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Bike-Tour "The Old Europe"
3.6.-23.6.2004

A Bicycletour on 7 Routes:
Kyll - Sarre - Vosges - Suisse Jura - Rhone/Wallis - Upper Rhine - Alsace

Total report without pictures
Itinerary

 
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Chapter 1: Eupen, Kyll- and Sarre-biketrail

At Eupen the people talk like at Cologne.
The Kyll-biketrail is an insider's tip, even when it rains.
Along the Sarre until we uexpectedly detect the source.

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Chapter 2: Vosges and Suisse Jurassic

The "Route des Cretes" in the Vosges: Eldorado for Biker.
Suisse Jurassic with 4420 m ascend-routes.
Downhill to the Lac Leman.

 
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Chapter 3: The route of the Rhone

From Lac Leman to the Valais.
Two trips to the higher Alps.
Furka-Pass with rain and fog.

 
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Chapter 4: The route of the Rhine

The route of the Rhine begins at the Oberalppass. It leads down to the Lake of Constance.
We then have a "rest-day" at Stein am Rhine. Then the Rhinefall at Schaffhausen.

 
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Chapter 5: Colmar and Alsace

At Colmar and Alsace, finally Strassburg we have a good ending of the tour.


Maps/Brochures for the Tour:
Radwanderkarte 4 (Aldi)
Eifel
Radwanderkarte 8 (Aldi)
Saarland
bikeline esterbauer
Saar-Radweg
Michelin 315 Local
Bas.Rhin, Haut.Rhin
Vogesen/Elsass
Veloland Schweiz Band 7
Jura-Route
Südwest-Schweiz
Wallis
Veloland Schweiz Band 1
Rhone-Route
Veloland Schweiz Band 2
Rhein-Route