Exploring Franconia during the Covid-19 pandemic
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Franconian Switzerland
Introduction
The global pandemic has thwarted a great deal of my (and everyone else’s) scheduled holidays and confined me to my apartment in Nuremberg since mid-March.
Fortunately, solitary exercises outdoors were and are still allowed to date, and so I’ve made the best of the situation and biked extensively through solitary landscapes in Franconia.
The Franconian Switzerland is an upland in Upper Franconia not far off from Nuremberg (which is situated in Middle Franconia).
I visited the Franconian Switzerland quite often during my student days with my buddies, for the …
Engineering series 7: Rhine-Main-Danube Canal
Introduction
Aside from hiking, biking is one of my favorite activities during weekends or short vacations.
Bike tours alongside the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal between Nuremberg (Nürnberg) and Bamberg belong to my personal subset of uncomplicated and convenient tours which do not demand much of a preparation.
There are virtually no climbs, and the track is more or less on my doorstep. For the seventy kilometers from Nürnberg to the town center of Bamberg, I need about three and a half hours with my mountain bike.
Short overview
The Rhine-Main-Danube …