Category Archives: Odyssey #5 2017: Cycling in Europe

EUROVELO 6 FRANCE DAY 8 ALONG THE VELO 6 BIKE PATH. DAYS 9 & 10 in BESANÇON.  Farewell to Le Bambi Hotel at Baume-les-Dames and arriving in Besançon. In 2015 the population of Besançon was 116,676. At the start of … Continue reading →

EUROVELO 6 FRANCE  DAY 5 LONGEVELLE TO BAUME-LES-DAMES  DAY 6 DRYING OUT at BAUME-LES-DAMES. Rain this morning, the blessings from Buddha were not with us. Buddha said Life is Suffering and today we suffered, to a degree. The statement is … Continue reading →

EURO VELO 6 FRANCE DAY 4 DANNEMARIE to LONGEVELLE-SUR-DOUBS For most parts of today I didn’t wear my helmet as it would not fit over my woolly hat and in light of there being no traffic I took a chance. … Continue reading →

EUROVELO 6 ADVENTURES – – ZURICH to BESANCON FRANCE DAY 3 MULHOUSE to DANNEMARIE Today was a cool overcast day and the ride for most parts was along the edge of the Canal du Rhône au Rhin. The travel publicity … Continue reading →

EUROVELO 6 ADVENTURES – – ZURICH to BESANCON FRANCE  DAY 1 & 2 BADEN to MULHOUSE.   25/26 October 2017. When we left Zurich in September our friends Rolf & Erika suggested that if at any time we wanted to return … Continue reading →

POST 11 OBSERVATIONS from the SADDLE of a BIKE 2016. GENOVA and SAN REMO ITALY and LUGANO SWITZERLAND, Genova is what I call a ‘Sardine City’, a city where its inhabitants literally live on top of each other because suitable … Continue reading →

PART 10  OBSERVATIONS from the SADDLE of a BIKE MILAN ITALY After four enjoyable days in Verona we were unsure where to go next (typical of a true traveller/vagabond) then after consulting the map we decided to take the train … Continue reading →

PART 9  OBSERVATIONS from the SADDLE of a BIKE VERONA ITALY Three of Shakespeare’s plays were set in Verona and one that comes to mind is Romeo and Juliet, I think because I was required to study the play in … Continue reading →

POST 8   OBSERVATIONS from the SADDLE of a BIKE  TRIESTE to CERVIGNANO by BICYCLE and by TRAIN to VERONA.  The three hour bus ride from Pula to Trieste was without event, the action started once we arrived. The bus terminal … Continue reading →

POST 7   OBSERVATIONS from the SADDLE of a BIKE  PULA CROATIA  October 2017 Sunday morning came and we took a bus to Pula, a coastal city in Croatia. The main reason for going to Pula was to see the Roman … Continue reading →