It was spontaneous and impulsive and it started with an Australian. Christopher Clarc. On television, during the programme "TerraX". An Australian with a red bow tie and a VW Beetle actually presented a travel destination that I had never seen before. Germany. Well, I'm not the youngest anymore, but during the programme (5 more episodes followed) I got really big eyes. The country I live in, the people he shows, so interesting, so impressive, I want to go there! I want to see and understand Germany, I want to get to know myself, my history and the people here.
This year we are going to... Germany.
But how can you experience Germany? Germany is a big country, stretching over 1000 kilometres long and almost as wide? What is Germany? The capital: Berlin? And suddenly: "We're travelling along the Rhine, once across Germany" ... By bike.

Silvia Schael, Fotografin, Schwerpunkt Macrofotografie und Landschaftspanoramen.