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3 days covered here. My hosts in Roubaix were awesome. Helene and François made me feel at home. They had some friends over so we sat in the garden, drank beer, and worked on our language skîlls. Francois is a big music fan so we swapped Spotify playlists. I’m digging the French music he gaveContinue reading “Roubaix to Frettecuisse”

Got off the train in Brussels and was greeted by a blast of heat. Was 92 degrees :-(. Had to assemble the bike and head off into the busiest part of town to pick up some stove fuel(my was confiscated at security 😦 Fortunately was only a short ride from there to my Welcome toContinue reading “2 days, Brussels to Robaix”

Due to a ripping tailwind, the flight from Dulles to Heathrow took less than 6hrs. My 2hrs of sleep and a Garmin sleep score of 17 was not ideal for walking 15 miles around London :-). Getting through Heathrow and onto the Elizabeth line was a piece of cake. Rolling the bike bag the 1/2Continue reading “Walking around London”

After a quick stop in Salzburg(guess what Jack had for dinner;-), we trained it into Italy to a quaint little town near Lago di Braies where the trail begins. After a 30min bus ride w some fellow trekkers, who offered us a shot at 7:30am ;-), we arrived at the spectacular Lago di Braies. DefinitelyContinue reading “Alta Via 1 Trek – July 2023 🇮🇹”

Flew into Cologne and picked up our VW Golf for the quick ride to Bacharach. This town was on the Rhine and so cool(thanks Rick Steves!). We had to do a quick audible as our lodging host was not so skilled in the IT/communications front ;-). With no way to check in, we luckily foundContinue reading “Germany 🇩🇪”

Made it all the way onto my plane in Belfast without ever showing an ID :-). A short hop to Glasgow and spent the afternoon walking around. Found a good curry place nearby and turned in early. Early morning train to Fort William. Turned out Jack had to come to Glasgow on the train soContinue reading “Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿”

Off to take my youngest nephew Jack on a month long European adventure to celebrate his recent graduation from UVA. But first, a quick 4 day jaunt through Ireland. Landed in Dublin and spent the day walking around touring the Guinness factory 😉 Had a nice dinner that night at a steakhouse TJ recommended. ThenContinue reading “1st visit to the homeland ☘️”

Had a lovely goodbye dinner with most of my Trek bike crew in Venice. Got a chance to walk around a bit that afternoon and figured out it wasn’t too hard to get lost or boxed in :-). Got up early the next morning and was able to have a peaceful stroll and the obligatoryContinue reading “24 hrs in Venice”

After a nice visit to Luzerne, it was time to board the overnight train to Ljubljana, Slovenia. First, took the train to Zurich to track down a nice dinner near the station. There was just one sleeper car on the Slovenian train and I ended up with a dad and his 2yr old son inContinue reading “Trek Travel bike trip in Slovenia & Italy”