My May ‘26 in Review

And just like that, another month has flown by. Time for my usual look back. The month started with my longest single-day bike tour ever: 136 km from Braunschweig to Gifhorn, Celle, and back. It was pretty exhausting, but that didn’t stop me from trying again at Pentecost. I had planned to ride various national and international cycling routes from near Hildesheim all the way to Kassel. 220 km over two days. But the heat, the effort, and my heavy bike made me reconsider, and in the end I only managed one day, riding just over 100 km to Holzminden. Then I turned 27 this month. Unfortunately, that means the time when I could still use Deutsche Bahn’s (Super) Sparpreis YOUNG discounts is now over, and I’ll have to pay the full price from now on. My MyBahnCard 50 will also need to be renewed as a regular BahnCard 50 next time, which will cost significantly more. Oh well, that’s just how it goes as you get older; all the discounts slowly disappear. There was also plenty of wedding planning…