• Helene Rimberg
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  • Helene Rimberg

The Grand Adventure

A bike trip with no end Leggi altro
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    🇦🇹 Krems an der Donau, Austria

    Melk & Krems

    4 agosto, Austria ⋅ ☀️ 38 °C

    Opt to ride along what appears to be the quieter right bank. Pass through nice town of Ybbs and return to a dedicated trail to Melk. River gets narrower and hills along it higher. Many castles and ruins along the tops. Stop at touristy Melk and walk amongst the boat travellers. Day is heating up and we continue along. Quieter side also has few to no resources. Lots of fruit trees though! Stop to swim and sweat the rest of the way to Melk. Try to cool down at the campground but no beach access. Walk into Krems and enjoy the town during a quiet time.Leggi altro

  • Beautiful section to Linz

    2 agosto, Austria ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

    Hit some hills early on but we are on a dedicated path and it’s pretty smooth sailing. “Run” into many cyclists, including those disembarking from the bike & barges. Beautiful, windy river section with soaring hills. No wonder there are so many cyclists. Strong head wind slows us down. And it’s getting hot. Make it to Linz and Kanu club. Nice swim before riding through the city in search of an open store on Sunday.Leggi altro

  • Austria!

    1 agosto, Austria ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    Tad bit wet when we wake. Manage to dry things out mostly and still get a good start. Rain does return so spend the morning doing the on/off jacket game. Finally sun breaks free. Make it to Passau and do our shopping (stores close early on Saturday and don’t open on Sunday). Have lunch and head out of town. Realize our “bridge” is a dam and requires steps. Oh well. We manage and enter Austria. Campground is just a bit further.Leggi altro

  • Hot day to Deggendorf

    31 luglio, Germania ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C

    Get an early start to get miles in before it gets too hot. Make good time, but then make a few stops and get caught up in long detour. Lots of construction. Stop by a church for lunch and continue on. Not a lot of shade along the river. Arrive in Deggendorf, find campground, set up and get in the river. Decide to go out to eat unaware that a big storm was coming. Very windy and stormy walk into town.Leggi altro

  • Regensburg at 102 degrees

    30 luglio, Germania ⋅ ☀️ 36 °C

    Doug spends the morning fighting with my tires which have been in place for more than a year. Head into town on bikes; exploring Herzog gardens, stone bridge, cathedral & just wandering the streets. Hear a bit of “American English” - rare up until this point. Day gets very hot! Find a laundromat (not as air-conditioned as I would have liked). Back to campground and take a dip in the river. Another trip to the grocery store for food.Leggi altro

  • Bavarian towns large and small

    28 luglio, Germania ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    A few hills to start the day. I suppose it’s good to keep hill climbing muscles intact. Very nice cycling weather - not too hot and skies are very blue. Have a pastry stop and end up continuing quite a ways to Ingolstadt for lunch. Quite a pretty town. Finish up the route in Vohburg. Free campground on the river. Have a nice swim , though river is moving fast and hard to stay in place. Out for dinner in town.Leggi altro

  • Exploring Ulm

    26 luglio, Germania ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

    Opt to spend our Sunday wandering around Ulm. Short walk along Danube into old town. Beautiful cathedral with highest spire in the world! Keep meandering m, eventually going up to the fort. Quite intact. A big music festival is on within the walls. Head back down and walk through a large park (somehow missed botanical gardens). Take a break back at camp, finally putting feet in cool Danube. Out for very good pizza dinner.Leggi altro

  • To Ulm

    25 luglio, Germania ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

    Opt to do a long day today. Mostly flat route and we actually have a tail wind for most of the way. Stick to the Danube route (EV6) which is longer but safer and more scenic. Quite a bit hotter than previous days. Arrive in Ulm and find canoe club where we can camp. Set up, shop and make dinner.Leggi altro

  • UP to the Origins of the Danube

    23 luglio, Germania ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    Manage to get an early start, amazingly. Day status a bit cool but quickly warms up. Follow cycle route signs through neighborhoods and into small towns. Stop for pastries, bread and lunch food and head up our major climb. Not as bad as some we have done recently yet pretty long. Stop for lunch and then cross the dry Danube River bed (summer state). Arrive in Tuttlingen and decide to be done. Set up in a free site within the city park. Walk to get groceries, make dinner. ( a day of few pictures for some odd reason).Leggi altro

