This entry is actually from a while back, but I’ve slapped a couple of photos in and added some more content.
I lived in Japan for nearly 10 years, and rode a lot. Unfortunately, I only did a few ‘real’ trips, the rest being up and down (and up and down, and up and…) the Tama [...]
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Eastern Hokkaido (Japan) 1999 – Flashback 15
Posted in Asia / Australia, Cycling, Japan, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, tagged hokkaido, kuril islands on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Central Europe Loop – Days 12, 13 & 14
Posted in Cycling, France, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, Medieval Stuff, Roman Leftovers, tagged isere river, orange, provence, romans sur isere on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In a mad rush to get to The South, we took good advantage of the northerly wind that usually blows down the Rhone valley, and pulled three 100+ km days. We never did make it back to Montpellier on our bikes, but pretty close as you’ll see soon. We finally made our way out of [...]
Central Europe Loop – Days 10 & 11
Posted in Cycling, France, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, Switzerland, tagged lake geneva, lausanne on September 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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 stopped at on our trip across.
And finally, France. Nearly everyone got off the boat with us at Yvoire, and [...]
Central Europe Loop – Day 9
Posted in Cycling, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, Rest of Europe, Switzerland, tagged camping du lac, interlaken, lausanne, montreux, spiez on September 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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 night before we stayed at a great little campsite near Interlaken (http://www.campingdulac.ch/), equipped with an Internet/reading room – a first for me. Since it [...]
Central Europe Loop – Day 8
Posted in Cycling, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, Rest of Europe, Switzerland, tagged brunigpass, statter see on September 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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 turned out. We started off with a ferry across Statter See, actually part of National Cycle Route [...]
The Ridiculous Hills of Switzerland (aka Central Europe Loop – Day 7)
Posted in Cycling, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, Rest of Europe, Switzerland, tagged einseideln, etzel pass, pilgrimage, zurich on September 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 than I have ever heard of on the Tour de France. Really, you just come [...]
Central Europe Loop – Day 6
Posted in Cycling, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, Rest of Europe, Switzerland, tagged obersee, sargans, walensee on September 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 of the garage with unusual confidence, climbed on it and tore down the road, with Shoko and I panting [...]
Central Europe Loop – Day 5
Posted in Cycling, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, Rest of Europe, Switzerland, tagged liechtenstein, rhine, sargans on September 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 greeted by this sign.
So, I’ve been to Austria! But most of the day was in Switzerland, where you [...]
Central Europe Loop – Days 3 and 4
Posted in Cycling, Germany, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, Rest of Europe, tagged Konstanz, lake constance, Meersburg on September 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This morning we started riding on a river that, if we had the time, would take us through 10 countries and dump us into the Black Sea. Apparently there is a cycling path a good part of the way – at least through Germany and Austria – and it seems to be quite a popular [...]
