{"id":16,"date":"2026-04-23T18:18:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyond-cycling.de\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-04-24T16:56:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T16:56:45","slug":"ueber-mich","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beyond-cycling.de\/en\/ueber-mich\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-ext-preset--group--natural-1--section has-background-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-843e5a6d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center ext-animate--on\"><strong>What moves me<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ext-animate--on\" style=\"margin-top:1.5rem\">I don't travel to prove anything, but out of a deep sense of gratitude for being able to have these experiences. For me, travelling isn't just about places, but about encounters, about what moves within \u2013 and about the questions that arise from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-ext-preset-image-natural-1-image-1--content-any is-style-ext-preset--image--natural-1--image-1--content-any ext-animate--on is-style-ext-preset--image--natural-1--image-1--content-any--2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/beyond-cycling.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC06581-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-285\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beyond-cycling.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC06581-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beyond-cycling.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC06581-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beyond-cycling.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC06581-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beyond-cycling.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC06581-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beyond-cycling.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC06581-2048x1363.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-ext-preset--group--natural-1--section has-tertiary-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e955bbaf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">From an early age, other cultures and perspectives have shaped me \u2013 through exchange programmes in countries like Belarus, Iran, and Japan, and through my first long cycling trips, including one to Rome and back. Later, I lived in Israel for a year, working there and travelling around the region. Further trips followed, which eventually took me by bicycle to Morocco and back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Life on the road is simple. It's about the essentials \u2013 food, water, a place to sleep. And there's a peace and depth in that which I rarely find elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">This is countered by another life: studies, structure, a path that works externally. A completed business degree, security, conformity. And at the same time this feeling that something is missing. A longing that remains \u2013 for more depth, more honesty, more aliveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">During this time, I began to search in other ways \u2013 through seminars, through movement, through music, through creative expression. Belly dancing, the Arabic language, art. Attempts to get closer to what cannot be easily grasped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">For me, travelling is also a confrontation with myself. With what is there \u2013 and with what might still be missing. At the same time, moments of clarity, connection, and genuine simplicity arise, which are often lost in everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">With this page, I'd like to share a part of it \u2013 not as finished answers, but as an invitation to get a little closer to yourselves again. Perhaps these stories will remind you of something that has been there for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ext-animate--on\" style=\"margin-top:1.5rem\">In this section, I share my passions, motivations, and personal stories that shape my journey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-ext-preset--group--natural-1--section has-tertiary-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f72f1611 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-87beb0d0 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top ext-animate--on is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-f5bb311e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-ext-preset--image--natural-1--image-1--content-bottom is-style-ext-preset--image--natural-1--image-1--content-bottom--5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"711\" data-id=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/beyond-cycling.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beyond-cycling.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/thumbnail.jpg 400w, https:\/\/beyond-cycling.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/thumbnail-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-ext-preset--image--natural-1--image-1--content-right is-style-ext-preset--image--natural-1--image-1--content-right--7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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src=\"https:\/\/beyond-cycling.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC06520.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-ext-preset--image--natural-1--image-1--content-left is-style-ext-preset--image--natural-1--image-1--content-left--9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/beyond-cycling.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20180806_185418-1024x577.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-210\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beyond-cycling.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20180806_185418-1024x577.webp 1024w, https:\/\/beyond-cycling.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20180806_185418-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/beyond-cycling.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20180806_185418-768x433.webp 768w, https:\/\/beyond-cycling.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20180806_185418.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 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sondern aus einer tiefen Dankbarkeit heraus, diese Erfahrungen machen zu d\u00fcrfen. Unterwegs geht es f\u00fcr mich nicht nur um Orte, sondern um Begegnungen, um das, was sich im Inneren bewegt \u2013 und um die Fragen, die dabei entstehen. Schon fr\u00fch haben mich andere Kulturen und [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-with-title","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beyond-cycling.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beyond-cycling.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beyond-cycling.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beyond-cycling.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beyond-cycling.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/beyond-cycling.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":392,"href":"https:\/\/beyond-cycling.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beyond-cycling.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}