Shopping and bike delay
May 3, 2019 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Went to Austria this morning to fill up Philipp’s car with diesel (20c cheaper there).
Toured the city, shops, power plant (50MW) and locks on the Danube, side by side.
Then to the bike dealerRead more
Autobahns
May 4, 2019 in Germany ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Picked up the bike then both car and bike to Munich to pick up Jill at the airport.
A few light showers then back to Passau.
Cars zip past even when you are doing 140 mph.
Passau Bierfest
May 5, 2019 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
Quick tour of Passau and St Stephens (The Dome) with the 3rd biggest organ in the world. Makes me feel insignificant. Then a meal, send off for Phillip family afternoon tea then packing.
Cesky Krumlov
May 6, 2019 in Czech Republic ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Rode through light snow successfully. Directions from the bike’s speakers (ex Jill’s phone map app) brilliant.
Prague
May 7, 2019 in Czech Republic ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Good beer, pork, coffee and cakes. Plenty of tourists too.
Prague
May 8, 2019 in Czech Republic ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Castle today and a cake ....
Prague to Pilsen
May 9, 2019 in Czech Republic ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Beer town. Pretty.
Pilsen to Rosenheim
May 10, 2019 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Time to do some kilometres before it rains. However we did have a few showers going through a national park and forests. Took a long cut from the cafe in Zwiesel. Too busy to take photos.
I do knowRead more
To Torbole
May 11, 2019 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Germany to the Austria border and up the mountains and down again into Italy. Relatively steep and long descent at 110kph. Dangerous. Corten steel type barriers. Jill found this lake village -Read more
Mothers Day
May 12, 2019 in Italy ⋅ 🌧 6 °C
Rode alongside the lake at 50kph mostly through the very picturesque and tourist populated east side of the lake - Lago de Guarda. Then to Asti to sleep.
Grapes and tunnels
May 13, 2019 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
To Menton (near Monaco). Vines on very steep slopes, then tunnels to France then waterfront hotel. Some slow sections but pretty and warmer.
Grasse
May 14, 2019 in France ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Saved money today by buying perfume. Not much biking.
Smells of Grasse
May 14, 2019 in France ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Motorways
May 15, 2019 in France ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Several kilometres today to get us closer to Toulouse. Nearly lost a credit card in the toll booth. Held up many cars until a maintenance man came. Next section didn’t receive a toll ticket then hadRead more
Big
May 16, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
To Toulouse before the rain
Toulouse
May 17, 2019 in France ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
First to the bike shops - 5 or so all lined up together. Then the big machines. Later another lovely welcoming dinner.
Eurovision
May 18, 2019 in France ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
Quiet day. Noisy night. Now know a little about Eurovision and that’s enough. Fun party though.
Traveleri have been missing in action for a week, a heavy cold, but have just spent some lovely time catching up with your last few days. Gorgeous countryside you've been through, punctuated i see by stunning food. Now, about Eurovision....did no-one vote for Great Britain because no european wanted to vote for a country that doesnt want to be in Europe, or was it just a crap song?
Sunday in Toulouse
May 19, 2019 in France ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
We were treated to a tasty Morrocan lunch in the Toulouse city centre by our 4 hosts. Yum. Then a walk around town.
Montauban
May 20, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Checked out the apartment market here. Interesting. Staying in our hosts’ mother’s house. Beautiful town.
Saint Cere
May 21, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Beautiful old towns today
Gently does it
May 22, 2019 in France ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Short ride to to lunch then lodgings. Also checked country road speed limit and it is 80, (erk) although many don’t obey it. 110 for divided (almost) motorways and 130 for motorways.
Food
May 23, 2019 in France ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Breakfast, a few km, lunch at Saint Etiene, a few more km to make up 300 and gourmet dinner at where-ever we are now.
Eguisheim in Alsace, NE France
May 24, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
My navigator did a sterling job again today. Beautiful old towns and more gourmet food.
Colmar
May 25, 2019 in Germany ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
A pre breakfast ride up the Grand Ballon for me, a hill climb in The Tour, then to Colmar (little Venice) and then into Germany.
