Having grown up on islands from which it wasn't possible to reach a border without a ship or aeroplane, it still gives me a bit of a thrill to be able to cycle to another country. At the border there are a few signs and the cycle-paths and roads look a bit different on either side. There's no checkpoint, there are no customs officials, you don't have to show your passport. Thanks to the Schengen agreement, cycling to Germany is no problem at all.
That this event was going to happen came at me from three directions at once: It was listed on the website, and two friends who also had an interest (Theo who is local and Klaas who I know from Cambridge but who now lives in Oldenburg).
It's a few months now since I first read about the Großes Oldenburger Liegeradtreffen (big Oldenburg Recumbent Meeting).
