Towards Bavaria. First tourista! 4th week of September 2003

We took a ferry across the lake to Meersburg the following day. It rained and rained – a cold, driving rain. We looked for a spot to set up camp for the night, to no avail. The towns were too close together – there wasn’t a patch of field or woods between them. We kept […]

Lake Constance – 3rd week of September 2003

After breakfasting, we headed towards Lake Constance and were thrilled to find that the first part, at least, was down, down, down. It seemed to be in compensation for the day before, which was filled with unending hills. In fact, we had somehow managed, all day long, to remain between 22-23 kms. from Constance. We […]

Black Forest – mid-September 2003

As we crossed the Rhine into Germany, I had the impression that, all of a sudden, everything was a little bit foreign. It was the language, of course. We could hear boaters passing, all speaking German. It was a bit disconcerting, thinking that each time we pass a new border we’d have to get used […]

Germany – Almost!

We were cycling through Strasbourg, ready to cross the Rhine into Germany, when we spotted two other cyclo-travelers on a bridge. We stopped to say hi, and our little hello turned into an hour or more before we decided that we might as well finish the day together. So instead of heading east towards Germany, […]

Weeks 6 and 7 – September 2003 – Strasbourg (Alsace)

Our bike route from Mulhouse to Strasbourg took us along the border with Germany, where we could see the Black Forest in the distance. Mountains bordered us on both sides, but our road could not have been flatter. As a result, we cycled our longest distance thus far – 100 km. (60 mi.). The last […]

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