In the Mosel and the Eifel region

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On the last leg of our trip through Europe we are in Germany following the Wine Road into the Mosel area and the Eifel - which are both exciting motor bike places with nice curves and lots of things to see.

Crossing the Rhein

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Not a lot of people at the Ferry...

Weingarten

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Somewhere just above the Black Forrest in the wine region of Western Germany.

Through the (actually very Black) Forrest

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Warnung! part III

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Swedish Men have it all - do they?

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A nice article in the New York Times about Sweden and the social structure. In Sweden laws reserve at least two months of the generously paid, 13-month parental leave exclusively for fathers — a quota that could well double after the September election. If you don't take the two months you lose your right - so everybody is taking them.
Actually you can take that leave until the child id 8 years old, and in months, weeks, days or even hours. Next to that is the 120-day annual allowance for parents to tend to sick children and of course the (free) preschools - starting at 12 months.
So there is a tremendous pressure on parents to take at least a year off - and dads to take at least 2 months (after September 4 months) of. Some mothers are not that happy with daddy staying at home (while they have to get back to work) We all know that whatever dad is doing with the baby has seldom the approval of mom ;-)
On the other hand the whole idea of fathers earning money and mothers staying at home is vanishing - could this be the future? Or is Sweden n example of a (womens) state gone wild and where men are forced into patterns they don't really belong or want to be? 

The Black Forrest

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It is a really fun place to ride a motorcycle! And when you stop you can see some typical Black Forrest stuff: some nice nature, watchmaking / musical instrument factories and cuckoo clocks of course!

Warnung! part II

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The more curves, the more fun and the more danger it seems... The Germans have put it very visually :-)

The Schluchsee

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We are now on our last leg of the journey: Riding through the Black Forrest of Germany. This must be bikers paradise do we have high expectations :-)
The first entry in the Forrest didn't let us down: it is indeed very nice: lots of curvy (empty) roads, hilly and now and then a hair pin....

The Rheinfall at Schaffhaussen

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We have been to the Rheinfall many times before, but always coming from the north so on the left bank. Now we saw the waterfall for the first time on the right bank - which I must admit is much much better. The accessibility on this side is such that you almost stand in the waterfall. (and it is much less crowded)

On the ferry

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We crossed some lakes today - and although the weather didn't looked that good in the morning it became much better later in the day - but just to be on the safe side we mounted our rain in lining in our suits.
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