GermaniaRheinland-PfalzSpeyerDomplatz Speyer49°19’2” N 8°26’28” E
17 luglio 2017, Germania ⋅ ☀️ 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 economicLeggi altro
FranciaGrand-EstStrasbourg48°34’29” N 7°45’3” E
18 luglio 2017, Francia ⋅ ☀️ 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 theLeggi altro
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.
SvizzeraBaselGrossbaselBasler Münster47°33’24” N 7°35’29” E 20 luglio 2017, Svizzera ⋅ ⛅ 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 dropLeggi altro
SvizzeraKanton ZürichFlaach47°34’31” N 8°36’30” E 21 luglio 2017, Svizzera ⋅ ☀️ 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 40Leggi altro
Viaggiatore Hey Pat seems like you r having a good time. Pics and story are very inviting. Thanks and enjoy it, you could be back home here working like the rest of us - now that's some motivation for those looming hills!!
SvizzeraKanton ThurgauArbonSteineloh47°31’31” N 9°25’13” E 22 luglio 2017, Svizzera ⋅ ⛅ 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 ILeggi altro
Viaggiatore Looks quite warm that side - were freezing here u know. Enjoy it, looks great
AustriaVorarlbergHöchst47°27’32” N 9°38’6” E
23 luglio 2017, Austria ⋅ ⛅ 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 intoLeggi altro
LiechtensteinVaduz47°8’29” N 9°31’17” E
23 luglio 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 andLeggi altro
SvizzeraKanton GraubündenChurMasansPlessur46°51’43” N 9°30’26” E 23 luglio 2017, Svizzera ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
The majestic Alps beckon !!
From Liechtenstein the gradient starts to go up as you head towards the source of the Rhine. Heading towards Chur the river passes through breathtaking ravines.
Today isLeggi altro
SvizzeraKanton GraubündenSplügen46°33’11” N 9°19’23” E 25 luglio 2017, Svizzera ⋅ 🌧 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 todayLeggi altro
Viaggiatore
Love the way they stack the wood. quite an adventure... wondered how the weather was.
ItaliaLombardiaMadesimoMontesplugaPiz Tamborello46°30’20” N 9°19’50” E 26 luglio 2017, Italia ⋅ 🌧 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 intoLeggi altro
