Category Archives: Odyssey#6 2019 Wandering in Europe

OBSERVATIONS FROM THE SADDLE OF BIKE 2019 (Continued) Please note that this post and the ones following, which document our continuing travels in our Odyssey #6, are being posted well after the event. Further posts will follow our journeys to … Continue reading →

The BERNINA PASS and the MORTERATSCH GLACIER  July 2019 Our next biking trip following our journey to Holland was to Morteratsch near Pontresina in the Swiss Alps. We were to meet up with our Swiss exchange student who lived with … Continue reading →

A SHORT JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany and Holland ARNHEM TO ZURICH via ‘s-Hertogenbosch and Maastricht.  July 2019 Den Bosch was our first overnight stop en-route to Zurich (our home base). Den Bosch is the colloquial term … Continue reading →

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 →