| Planning for Europe |
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| Why Europe Again? |
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| Getting our Gear Organized |
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| Our route: See the bottom of the page for a revision! |
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| We Are on our Way! |
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ICELAND: A week to explore - perhaps to cycle here someday... |
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| Iceland -the arrival |
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| On the road in Iceland |
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| Icebergs |
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| Lava, Waterfalls - Are we on the set of Game of Thrones? |
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| Saying farewell to Iceland |
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GERMANY - time to cycle again: Back to SeavoB and our friends |
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| Frankfurt |
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| A Few Days on the Reitz farm: Training rides, solving bike problems and lots of laughter |
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| The Cycling Begins!: Limburg to Worth am Main |
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| Change of plans for our trip |
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| Worth am Main to Wertheim |
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| Camp Forelle - stayed an extra day for a rain filled rest day |
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| A Mouse In Our Tent!!!: The Wet Mousy Campground to Bad Mergentheim |
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Romantic Strasse |
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| Bad Mergentheim to Rothenburg ob der Tauber |
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| A Day to Sightsee in Rothenburg |
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| Rothenburg to Dinkkelsbuhl: From One Beautiful Medieval City to Another |
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| Rest day - Dinkelsbuhl |
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| Dinkelsbul to Nordlingen |
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Via Claudia Augusta route |
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| Donauworth: After 4 years, we have made it back to the Danube. |
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| To Augsburg along the River Lech: escaping a thunder storm |
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| Augsburg: Searching for a bike shop |
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| Augsburg to Hurlach: Euro Bike challenges continue... |
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| Camping at Via Claudia at Lechbruck: It's hot again - but we enjoy local hospitality |
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| To Fussen: - issues with the bike continue..... |
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| Fussen - success at the bike shop |
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Austria |
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| We are in the Alps: ...beautiful ride except for the part after Reutte |
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| Over the Fern Pass: ...a better day |
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Italy: Etsch (Adige) Route |
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| Landeck to Reschen Pass: - we are in Italy |
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| Sometimes Turning Around is the Best Kind of Day |
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| A Glorious All Day Downhill Ride through Miles and Miles of Apples |
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| Another Blissful Day of Riding Downhill: surrounded by apples, apples and more apples |
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| A Rainy Rest Day Outside of Bolzano |
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| Bolzano-A Quick Detour turned into a wonderful afternoon |
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| Trying Agritourism - Val d'Adige B&B near Trento |
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| A Beautiful Day of Cycling, Roscalfor to Breitbach: Camping at another Agritourism |
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| From Camping in a Vineyard to a Hotel in Verona |
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| "The Bottom Bracket Blues": Kindness of Strangers-Lost and Confused in San Martino |
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| A Day at the Verona International Bike Show |
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| A Slow but Eventful Departure from Verona |
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Italy: On to more rivers: Mincio, Po.... |
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| Camping at one of the "Most Beautiful Villages in Italy" |
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| A wet, windy night of relentless thunder and lightning: On to Mantova, we think |
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| More (mis)adventures with Seavob: -a burst rear tire and on to Revere |
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| An early stop at Agriturismo Corte Nigella: Heat and humidity made us throw in the towel |
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| A Night at the Horse Farm and on to Ferrara: Another Flat Tire |
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| Ferrara - Riding Around Looking for Bike Tires |
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| Ferrara-we couldn't resist another day |
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| On our way to Ravenna We Stop in Portamaggiore: You never know what the day will bring! |
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| From Portomaggiore to an Agriturismo Outside of Ravenna: Meeting New Friends Along the Way |
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| A Short Ride to Ravenna |
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| Sightseeing in Ravenna: Exceptional mosaics....mosaics....and more mosaics |
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| Another Few Days in Ravenna |
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A change of plan - we are going to Rome: via Reitsma's Route naar Rome |
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| Leaving Ravenna and Heading to Rome |
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| Cesenatico to Torre Pedrera by way of Santarcangelo: - more festivals: a Fiera and a Children's Fitness Festival |
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| We Visit One of Italy's Great Cyclist's Hometown and Camp on the Adriatic Sea |
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| From the coast to the beginning of the hills, Novafeltria: A great ride on a bike path following Marrecchia River |
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| Staying in Novafeltria at Hotel Magda: Solving a bike problem |
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| To Badia Tedalda - a day of climbing in the Apennines |
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| A cold ride up and over Valico di Viamaggio, 1050 metres: a memorable adventure spiced with rain, fog, wind and mist. |
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| A day in Sansepolcro: - an historic, charming town |
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| To Umbertide: A stormy day |
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| To Assisi -through picturesque Umbria on rough roads: -olive groves, tobacco fields, castles.... |
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| A day in Assisi |
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| Assisi to Bevagna - discovering an unexpected gem |
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| Climbing all day - we must be in the Apennines of Umbria |
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| Heavy Rain,Thunder and Lightning- We decide to stay another day on the farm |
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| Massa Martana to Otricoli: A Spectacular Day of Riding |
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| Trucks, Traffic , Monster Hills: Our Last Day of Riding |
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| Staying close to Rome for a While |
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| We Explore the Other Direction on Lake Bracciano |
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| A Day in Rome |
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| On to Siena-in the Heart of Tuscany: The magic of Italy is back - we love it here |
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| Sightseeing in Siena: The Unique and Beautiful Duomo |
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| Siena - What a Wonderful City to Explore |
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| Heading to Pisa |
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| In Pisa Before Our Flight to Frankfurt |
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| Our Last Day in Pisa |
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| Flying Back to Germany |
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| Celebrating Cora's birthday at the Wildlife Park, Hessen Forest |
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| A Fall Ride with Georg and Cora |
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| A Day Trip to Frankfurt |
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| German pottery expedition |
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| A Visit to a German Camera Factory |
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| Our Last Visit to Limburg |
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| We Fly Home to Saltspring Island |
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