On our way from Bregenz to Altendorf, our home for the next 4 nights, on the Main Danube Canal between Nuremberg and Bamberg, we stopped off to have lunch and cycle along the Brenz River starting from Heidenheim an der Brenz. In Germany, masks are compulsory inside shops and eating establishments. You have to fill …
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Postcard Summer 2020#4 – St Gallen, Switzerland
Postcard Summer 2020 #3 – Bregenz, Austria
Today we went through Switzerland on our way to Austria. We stopped to get coffee en route and found ourselves in a shopping centre spanning the motorway. No one was wearing masks including the hairdresser but all the shops had hand sanitizer at the entrance. We had lunch outside on the edge of Lake Constance …
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Postcard Summer 2020 #2 – Sundgau, Alsace
We are delighted to begin our holiday in this beautiful yet little known part of France, in southern Alsace, not far from Switzerland. It also has an impressive number of bike paths and is part of the Eurovelo 6 cycle route that crosses Europe from Saint Nazaire on the Atlantic coast of France to Constanta …
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Postcard Summer 2020 #1 – Jura
First stage of our journey – a village called Suarce in the Jura mountains, one of the regions the hardest hit by Covid19. Our B&B hostess is surprised we are wearing masks – she isn’t – and the waitress at the restaurant in Strueth isn’t wearing one either. But we have an enjoyable ride and …
Postcard from Crete – The ancient Minoan town of Gournia
Fortunately the Minoen archeological site at Gournia can be seen from the road. We are cutting short our stay by 3 days and leaving tomorrow at the crack of dawn due to rain, lower temperatures and everything closed but we have really enjoyed our time here. Heureusement le site archéologique minoen de Gournia est visible …
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Postcard from Crete – 3250 year old olive tree
Fortunately we were able to visit one of the oldest oak trees in the world today – at least 3250 years old. Heureusement nous avons pu visiter l’un des plus vieux oliviers du monde aujourd’hui – au moins 3250 ans d’âge.
Postcard from Crete – Agios Nikolaos
This is the very place where I recklessly threw an empty glass over my shoulder into the water on Christmas Eve 1976. I recognized it immediately but that was all. Today Greece closed all its restaurants, cafés, museums and archeological sites until at least 30th March. There are no declared cases of covid 19 in …
Postcard from Crete – Chania
Day #29 Postcard from France – Charleville-Mezières
Our last day of holidays saw us in cycling in steady rain for 1 1/2 hours. We took the greenway from Sedan to Charleville-Mezières. The main attraction, the Place Ducale, built in 1606, was unfortunately marred by a beach installation. However I was impressed by the fact that a single person, René Dürrbach, was responsible …
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