TysklandRheinland-PfalzSpeyerDomplatz Speyer49°19’2” N 8°26’28” E
17. juli 2017, Tyskland ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Not much happening on the route toady. Still a few barges carrying cargo but not nearly as many on the lower section of the Rhine. You can see now why the Rhine is considered Germany's economicLæs mere
FrankrigGrand-EstStrasbourg48°34’29” N 7°45’3” E
18. juli 2017, Frankrig ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Big day today with 140 km. So far nine days on the bike and 1,088 km clocked.
The past two days have been sweltering with today reaching 36 °C. Doesn't help much starting early as you still on theLæs mere
Denyse Halse Hi Pat drink loads of water in this heat. Do hope your bike has had the necessary Tlc for the days Ahead. Love your pics.. Did you get the thunder and lightening storm last night.
Patrick Leary Absolutely no rain, however severe storm expected tomorrow morning and evening. Oh well.
SchweizBaselGrossbaselBasler Münster47°33’24” N 7°35’29” E 20. juli 2017, Schweiz ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
The start of today's route followed a wooded canal cycle path almost dead straight for 50 km (144 km in total today). Somewhere on route I crossed another border, now in Switzerland.
Basel - a dropLæs mere
SchweizKanton ZürichFlaach47°34’31” N 8°36’30” E 21. juli 2017, Schweiz ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Some big mountains beginning to loom now on the horizon. Scary stuff ! Today was the first day with a few small climbs. Gravity sure slows you down when the combined weight of bike plus kit is 40Læs mere
SchweizKanton ThurgauArbonSteineloh47°31’31” N 9°25’13” E 22. juli 2017, Schweiz ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Today's route followed mostly the shores of Lake Constance (Konstanz) which borders Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. Lake Constance, known as “the heart and soul of Europe". At some stage today ILæs mere
ØstrigVorarlbergHöchst47°27’32” N 9°38’6” E
23. juli 2017, Østrig ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Stopped for a coffee and tried to pay with my Swiss Francs, only to find that I had crossed another border, this time into Austria.
A very brief excursion into Austria, and then back again intoLæs mere
LiechtensteinVaduz47°8’29” N 9°31’17” E
23. juli 2017, Liechtenstein ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Crossed a border yet again, this time into the small country of Liechtenstein. It has an area of just over 160 square kilometers, and an estimated population of 37,000.
Very quite being a Sunday andLæs mere
SchweizKanton GraubündenChurMasansPlessur46°51’43” N 9°30’26” E SchweizKanton GraubündenSplügen46°33’11” N 9°19’23” E 25. juli 2017, Schweiz ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
Time to now cross the Alps.
Yesterday I was caught in two storms before 10am and only made it halfway of my planned route. Called it a day and decided to find some place dry.
Second attempt todayLæs mere
ItalienLombardiaMadesimoMontesplugaPiz Tamborello46°30’20” N 9°19’50” E 26. juli 2017, Italien ⋅ 🌧 7 °C
The lower section of the pass leaving the town of Splugen had five switchbacks. The upper section had sixteen switchbacks !
At the summit of the pass was again another border, this time crossing intoLæs mere
