Auto-free days for cyclists in 2009

Have you taken your bicycle out of storage yet? Spring is a great time to get your wheels in gear and start exploring what lies round yonder hill or in a neighboring village.

Germany is blessed with plenty of trails that can be ridden on any given weekend; alternately, get out with thousands of other cyclists, hikers and in-line skaters for an auto-free day, when huge swaths of highway are taken up by people traveling under their own steam and cars are banned.

Spring is here, and gardens are blooming

It was a long time coming, but spring, glorious spring, is here at last. And what better sign of spring can there be than flowers?