I had a great weekend of cycling mixed in with the Grand Depart of the Le Tour de France 2015, the time trial on Saturday was in Utrecht, it was packed with people in full party mode. On Sunday I headed down towards Gouda to take in stage 2 that started in Utrecht with a finish in Zealand. …
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Rolled into Sant Hilari Sacalm, Spain I have reached my final destination. The ride today, while short, was quite hard. From Girona the ride was in total 42.9 km up to Sant Hilari Sacalm the last …
Cycletrippin Day 9 turned out to be a rest day …
Cycletrippin Day 8 was a great day for cycling as it was sunny and not too hot. I set off early in the morning but not before I had a chat with the hotel manager. He …
I have reached a place in the Mediterranean called La Grande-Motte. I put my toes in the sea and tomorrow morning I will have a swim if it is warm enough. I started Cycletrippin Day 7 …
Today the weather was not as great as it rained sporadically. Last night I stayed in Vienne, a small town south of Lyon on the bank of the river Rhone, which is surrounded by beautiful hills. …
Cycletrippin Day 5 started this morning from Michel’s house in Châtenoy-le-Royal, France. Michel has a home business of building sailboats and has 3 sons in their early twenties who all live at home. Currently, they’re studying …
Cycletrippin Day 4 was going to be a rest day. I had forgotten that I had booked a room through Airbnb so I set off towards Dijon, with my destination being Chalon-sur-Saône, which is in the …
Cycletrippin Day 3 started early in Amneville where I stayed the night. The first part of the ride was easy; I followed the river Moselle and went on dedicated bike paths that google maps provided me …
My cycletrippin today went from Aachen to Amneville, I crossed 5 countries! The day started in Germany, cycled up to Drielandenpunt (the point where Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium connect), then I went through Belgium, Luxembourg before …
