| Grew up
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Höhr-Grenzhausen,
Westerwald,
Germany |
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| Lived in: |
Sinzig,
Ahrweiler,
Germany |
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Louisville,
Kentucky,
USA |
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Canby,
Oregon,
USA |
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| Now
living in: |
Forest
Grove, Oregon,
USA |
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| Hobbies:
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Motorbike
trips
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Other
trips
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e.g. Norway
or Iceland
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e.g.
Egypt
or
Czech Republic
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In early 2021 I started baking my own bread here
in the USA. I was tired of American "bread" and also
tired of the crazy prices for artisan bread, so I
decided to finally try to bake bread myself. I'll share
the recipe and easy steps on this
page.
For me baking bread is not really a hobby, but rather a
necessity. I grew up with a large variety of good bread
in Germany, which we ate for two meals each day
(breakfast and supper), and I found that this is one of
the things I'm not willing to give up while living in
the USA.
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| Occupation: |
officially
recognized mechanical engineer |
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| Visited
countries: 49 |
(alphabetical
order) |
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With
motorcycle: 42
Visited
countries
in Europe
All
visited
states of the USA
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Albania
Andorra
Austria
Belize
Belgium
Bosnia
Bulgaria
Canada:
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Yukon
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Faroe Islands
Finland
France
Germany
Great Britain:
- England
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Wales
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Greece
Guatemala
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxemburg
Mazedonia
Mexico
Montenegro
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Romania
San Marino
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
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Without
motorcycle: 7
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East Germany (doesn't
exist
anymore)
Egypt
China
Cuba
Jordan
Vatican City
Yugoslavia (doesn't exist
anymore)
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USA:
10 States
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio |
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North I've been:
Farthest South:
Farthest East (from
Germany):
Farthest West:
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North
Cape/Norway
Punta Gorda/Belize
Yamagata/Japan
Hyder, Alaska/USA
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USA:
20 States
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Idaho
- Indiana
- California
- Kentucky
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- Oregon
- South Dakota
- Utah
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wyoming
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| Others: |
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| On my first (and so far
only) bike
trip to Ireland, I stayed at a bed
and
breakfast near Slane, and there I met a woman from
Kentucky/USA, on the last day of her vacation in
Ireland. Since she lived and worked in Bonn, we meet
there ... |
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... 6 years
later (2007), Jayne
and I are married! |
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