Author: frank

  • New area discovered

    I was in the mood to ride, so i took a longer trip, with the primary goal to see the “Basilica de Valera”. To make it not that boring, I quit the highway A12 around Bulle and took a bit of a detour: https://goo.gl/maps/4ZhJuPNhYt7udK9t5 This was a rather scenic, small roads kind of drive. I am…

  • No infection for me…

    After the big demonstration from last week, I decided to get tested for COVID-19 this week. It seemed prudent, considering how many people were together in such a confined space. Today I got the results back, and at least this time, I got lucky.

  • BLM Demo in Zurich, 13.6.2020

    I went to the BLM demonstration in Zurich. Over 10.000 people attended, and it was an emotionally powerful, very peaceful event. I am glad I went to show my support for those who are discriminated against for generations with no hope in sight for any real change. I am not sure this will actually fix…

  • Universal income in Spain

    Spain is launching a”universal income” program to help their citizens. The list of restrictions on who can get this is pretty long: you have to be between this and that age, paid into social secuirty for at least a year, and make less than a certain amount per month. I don’t get why that’s caled…

  • From Garmin to TomTom

    For the last years, I used 2 Garmin Zumos and then, with the BMW RT, I got first the Navigator V and then later the Navigator VI, BMW branded versions of Garmin hardware. In all that time, all the devices have shown the same set of problems: Random Crashes during the drive. You plan a route, you…

  • I miss traveling

    or better, I miss the memory of it. This year, there is no way I will set foot in an airplane, and who knows about next year….

  • Dear Friend

      Prelude Some years ago, my life got twisted. My wife got breast cancer, and it was a dark time for me. I was afraid to loose her, I was afraid to fail her by not being strong enough. Luckily for us, she survived, and now over 6 years later, she is “cured”. But, back…

  • A new bike arrives

    If you don’t care about why others buy what bike, stop reading now. For the last 3.5 years, i was riding a 2015 BMW R1200RT with much joy, a little over 10tkm per year on that one. It was the easiest bike to ride i ever have ridden, and it is probably one of the…

  • Cuba vacation, 2019

    We spend 3 weeks in Cuba, February 2019. I came back with nearly 900 photos, and I am trying to sort through them. For now, here are some of the nicer once from Havana.

  • On the road to Dubrovnik

    I started with 21966km on the bike clock, at around 8:00 in the morning. A bright blue sky, even though it was still a bit cool, 12-15 degrees. But then I arrived at the Gotthard tunnel. I did not expect that, in front of the tunnel 14.5 degrees. In the middle of the tunnel 35…