Every day when I’m travelling I see something cool. Sometimes it’s just the colour of the sky or the crispness of the snow, other days it’s a momument, a building or archeological remains.
we've had a very bad night.. the room was so warm that we had to resort to cold wet towels in the midde of the night! there was another big rainstorm and it got a bit better afterwards, so I think we've managed the minimum hours of sleep for full functionality. today's schedule is ruled… Continue reading animals all around
leaving from Göteborg, we take the coastal road towards Oslo and quickly turn off to follow local roads over/under the archipelago. there is quite some traffic, but then it's a Saturday and this area is popular with Swedes for a day out. we first stop at Bohus Fästning, which we only discovered by accident this morning… Continue reading Amur
I have mentioned this before, but it's worth repeating: it's very hot out here. the newspapers tell us it's hot all over the world and Belgium has had the hottest Friday July 27th ever! I believe Frederikshavn and Göteborg actually might be relatively cool because they're right at the seaside and there is a refreshing… Continue reading Hot!
after a comfortable night's sleep in the air-conditioned hotel room and a breakfast on the rooftop terrace, we walk back to the car park with our luggage. it's a week day so there's quite some movement in town, even though all the shops are still closed at this hour of nine. in the spirit of… Continue reading Neue Deutsche Härte
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we have a busy morning: I'm working until noon while Arne prepares the house for a two week absence. We had such a busy time the last days that we still have to pack when I get off from work. This however motivates us to pack quickly: usually we would dither and doubt about how… Continue reading on the road again
We're meeting up with some friends in Sweden end of July and will spend a couple of days catching up, taking sauna's, watching the kids play and generally taking it easy. We could of course fly there just for the midweek but we figured a little adventure is in order so we're taking a road… Continue reading Road trip to Sweden
alarm is at six thirty, breakfast is planned at seven, because we need to take the train back home. we pack up for the last time and ride the three kilometers to the train station, arriving way too early, especially as it turns out our train is delayed by twenty minutes. no panic, we should… Continue reading back home
our last day of cycling! we have about 70 kilometers planned back to where we started ten days ago. the weather is supposed to be fine and though the description in the guide book is not very promising - roads under construction, long boring stretches, .. - we are excited about finishing the tour. we're… Continue reading back to Migennes
since we just passed the divide we can start our day at the highest point of the whole region. we cycle on a bicycle path on top of the canal tunnel until it pops out again and we can rejoin the tow path. blue skies, good asphalt, downhill along the locks: pretty much ideal cycling… Continue reading perfect conditions
we have a short day planned, from Dijon to Pouilly-en-Auxois. before leaving the town we stop at a bicycle shop to have to loud ticking in one of our bikes checked out: it might be dirt in the bearing of the pedals or the bearing coming loose itself. bad news is they can't fix it,… Continue reading a short day
from our Burgundy bike trip, visit the online album
we wake up to a clear blue sky, the weather predictions show nothing but sun! after cleaning our bikes a little to get the mud, grass and sand out of the chain and gears we set off towards Dijon, following small roads through the vineyards. we hop from one little village to the next, each… Continue reading to Dijon
we dawdle until eight thirty and have a nice breakfast downstairs in the small hotel. we dawdle some more - today we have nothing but time - and then set off by bike to Beaune, about five kilometers away. it feels very strange to cycle without the packs, it goes so quickly and easy up… Continue reading a day to rest
today should be the hilliest day of the whole tour: we will leave the canal and cross the hills to get to our next stop. there is an alternative route, but we've decided we won't know if we can do it until we try it and tell ourselves that we can take all the time… Continue reading over the hills
I always wake up at six forty five, fifteen minutes before the alarm goes off, difficult to get rid of the working days rythm. after a basic breakfast we set out again along the same canal, though now for some reason it's called Canal du Centre, through a grey foggy day with a light drizzle.… Continue reading some sun again
we left the window open during the night to combat the sweaty clothes smell and each time I woke up I could hear the rain. according to the weather predictions the morning would be the worst, so we took our time with breakfast and packing, leaving the cute hotel in Decize around nine thirty. we… Continue reading Le Canal Latéral à la Loire
a later start today, for no particular reason. it's raining and cold when we set off, but we were warned by the online meteo so we're prepared with will-not-get-cold-even-when-wet pants, rainjackets, helmet covers and even home-made shoe covers. that should do to get through the day relatively dry. we climb out of the valley that… Continue reading A sixteen lock ladder
we started out around nine from Auxerre, getting back to the Yonne and the Canal Nivernais. They intertwine and join occasionally so it's impossible to know which one you're following at a given moment. we have almost a hundred kilometers planned but it should be relatively easy, though we're going up the river which means… Continue reading A lucky day!
since we live in Belgium, getting to the start of our tour involves a drop-off in Lille Europe (France) at seven thirty, a TGV to the Paris Nord train station, a bicycle trip through Paris to the Bercy train station and then a big hour to Laroche-Migennes. I know it sounds convoluted but everything goes… Continue reading warming up
we did a small bicycle trip last year, cycling 450 km from home to Reims in five days, but this year we have bigger plans: a 650 km tour around the Burgundy area in France, following canal towpaths and through the vineyards. half of the success is of course in the preparation and this is… Continue reading cycling 700 km around Burgundy
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