Category Archives: Odyssey#6 2019 Wandering in Europe

A SHORT JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany and Holland Part 1 Borken to Tolkamer on the Rhine July 2019. Following our journey through France and some rest days in Zurich with friends we took a train to … Continue reading →

Part 2:     REIMS, NANCY, STRASBOURG and RETURN to ZURICH June 2019 Following our visit to Amiens, the Australian National Memorial and Villers-Bretonneux we moved on to Reims, which was just as historic and majestic as Amiens but we were … Continue reading →

Part 1: AMIENS and the AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL MEMORIAL, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX  JUNE 2019 The aim of taking this route was to go to city of Amiens, visit Hill 104 where thousands of Australian soldiers were killed and the Australian National Memorial. Nearby … Continue reading →

FROM BRITTANY TO NORMANDY: RENNES to ROUEN and DIEPPE JUNE 2019 On this leg of our journey in France we travelled by train to Rouen but were on our bikes again just north of Rouen on the Paris to London … Continue reading →

BRITTANY: LA GACILLY to RENNES. JUNE 2019   Reluctantly we departed La Gacilly and followed quiet D roads (minor roads) hoping to stay in front of the predicted storms. The ride took us through rural areas and with the wind at … Continue reading →

FRANCE: NANTES to BLAIN, REDON and LA GACILLY ALONG THE NANTES-BREST CANAL    2019. There were a number of reasons we didn’t continue along the Eurovelo 6 to the Atlantic from Nantes as it meant crossing a high suspension bridge … Continue reading →

FRANCE: BRAIN SUR-L’AUTHION TO NANTES ALONG THE LOIRE ON THE EUROVELO 6     2019 This section of the bike route took us further along the Loire but with some detours inland past vineyards, picket fences and grand gateposts and along a … Continue reading →

OBSERVATIONS from the SADDLE of a BIKE 2019. FRANCE: NEVERS TO BRAIN SUR-L’AUTHION ALONG THE EUROVELO 6 From Nevers we took a train. Instead of riding the hooked part of the river to Orleans and back south to Tours we … Continue reading →

OBSERVATIONS from the SADDLE of a BIKE                                                             Lyon to Nevers France   After five days in Lyon we decided to move on and the simplest thing to do was to take a train to Paray-le-Monial back on the Eurovelo … Continue reading →

OBSERVATIONS from the SADDLE of a BIKE WANDERINGS 2019  FRANCE: LYON and PEROUGES The name Lyon has nothing to do with the animal, it is more likely associated with the Latin name of the city Lugdunum, which was reduced to … Continue reading →