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Amsterdam to Zurich – 2007, Flashback #5
I think I can say this without it being a total lie. One stupidly drunken night in Tokyo led to a guy named Nigel to try and cycle (and nearly succeed) from England to Japan. Nigel and I had gone …...
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Central Europe Loop – Day 5
We rode through 3 countries today and one was not even intended. We hooked left near the eastern end of Lake Constance, crossed another covered bridge to take a break and have an apple, only to be...
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Central Europe Loop – Day 6
Mrs. Collenberg offered to take us down the road and show us where we could hook up with the cycling path to Rapperswil, and finally towards the Alps. This little grandma hauled her mountain bike out...
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The Ridiculous Hills of Switzerland (aka Central Europe Loop – Day 7)
We knew we had a tough day ahead of us, but the gradients of some of the roads in Switzerland are just stupid. The Etzel Pass, done on a stomach full of breakfast, was 20% in some places – more …...
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Central Europe Loop – Day 8
Switzerland is a great place to ride a bike. It’s also a decent place to chuck a bike onto public transport and make some pedal-free miles! That’s what we did today – planned and unplanned – as it...
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Central Europe Loop – Day 9
My secret plan for this trip was to cycle all the way back to Montpellier from our starting point in Strasbourg, a near impossibility given the terrain-distance-time combination. Day 9 helped. The...
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Central Europe Loop – Days 10 & 11
Today we left Switzerland in style by hopping on one of the many bicycle-friendly boats the ply the waters of Lake Geneva. Here are the sayonara shots of Lausanne. And one of the many little ports we...
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Haute Route, Day One: Geneva – Megève
A quick post tonight because it’s 21:35 and I need to get serious about recovery. Today’s first day was a pretty brutal beginning – much longer than in previous years – and has set the stage for the...
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