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Bike Hippies

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The adventures of two cyclists travelling around Europe

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  • Monday September 14th - Zurich

    Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 03:34 in travel, Germany, cycling, switzerland, zurich, europe09

    It was downhill all the way to Tiengen, and I was glad to have all my gears again.I bought two fresh pretzels at Kussaberg and ate them right away before joining the Rhein cycle path, a gently undulating off road path with Switzerland just to the rig...

  • Sunday September 13th - Down

    Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 02:17 in Germany, schwarzwald, black forest, europe09

    It was a cold morning and my bladder woke me at precisely 6am as it had got into the habit of doing. After taking care of that, I snuggled back into the warmth of the sleeping bag and took my time over getting up properly. I left at 9, picked up a pr...

  • Saturday September 12th - Schwarzwald

    Posted on Saturday November 28th, 2009 at 16:09 in france, Germany, alsace, schwarzwald, black forest, europe09

    I started out from Obernai the next morning and rode through pretty towns filled with brightly coloured half timbered houses covered in flowers.I found a well signposted cycle route alongside the Rhone-Rhine canal which led me towards the Rhine river...

  • Thursday September 11th - Strasbourg

    Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 03:14 in france, strasbourg, europe09

    I left my bike locked up in Obernai and caught the bus into Strasbourg at dawn.I'd asked for two nights at the campsite to give me the opportunity to take a day off cycling and spend some time seeing what I considered to be one of the highlights of t...

  • Day 10 - Vosges

    Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 02:51 in travel, france, cycling, mountains, vosges, europe09

    I started out late from the campsite at Phalsbourg and headed straight for the town to do what I should have done over the last couple of days and buy some decent food from the shops - fruit, cheese, salads and bread. (yeah, more bread. It's hard to ...

  • Tuesday September 9th - No lemonade

    Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 05:15 in travel, france, cycling, europe09

    The tent was even wetter than usual when I woke up at Burtoncourt. I walked down to the lake to take some photos of the sunrise and then spent a long time trying to dry out the tent and not making a very good job of it.I'd been really bad at eating p...

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This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

andymel

5 stars andy

really enjoyed your blog

andy

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