Trip: Europe
There are [32] stories from my trip: Europe
FRANCE | Saturday, 13 Oct 2007 | Views [594]
Amy: We have learned a lot about the role Canadian Soldiers played in the war. On this date, 5,000 Canadian soldiers attacked German positions in and around Dieppe. The sole intention of the attack was to determine the feasibility of taking a port ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
FRANCE | Monday, 8 Oct 2007 | Views [682] | Comments [4]
Patti: We took yesterday as a bit of down day as we had just ridden a 100 km ride the previous day. It was all on flat land along the north sea coast of Belgium and then into the northern part of France. Aside from losing our way in a couple of towns ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
BELGIUM | Thursday, 4 Oct 2007 | Views [749] | Comments [4]
Amy: We survived our all nighter in Luxembourg City. We hung out at the music sites until about 1am and then managed to hang out in the lobby of the Hostel until morning. We felt the hostel would be safer then the train station. In the morning we ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
BELGIUM | Thursday, 4 Oct 2007 | Views [694]
Patti: At this moment Amy and I are both in recovery mode. A few days ago when we were sharing a hostel room in Luxembourg with a couple from Slovakia, the woman kindly spread her germs and with the day of rain we rode in 2 days ago, one of us was bound ... Read more >
Tags: Health
LUXEMBOURG | Sunday, 30 Sep 2007 | Views [755] | Comments [3]
Amy: We decided to stick around Luxembourg to take in the premier of the World Me You Zik festival. The hostel in the city was full for the weekend so we took a bus out to the nearest hostel in Bourlingster. The drive out was beautiful. We came back ... Read more >
Tags: Party time
LUXEMBOURG | Friday, 28 Sep 2007 | Views [550] | Comments [3]
Patti: Luxembourg City is a beautiful place. I'm sure it would be even more beautiful if it wasn't raining. My makeshift bike repair seems to be working fine so we did another 60 km ride to get here yesterday. Lots of hills, again. You'd think we would ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
GERMANY | Tuesday, 25 Sep 2007 | Views [731]
Amy: We left Trier and rode a long 75K to Vianden in Luxembourgh. It seems as soon as we entered into Luxembourgh the terrain changed dramatically. The old style German villages are gone and towns seem alot further apart. Not to mention the hills.... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
GERMANY | Sunday, 23 Sep 2007 | Views [830] | Comments [4]
Amy: It has been a few days and a few Km's since we last had internet access. We are in Trier Germany and have ridden over 400 Km's on our bikes so far. I think my legs have forgiven me as they have not been sore since we took a day off, tired but ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
GERMANY | Monday, 17 Sep 2007 | Views [705] | Comments [5]
Patti: So two days since our last entry and a few more kilometers behind us. We travelled 70 km yesterday through some more beautiful countryside with lots of castles to see. We were mostly along the Rhein River, in a deep valley, where the roads were ... Read more >
Tags: The Law
GERMANY | Saturday, 15 Sep 2007 | Views [598] | Comments [1]
Patti: So we have been two days on our bikes. Yesterday was Frankfurt to Mainz which was about 48 km. It seemed like we never really left the city as it was one village after another, connected. Never the less, it was very beautiful. We rode near the ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
GERMANY | Wednesday, 12 Sep 2007 | Views [1098] | Comments [6]
Amy: The fog is slowly clearing. We manged to get a few extra hours sleep this morning to help make up for the hours missed on the way here. My thoughs on Germany so far....Beer and Bakeries. Gotta love it. Have to love a country that puts beer in ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
GERMANY | Tuesday, 11 Sep 2007 | Views [646]
Amy: We have arrived at our first internet cafe and thought we would give a quick update. We arrived in Frankfurt this morning at 6am local time which is about 11 Wpg. time. All our luggage arrived with us but Patti's rear wheel was damaged in transit.... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
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