  • A 3 country day

    20 luglio, Germania ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    Nice leisurely ride along the canal path with many other cyclists. Make a final stop in France for pastries before crossing seamlessly into Basel (Switzerland). Admire the Rhine River from our brunch spot. So many bike paths! Meander between Switzerland and Germany, finally ending in Waldshut in Germany. Set up amongst many other cyclists. Have a duo in the Rhine before dinner. Quite lovely water.Leggi altro

  • On to the EV6

    19 luglio, Francia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    Though it rained during the night, we stayed nice and dry in our bed. Waited out the morning rain, chatting and having some breakfast. Packed up and down the hill we went. Found our way to a series of cycle routes. Stopped for a moment in pretty town of Einsishiem. Road on cycle paths through fields of corn, in forests, and along the canal. Short day ending in Krems. Set up and chilled by the pool. Hearing a lot of German as we are just along the border.Leggi altro

  • TDF Day 2: Le Markstein

    18 luglio, Francia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    A short day to get to Le Markstein and the finish line for TDF. Twenty miles but it’s all up (3000+ feet). Fuel up with pastries and yogurt and join the other cyclists going to the same place. Gradual climb through small towns gives way to one monster climb. We slowly plod up but we get there. Last 6 miles are along a ridge with beautiful views. Cars and campers parked for miles. Quite the madhouse at the top. Park our bikes and find a spot to watch their first pass. Wander around a bit and then the skies open. Seek refuge under a truck. Finally stops and find a different spot to watch the ending. Quite exciting. Book out and head down a different hill to Guebwiller. Another up to our warmshowers hosts. Have a lovely evening with JeanLuc and Claire and another cyclist, Adam.Leggi altro

  • TDF festivities: day 1

    17 luglio, Francia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    All manner of vehicles continue to stream up the hill all morning. Have a snack and start up the rest of the climb. Much easier without packs! Quite chaotic at the top with people everywhere. Campervans are parked as far as one can see. Return to our spot and spend the afternoon watching and waiting. Caravan passes first and then the racers. We had great views of them as they raced past. After they all were past, we zipped down the hill (with many other cyclists). We had identified a campground but had to get there before the reception closed. Managed to do so. Set up, shower, and walk to town (Corinmont) for dinner. Nicer restaurant is full but have fine burgers at a “fast food” restaurant.Leggi altro

  • Onto the Ballon D’Alsace

    16 luglio, Francia ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

    Slowly meander out of Epinal, making a few stops to pick up needed items. The goal for today is to position ourselves on one of the climbs of the Tour de France. Pretty flat path to the town of Le Thillot where we see the first signs of TDF. Get food and continue to the base of the climb. Quite busy with cyclists all around. Start UP! Go about halfway and find a decent spot amongst campervans. Make dinner and watch the scene unfold.Leggi altro

  • Along the canal to Epinal

    15 luglio, Francia ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C

    With our late evening, a late start was inevitable. Got ourselves easily out of Nancy along a cycleway that led to another canal route. Wind was either nonexistent or behind us - a pleasant change. Cycle path was quite busy with other cyclists. A fairly short day (< 40 miles) and we are in Epinal. Get some food before heading up to campground full of cyclists.Leggi altro

  • Bastille Day in Nancy

    14 luglio, Francia ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C

    Also Doug’s birthday. After a late start, wind our way through quiet streets of Nancy. City seems a bit deserted. Stanislaus seems to be the founder and his presence and name is everywhere. Check out main squares and parks. Stop for birthday pastries. Head back to studio to watch Tour de France. Shower. Out for a nice meal. Position ourselves outside Fanfest to watch World Cup game but people stand in front. Opt to leave. Wander towards fireworks. Great display.Leggi altro

  • To Nancy

    13 luglio, Francia ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C

    A different type of riding today. Off of the canal paths (mostly) and on roads or paths parallel to big freeway. Lots of undulating and the wind is again against us. But the sunflowers are beautiful! Finally get lunch in Toul and sit by nice cathedral. Day has gotten hotter as we finish our ride into the city of Nancy. Check in to tiny AirBnB. Walk to grocery store and pick up nice premade dinner.Leggi altro

  • Ligny en Barrios

    12 luglio, Francia ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C

    Head out of our campground and ride along a dry canal bed. Great (and busy) cycle route. Go through the city of Saint Duziey and head north and up. Wind is pretty fierce and not in our favor. Have a few long ups and then cruise into Bar le Duc. Very pretty to little town and very quiet for a Sunday. Have some lunch and then finish ride along canal. Arrive at campground but can’t seem to pay with our US phone numbers. Set up anyway. Nice little campground near town of Ligny en Barrios.Leggi altro