sport where there is some talent. I think it’s nice to play pétanque. Here directly on the Rhine.

You stand together relaxed, you can talk, you don’t sweat too much. I thought that was great. The other highlight here in the background is of course always worth a trip, the Loreley. (off:) There are many small hotels and guesthouses here that are geared towards cyclists. And after a reasonably restful night, I set off on my last stage. The EuroVelo-Weg 15 continues along the Rhine from St. Goar via Boppard to Rhens. From there it’s just a short hop to our destination in Koblenz. On the route I unexpectedly meet a very cheerful couple of cyclists. (English:) You look very well equipped. How long is your tour? (English:) This is our sixth day. We have been preparing for this trip for six months. We’re driving towards Mainz today and we don’t know where we’ll end yet.

But we want to go to Kyrgyzstan. We hope to get there in six months. But there is actually no final destination. You’ve just left and now you’re discovering the Rhine? Do you like it here? Is this your first time on the Rhine? (English:) Yes, it’s the first time for me. It is wonderful. I especially like the hills with the vineyards. That’s also very nice. Do you just want a little time off to relax?

Or what is the idea behind your trip? It’s a kind of sabbatical. One consideration is for ourselves, how we get along with each other. But we also decided to cycle for a project. In fact, we would like to collect donations for the project. It’s called “Cycling For Education.”

We know from other projects in India that donated bicycles really help children get to school. And I like the idea of ​​cycling to buy bikes. Great. It was nice meeting you. -Bye. We cycle past Boppard and Spay towards Rhens. In addition to the beautiful town center, there is another special feature in Rhens. Mr. Berentzen, I would have expected us to be buzzing around, buzzing around. But that doesn’t work with bees. No, unfortunately we have worse weather here on the Middle Rhine today. That’s why we can’t present our bees,

Our additional up to 80,000 employees, today. They are in the water today and therefore have no service today. You can see a few here going in and out. But the pollen and stuff like that doesn’t work either. Everything is wet. – Yes. Bees generally play an important role for you?

Yes, as part of our strategy, when we took over our well here, we set ourselves three value pillars. We want to become more socially, ecologically and health-oriented. Ecology is also important to us because bees are an important part of our food chain. – Mmm.

We have given out the motto: Without bees it would just be water. No lemonade would work if there weren’t bees. We launched the BeePartner project. What are you doing here to support this important animal? On the one hand, we have set up several beehives here. On the other hand, we also cooperate

With local beekeepers. In the neighboring town of Waldesch there is the, er, beekeeping association Bee Together, as the name says. This also fits well with BeePartner. As an important example, we have now co-financed a spin truck. Because there are more and more hobby beekeepers, which is a great development.

Because in the end we can all do something to ensure that we have more bees and insects. These hobby beekeepers often do not have the opportunity to extract honey hygienically and cleanly. We purchased a larger spin cart for this purpose. It was now so well received that beekeepers even started asking from Bavaria

Whether the beekeeping association could drive over from here. So they then drive and slingshot for other beekeepers. It’s like a trailer with the technology inside. They go to the beekeepers and the honey is thrown in there. And your love of bees, how has it grown? That was a coincidence because we said

We have a beautiful flowering meadow here, but now you don’t see it that way. We have always had great harvests here. This shows that there are many flowers here. If you then think about how important it is to get some fruit into the lemonade,

It is even more important for us to do our part. Accordingly, this project came about. – Great. Final sprint in really heavy rain. Wet, but I landed with a perfect background: the German corner in Koblenz after 270 kilometers. You noticed, the tour was beautiful, the landscape, the people were in a good mood, the weather wasn’t always good. I’m happy about the water-friendly birthday animal here, our beautiful ten-year-old duck.

Now we have presented the EuroVelo cycle path in the expedition. My colleague Ramon did the first part, he started in Konstanz. And here is… Now I have to take a look. (Cell phone ringing) With some people it’s like this: you talk to them and they call. Hello, Ramon. – Hello, dear Anna, greetings.

“Hi-hi.” Come over, I have a surprise for you. I’m on the cable car. “OK.” – See you soon. Then let’s do that. And another surprise in Koblenz, for the grand finale with duck. Hoo! – There look. A nice surprise, birthday cake. Yes, ten year old. – I think it’s really good. A fork for you. – Thank you very much. How was your journey? – A little wet towards the end. How was the weather for you? Everything included too? – Yes. But it was wonderful.

A bit of everything, right? – Yes. What did you like? What was the coolest thing for you? It was exciting overall. The most beautiful thing for me was a dirt bike track. We were traveling with cyclists who, yes, ride around on such a course and do daring, life-threatening maneuvers.

And did you too… – I joined in. I would be out of there. I didn’t jump off, I didn’t jump over a hill like that. But I went down. Top. – All respect, very good. My highlight was two people, a couple from Belgium, who were driving that way to collect money.

They don’t just drive our way, they drive all the way to Kyrgyzstan and collect money for children in India so that they have bicycles to get to school. And so, uh, physically went? – Went. Sore muscles? – No problems. Butt pain? – A little bit.

Had a cushion with me. Did you also have padding? A built-in cushion, yes. (Casual music) SWR 2022