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Back to the Market – Retour au marché
Home Sweet Home
After driving 3380 k and cycling 773 k, mostly in Germany, we are back home. It’s amazing how much the vegetation has grown in just three weeks. Après avoir parcouru 3380 km en voiture et 773 km en vélo, pour la plupart du temps en Allemagne, nous voilà de retour chez nous. Il est étonnant …
Postcard Summer 2020#21 – Mollans
This surprising wash house, built in 1849, with its Doric columns and fountain, is in the little village of Mollans in the Vosges. We discovered it when we stopped for a picnic lunch. The other two wash houses are in the same village. Tomorrow we will be back home in Blois. Ce lavoir surprenant, construit …
Postcard Summer 2020#20 – Gengenbach
Last day in Germany and rainy as predicted so after a restorative slice of Black Forest cake and a last Wiener schnitzel, we drove to Gengenbach, not mentioned in any of our guide books for some inexplicable reason. The rain stopped just long enough for us to visit the town. Dernière journée en Allemagne et …
Postcard Summer 2020#19 – the Cuckoo Clock
We discovered an important thing today: the Black Forest, home of the cuckoo clock and the Black Forest cake, is not a cyclist’s paradise unless you have a mountain bike and better knees than we do or don’t mind riding alongside busy roads. Even with an e-bike, cycling uphill for 3.5 k is hard going. …
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Postcard Summer 2020#18 – The Black Forest: Schiltach
Today we moved to our last region in Germany – the Black Forest – before heading home to Blois. The last photo is the view from our very large balcony. Aujourd’hui nous sommes allés à notre dernier lieu de séjour en Allemagne- la Forêt noire – avant de rentrer à Blois. La dernière photo est …
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Postcard Summer 2020#17 – Vines on the Neckar
Most of our 47 k cycle route today was along the Neckar River and through vineyards which meant a lot of hills. We have thoroughly enjoyed our three days of cycling in the area, with recommendations from the helpful owner of our very comfortable rental apartment called Jägerschlösschen. Une bonne partie de notre circuit de …
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Postcard Summer 2020#16 – More Kocher-Jagst Radweg: Schwäbisch Hall
Postcard Summer 2020#15 – Kocher-Jagst Radweg
Today we cycled 77 k in 4 hours 20 along part of the excellent Kocher-Jagst bike route near Heilbronn and went through scenic countryside and a number of pretty villages starting at Duttenberg and including Neudenau, Möckmühl, Jagsthausen, Neuenstadt am Kocher and Oedheim. It was a relief after the disappointment of cycling along the Neckar …
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