Hello to all,
I learned from the German TDM forum about this forum and I've been attending as a visitor from time to time. I'm from Bonn, about 100km from Ruppertshofen to the Northwest. I have no idea, why you chose Ruppertshofen but you could have done much worse. You will be pretty close to some of the most beautifull and challenging routes Western Germany has to offer. Watch out for the small rivers going east to west like the river Lahn from Limburg in the Westerwald to Lahnstein near the Rhine, the Wied from Neuwied (Rhine) direction Westerwald, further north the Sieg upstream from Siegburg, the Agger, the Bröl, and so on. You will find the most winding roads when going over the hills between the river valleys. The Autobahn A3 between Cologne and Frankfurt is always near to bring you there or back to Ruppertshofen in a short time.
When touring, chose the workdays from Monday to Friday, best between 10:00 a.m. and 14:00p.m. When touring on the weekend, Sunday early morning from 06:00 to 11:00 a.m. is best. Otherwise you might have too much traffic. Do not drive Sunday afternoon or be prepared for a very slow ride, Saturday afternoon is not much better.
If someone of you is interested and using MapSource and even a Garmin GPS, I'd be pleased to work out some really worthwhile routes for you.
Cheers,
Tädäm
I learned from the German TDM forum about this forum and I've been attending as a visitor from time to time. I'm from Bonn, about 100km from Ruppertshofen to the Northwest. I have no idea, why you chose Ruppertshofen but you could have done much worse. You will be pretty close to some of the most beautifull and challenging routes Western Germany has to offer. Watch out for the small rivers going east to west like the river Lahn from Limburg in the Westerwald to Lahnstein near the Rhine, the Wied from Neuwied (Rhine) direction Westerwald, further north the Sieg upstream from Siegburg, the Agger, the Bröl, and so on. You will find the most winding roads when going over the hills between the river valleys. The Autobahn A3 between Cologne and Frankfurt is always near to bring you there or back to Ruppertshofen in a short time.
When touring, chose the workdays from Monday to Friday, best between 10:00 a.m. and 14:00p.m. When touring on the weekend, Sunday early morning from 06:00 to 11:00 a.m. is best. Otherwise you might have too much traffic. Do not drive Sunday afternoon or be prepared for a very slow ride, Saturday afternoon is not much better.
If someone of you is interested and using MapSource and even a Garmin GPS, I'd be pleased to work out some really worthwhile routes for you.
Cheers,
Tädäm