Get It While It Lasts... A Big Loop Through Europe 2017 - CycleBlaze

Get It While It Lasts... A Big Loop Through Europe 2017

Kirsten and Lyle's 2017 Jaunt Across Europe on Eurovelo 6 ... and Then a Return to Frankfurt

By Lyle McLeod & Kirsten Kaarsoo
5,332 km (3,311 miles) over 79 days between Aug. 7, 2017 and Oct. 24, 2017
Intro: A slow meander across the EU heart 3
The Route -: Where we think we are going to go ... heart 2
Our Gear -: What we will be riding and carrying along heart 1
Pre Trip Training -: Cross Training on Georgian Bay heart 4
That's Not A Pillow!: 'Planes Trains and Automobiles' Reprised heart 3
Domestique - Getting Organised and heading out: Day 1 - Nantes to Paimbouef heart 3
Deja Vu All Over Again: Day 2 - Paimbouef -> St. Brevin -> St. Luce sur Loire heart 4
Going With the Flow: Day 3 - St Luce sur Loire to Angers heart 3
Poking Around Angers: Day 4 - Breathe Deep, Relax and Enjoy the Moment heart 5
Thank You Gordon: Day 5 - Angers to Saumur heart 3
Mung Bean Jelly For The Market Day: Day 6 - Saumur to Tours heart 4
The Da Vinci Code - our version: Day 7 - Tours to Ambois heart 4
Plan 9 From Outer Space: Day 8 - Amboise to Chateaunuef-sur-Loire heart 3
Saint Vincent Would be Pleased: Day 9 - Chateaunuef-sur-Loire to Chavignol heart 4
Waiting For Deliverance: Day 10 - Chavignol to Nevers heart 3
I Can See Clearly Now ...: Day 11 - Nevers to Bourbon-Lacy heart 3
More Cows and Canals: Day 12- Bourbon-Lancy to Montceau-les-Mines heart 4
Cruising the Cru's: Day 13 - Montceau Les Mines to Nuits Saint George heart 6
Two Weeks, Two Hours, Two Minutes: Day 14 - Nuits-St-George to Dolé With a Pit Stop in Tart le Bas heart 4
I'm Keeping Flowers in Full Bloom: Day 15 - Dolé to Baume les Dames heart 4
Farting Around: Day 16 - Baume les Dames to Montbeliard heart 3
Recommended by M. Bibendum: day 17 - Montbeliard to Sierentz heart 7
This Is the End, My Friend ...: Day 18 - Sierentz to Colmar with a sidetrip to Mulhouse heart 4
German Beer is Chemical Free, Germany's Alright By Me: Day 19 - Colmar to Freiburg heart 5
Chillin in the Heat: Day 20 - Rest day in Freiburg heart 4
Occam's Razor: Day 21 - Freiburg to Baumlach With a Visit to Toute Terrain heart 3
On The Left: Day 22 - Bamlach to Walshut heart 3
Second time Around: Day 23 - Waldshut to Stein am Rhine heart 6
Tuetonic Precision: Day 24 - Stein am Rhine to Tuttlingen heart 3
A Grimm Day: Day 25 - Tuttlingen to Riedlingen heart 5
Feeling Blue: Day 26 - Reidlingen to Ulm heart 4
A Mix of Old and New: Day 27 - Checking out Ulm heart 8
Madam , You Are Too Fat For Those ...: day 28 - Ulm to Donauworth heart 2
Read the Guidebook ...: Day 29 - Donauworth to Neustadt heart 5
967 Bottles of Beer on the Wall...: Day 30 - Nuestadt to Regensberg heart 3
Gettin' Hitched in the Rathaus: Day 31 - Regensberg to Straubing heart 2
Name That Tune: Day 32 - Straubing to Vilshofen heart 2
Short and Sweat: Day 33 - Vilshofen to Passau heart 4
Housekeeping: Day 34 - Rest Day in Passau heart 7
Auf Weidersshen: Day 35 - Passau to Linz heart 3
Angst und Wurst: Day 36 - Linz to Melk heart 4
When Attila Met Gudrun: Day 37 - Melk to Vienna heart 2
Autumn is in the Air: Day 38 - Wandering around Vienna heart 3
Let Them Eat Cake: Day 39 - Grazing around Vienna heart 3
He Shoots ... He Scores!: Day 40 - Vienna to Bratislava heart 3
50 Shades of Grey: Day 41 - Bratislava to Komarno heart 2
The Silver Lining: Day 42 - Komarno to Visegrad heart 3
Away With The Ferries: Day 43 - Visegrad to Budapest heart 3
Our Day As Boat People: Day 44 - Exploring Budapest heart 4
Rainy Day People: Day 45 - Exploring the Inside of Budapest heart 7
A Hard Days Night: Day 46 - Budapest to Dunafoldvar heart 4
Today ... We Pedal: Day 47 - Dunafoldvar to Mohacs heart 2
21 Countries in 21 Days, If This Is Sunday, This Must Be Croatia: Day 48 - Mohacs to Vukovar heart 2
Beating a Retreat: Day 49 - Vukovar to Novi Sad heart 5
Finding Your Inner MacGyver: Day 50 - Novi Sad to Vukovar heart 2
Leaving the War Zone: Day 51 - Vukovar to Slavonski Brod heart 2
The Worlds Longest Street - and it's not Younge Street: Day 52 - Slavonski Brod to Kutina heart 2
Fruitless: Day 53 - Kutina to Zagreb heart 3
Sleep in, have a coffee, relax - living like a local: Day 54 - R&R in Zagreb heart 4
Goldilocks: Day 55 - Zagreb to Bosiljevo heart 10
111 Dalmations: Day 56 - Bosiljevo to Opatija heart 10
Exploring the Layers: Day 57 - A Slow Day In Opatija heart 5
Chaos Theory: Day 58 - Opatija to Trieste heart 8
I'll Trade you one B(lack) For One A(driatic): Day 59 - Trieste to Palmanova heart 4
Hitting The Wall: Day 60 - Palmanova to Gemona del Fruili heart 2
Rise Up and Show Your Power: Day 61 - Gremona del Fruili to Tarvisio heart 5
It Was Something I Said ... But It Was Pretty Obtuse: Day 62 Tarvisio to Spittal am der Drau heart 5
A Really Bad Day: Day 63 - Spittal to Bad Hof Gastein heart 6
All Good Things Have to Come to an End: Day 64 - Bad Hof Gastein to Salzburg heart 10
The Start of a New Romance: Day 65 - Hanging Out in Salzburg heart 4
Better to be Lucky Than Good: Day 66 - Salzburg to Frasdorf heart 5
BBB: Day 67 - Frasdorf to Munich heart 3
The Best of the Wurst: Day 68 - Petrolheading in Munich heart 5
Tying The Knot: Day 69 - Munich to Dillingen heart 2
Off Again, On Again Romance: Day 70 - Dillingen to Dinklesbuhl heart 3
If These Walls Could Talk: Day 71 - Dinklesbuhl to Randersacker heart 4
The Boats are Back: Day 72 - Randersacker to Miltenberg heart 2
Throwing Darts at the Map - and Winning Big!: Day 73 - Miltenberg to Seligenstadt heart 5
The End of the Line: Day 74 - Seligenstadt to Mainz heart 4
That's a Wrap: Days 75, 76 and 77 - Wrapping things up in Mainz heart 6
Final Thoughts - at last: -after a year of reflection! heart 2