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After a nice official start at Bremen's main station with a lot of media this group of friends accompanied us "a day to Singapore", which actually took them to Verden.
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We had good luck to find a very beautiful old farm were these days different families live. For example a German-Russian family who's dad was blind.
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At the second day we can keep on our average amount of km which is 95 a day until Hungary. The first time building up the Vaude tents which is very rapidly done as outer shell and the tent itself can be built up connected.
On the Hase special Bike in red the two girls are pedalling Susanne and the visually impaired Martina Reicksmann, because you can navigate it better with the same loads of luggage
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Martina Reicksmann, who still can see a little bit but could never do such a bike trip her own or even steer a bike…
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... and her husband Toni Reicksmann, totally blind and massager, who both accompany us until Bensheim to Christian Blindmission...
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One of the friends Christian Leon already had to leave, the others Susanne, Franzi and Christian Heinz will follow party until Budapest (Franzi right hand corner)
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
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July 14th the mayor of Marburg and the boss of Blista, a university for blind people only are saying goodbye to us
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Saying good-bye to the first blind crew the family Reicksmann at my grand parents.
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Last repairs.
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Susanne Kammer explains the Hase Special Bike "Pino" to Gerd Winkler here future stoker.
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The Pino recumbent tandem bike in action with Gerd Winkler from former East German Vogtland and still Susanne as pilot in action.
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Matthias Büttner
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I show Gerd how the Olympus XA camera works so that he can take the next "Blind Eye" photos..
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Gerd and Mathias with the "case of emergency" whistles…
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A friend (yellow shirt) is joining us another two days - eating and planning our way through Hesse
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Gerd feels a red Motorbike aside
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Real cyclist’s legs
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Sheep next to river main near Wurzburg in Bavaria
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Mathias is satisfying his thirst in Neustadt an der Aisch
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Franziska often prepares our meals…
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During the day we are usually eating bread with cheese and vegetables. Evenings we are trying to cook. So far unfortunately we often hadn’t had enough time!
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Gerd changes the bikes. A play ground bicycle next side
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Goodbye by ADFC Nuremberg and the local tandem club for blind people "Tandemclub Franken"
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Mathias who is quite religious brings us to ask twice at churches whether they wouldn't like to let us sleep one night at theirs
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In the "Painter's Corner" Gerd and Mathias are quite interessted in a young beautiful painter how things work and stuff.
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Gerd Winkler
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In Regensburg the local Cyclists Club plus a friend of mine have organiced a nice good bye for us firstly in the church and then with cycling with us - the first 35 km on the famous Danube Cyclists track
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Gerd helps repairing the tire…