Amsterdam

Flew in via Paris with Air France.
Route to Haarlem - Bakkery and coffee

Early morning - GPS, two bikes, Sue and me... :)
Started raining and we had to take shelter in a smal bakkery and then a lovely nursery
Haarlem

Cycled 24 km from Amsterdam to Haarlem. Amsterdam-Haarlem 29 km
At the end of the morning, said "tot ziens!” to amazing Amsterdam and mount our bikes to journey through Kennemerland where a great Czytaj więcej
Leiden

Cycled 33km Haarlem to Leiden Haarlem - Leiden 38 km
A colourful bike trip through the Dune and Bulb Region. Leiden is an old university town. It has a very busy cultural events calendar and a Czytaj więcej
De Haag

Decided to take a detour from Leiden via De Haag to Delft. 40 km in total. Saw the biggest and nicest houses in between but we were to wet to take photos. Unbelievable beach but we rained out.
Delft

Leiden - Delft 24 km
Typical Dutch scenery. Note all the orderly rectangles in this man-made polder landscape (mostly peatland reclamations). Let shining lakes and green pastures, old windmills and Czytaj więcej
Gouda

Cycled 32km. Delft to Gouda.
Delft - Gouda 34 km
This stretch of the tour took us through the Green Heart: a stronghold against urban sprawl in Randstad conurbation. Balancing atop polder dikes, Czytaj więcej
Amsterdam

65km cycle from Gouda and we then had to see the Rijks Museum.
Gouda - Amsterdam 72 km
Tour via the rual Green Heart. The scenery is punctuated by rivers, polders and lakes (bird lovers bring your Czytaj więcej
Saturday night in Amsterdam

Chamonix

Had to travel fly Amsterdam to Geneva and bus to Chamonix.
Col de Tricot

Hiked past the Bioniassay glacier and the rolling slopes of Col du Tricot afterwards descend into the Valley of Les Contamines-Montjoie for lunch.
Then climbed up along an old Roman ridge and past an Czytaj więcej
Refuge de Nant Borrant : Day 1

Traveled to Les Houches and enjoyed a 24km (14 mi) hike through the stunning countryside to Les Contamines
We set off after breakfast for our first day of hiking. Bus to the village of Les Houches, Czytaj więcej
refuge de la La Crroix du Bonhomme

Lunch day 2
Auberge de la Nova Day 2

Hiked a challenging 18km (11 mi) from Les Contamines to Les Chapieux.
Les Contamines-Montjoie - Les Chapieux7h30m 18km
Began the steep ascent to the Col Du Bonhomme (2329m or 7641 ft), then hiked to Czytaj więcej
Courmayeur day 3

Passed glacial lakes on the 23km (14 mi) trek from Les Chapieux to the Italian town of Courmayeur.
Climbed through open pastures and snowfield to Col de la Seigne (2516m or 8254 ft) and the border Czytaj więcej
Courmayeur Day 4

Rest day. Early morning to the SPA after a evening of wiskey and Sangria
Val Ferret Day 5

Hiked the 14km (8.6 mi) from Courmayeur to the Italian Val Ferret. It's a steep climb but the rewarding views are worth it.
Laced the hiking boots back up!
Start the steep climb up to Rifugio Czytaj więcej
Val Ferret La Fouly Day 6

Embarked on a long, steep hike of 20km (12 mi) followed by a stay in the Swiss mountain village of La Fouly.
Val Ferret - La Fouly 20km
Start towards Arp Nouva, then begin the steep climb across the Czytaj więcej
Trient Day 7

Follow the "Bovine Way" and trek from La Fouly to Trient. 16km
Taking the Bovine Way, an old trail used to access the flower-filled summer cow pastures high above the valley, we continue along our Czytaj więcej
Back in Chamonix day 8

Final day of trekking over the Col de la Balme to the Chamonix valley. 14km
Walk uphill through a large forest and then open alpine slopes to
the Col de Balme (2201m or 7221 ft). Trek the last Czytaj więcej
Geneva with Andre and Linda

Grueyere

Bayuex

D Day Airborne

D Day Beaches

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Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam