C. Tours

1. Fairytale

2. Weser

3. Diemel

4. Fulda

5. Altmühl

6. German Danube

7. Austrian Danube

8. Eder

9. Lahn

10. Spree

11. Neckar

12. Five Rivers

13. Lake Constance

14. Rhine

15. Werra

16. Main

17. Saar-Mosel

18. Elbe

19. Baltic Coast

20. Insel Ruegen

21. Roman Route

22. Pader

23. Leine

24. Nahe

D. Contact Us

E. Links

1. Tour Companies

2. Bike Rentals

F. About Us

1. Who we are

G. Legal Stuff

H. Feedback

Hi there. You’ve found the page that tells you all about Tim and Maxa Burleigh. Not that you need to know this to bicycle in Germany but just because you touched the right hyperlink. We're a couple of baby-boomers from Seattle, USA who enjoy active vacations but not so active that we need pain killers at the end of the day.

End of the day helmet head

Maxa in Rinteln on the Weser.

Maxa in the Wachau, Austria

Lunch on the go in Zuchen

This is where the Danube

disappears into the earth

Some liquid refreshment

20-year old bike

My Bike (new in 2003)

Old bike put to new use

in 2006

My wife Maxa insists that I warn you at the beginning that some of the following may be tongue-in-cheek. I told her that everyone will know tongue-in-cheek when they read the silliness I write, but she points out that few people have as weird a sense of humor as I do and I should warn folks. So there, now you know.

We were both born on dark and stormy nights -- in log cabins -- 10 miles from the nearest school (up hill - both ways and through five feet of snow with a stiff wind blowing). I my case, the year was 1948 and the location was Central Montana (Lewistown). If you have ever been lost trying to find Great Falls or Billings, you may have driven through this thriving metropolis).

Maxa was born in Germany. It's a long story because she was born during WWII. Her family lived in Berlin but moved to the outskirts after their home burned. Anyway, we met in Germany but we have lived in the Seattle area for over 38 years. We have made many trips to Germany (and Europe) over those years. We got the idea several years ago to quit the corporate rat race early and do this bike tour, web page thing. We retired early and remained so for three years. Then, after I finished most of the work on this web site, I put the harness back on and went back to work.

In business, I learned that all respectable groups of people have a mission statement. Well here is ours: "We endeavor to bring to the English speaking public, a complete, state of the art, web page promoting self-guided bicycling tours in Germany. And, we acknowledge that the web page will always be a work-in-progress that can be improved upon.”

We write this with people like us in mind, i.e., aging boomers who, unwilling to give in to a sedentary life, want to stay active. We write for the people who are bored with traditional European vacations. You know - the, "If its Tuesday, it must be Belgium," kind of vacation. We have started an ad hoc club we call the Over-Fifty-with-Bad-Knees Club. If you qualify, membership is free, even automatic (and I am sorry about your knees); there is no membership roster, no meetings, no dues, no nothing. You may already be a member and not know it. If not, you probably will join the OFBKC someday. We welcome you. (By the way, I am President For Life because I started it and it is my club, OK!)

We plan to ride all of the tours ourselves. If we do deviate from this, we will make that clear to our readers so they know whom to blame for any mistaken opinions. All of the information provided will be accurate - not misleading. Further, we encourage feedback from people who have taken our tours and if they have additional information or corrections to the information provided earlier, this will be incorporated into the website.

Revised: March 30, 2008