The A Train Hotel

Well.... My accommodation is just getting funkier still!!!
This place is amazing. Long and narrow, obviously someone is obsessed with trains. Situated across from the Central Train Station. The frontLäs mer
Explore Amsterdam after tea

Went out and had tea then a little walk around. Got a few souvenirs and a few photos.
Cycle city tour of Amsterdam

Walk to find a Post Office

After the bike ride I had some lunch, then walked about a km to find a Post Office that had a good google review for being helpful. Lots had bad reviews.
It was worth the walk as the guy at theLäs mer
Walking food tour and canal cruise

Today I meet up with the cycling tour people. I'm joining on Stage 2.
1 person is leaving from Stage 1 (Paris to Amsterdam) and 4 of us are joining. I now have a roommate Alison from Melbourne.
ThisLäs mer
First day riding to Kampen

Up and at 'em and ride off with the Alltrails cycling group out of Amsterdam. I'm on a red e-bike and I like it.
I find 2 others to ride with and all is great.
15 km out, on the outskirts of AmsterdamLäs mer
To Coevorden

I'm in the van today with Jorg, I can't weightbear on my foot. Along the way he finds me some crutches to buy. They help a lot.
Today is a lovely sunny day and only 76 km. I still enjoy the sceneryLäs mer
Over the border to Cloppenburg

I'm back in the van again with Sonja. Woke up not being able to walk on it and feeling like a big lump is under my outer foot. I make myself put weight on it after I've put my good supportive shoeLäs mer
To Bremen

In the van again with Anje today. Lots of support needed today. Minor collision, flat tyre.
Pretty countryside.
Wedding party being transported in the bucket of a tractor with the local fireLäs mer
A few more Bremen pics

From Bremen to Hamburg

Another day in the van with Jorg. Decided not to ride today, tomorrow is a rest day so give it 2 more days.
As it turns out it was a wise decision, the German bike paths are not good. Bumpy andLäs mer
Hamburg Harbour Cruise

Today is a rest day.
This morning a harbour cruise, organised by the Tour, happens in lovely sunshine.
Hamburg is a deep, very busy harbour. Like Antwerp it is on very big rivers that flow out to seaLäs mer
It's all about coffee today ☕

After the cruise, I hobble ( no longer on crutches but foot is still a bit stiff and sore) to find the closest Hop On Hop Off bus stop but get distracted by the smell of coffee.
I'm glad I followedLäs mer
HOHO bus to save the foot

After coffee I found the bus just around the corner. There is a red, blue or yellow one, they take different routes. I hadn't bought a ticket yet so thought I'd jump on the first one that turns up.Läs mer
Back on the bike!!! In Lubeck

I started in the van again so I didn't have to deal with Hamburg traffic, etc. Only a 70 K day today for the others.
I got on my bike 15.5 km out of Lubeck, a lovely man John convinced me to do it.Läs mer
Lubeck walkabout

Very pretty mediaeval town.
Apparently you need to try their marzipan.
First full day ride to Malente

Today is only 54 km so I start with everyone in the morning and see how I go.
With my whiz-bang e-bike I do the whole lot easily. My foot is very supported with strapping,etc.
I ride in a slower, butLäs mer
More pics of the day

We get to our hotel and there is a pool, spa and sauna. I spend an hour and a half there with a few others.
Felt very relaxed afterwards.
Travel 109 km but only cycle 95

Today's cycle is supposed to be about 95 km. We travel 109 though as we get shuttled in a bus again over a bridge under reconstruction and 20 K's after that the ferry to Denmark.
My foot holds upLäs mer
Short stroll around after tea

It's a lovely afternoon and a beautiful evening.
Maribo to Rødvig

94-98 km today.
European summer has arrived!! Some people even have sunburn!!
Very pretty fields and villages. Crops look like wheat/barley, broad beans, definitely peas! I saw pea pods, should haveLäs mer
Last day, into Copenhagen

80 km today.
Lovely ride in sunshine.
Being Saturday all the Danes were out beaching, boating, walking dogs, picnics, riding. It was lovely.
Canal cruise

In the middle of the HOHO bus routes is a canal cruise.
It's Sunday, a beautiful warm, nearly hot day, and everyone is out sunbathing and swimming.
HOHO bus, lovely Copenhagen

2 busses and a canal cruise on this ticket. Quite a hot day.
Tivoli Gardens

Tivoli Gardens was founded in 1843 by Georg Carstensen (b. 1812 – d. 1857), who obtained a five-year charter to create Tivoli by telling King Christian VIII that "when the people are amusingLäs mer