Day 1, Málaga
The flight to Málaga was barely seven hours but I managed to view two movies, Antigone and Joker. Consequently, I was dog tired and really upset when I saw that the bottom of my bicycle box…
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Category: Europe
Jihlava to Kutná Hora
June 29th 2019 A beautiful day for cycling cool for most of the day. Nice roads with spectacular views. The only caveat is that following the route mapped out by maps.me was time consuming and tiresome…
Lire la suiteNeum to Makarska and Bol
June 4th and 5th 2019 When you follow the Adriatic coast, in Croatia, you must go through a small enclave of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the town of Neum. Despite the fact that Neum has the…
Lire la suiteAthens to Brussels; recap of the entire trip
In my first post retirement trip, I visited 11 countries cycling almost 4,500 kilometers in 66 steps from May 5th to July 24th 2019. A trip almost impossible to summarize except to say that despite the…
Lire la suiteAntwerp to Brussels, 22 July 2019
This is the last bike ride of my journey. My last stage was about fifty kilometres, so I was in no hurry. I woke up a little before eight o’clock and shopped my hotel before having…
Lire la suiteUtrecht in Breda and Breda in Antwerp, 20 and 21 July 2019
Here are the maps of my journeys on Strava, a software used by top athletes to track their performance and compare with their opponents. I knew I couldn't leave early because the Sleep Well Hotel (that's…
Lire la suiteRest day in Utrecht
I enjoyed my rest day in Utrecht especially as it was nice without overwhelming heat. I neglected sunscreen but the sun was often veiled so I didn’t get a sunburn. On my digital map I saw…
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