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Happy New Year 2018
It’s nearly mid-January and I have only just found the time to write this new year post. Even though we have up until the end of January in France to do so, it’s still better to wish people a happy … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Blogging, Closerie Falaiseau, Cycling, Cyprus, Eastern Europe, Flowers & gardens, Hungary, Loire Valley, Romania, Slovenia, Travelling
Tagged blogging in France
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Cycling Along the Neckar in Germany – #1 – Ludwigsburg
We have come to the end of our cycling tour of the Romantic Road and have a week left before we have to be back home in Blois. We look at the map to see where we can do some … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Cycling, Germany, Travelling
Tagged cycling along the neckar, ludwigsburg palace, rottenburg am neckar
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Cycling along the Romantic Road in Bavaria #7 – Würzburg
We’re on our way to Würzburg, at the northern tip of the Romantic Road, known for its wine and the former residence of the Würzburg prince-bishops, Unesco world cultural heritage site and one of the most important baroque palaces in … Continue reading
Posted in Accommodation, Architecture, Cycling, Germany, Sightseeing, Travelling
Tagged cycling along the Romantic road, Würzburg
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Cycling along the Romantic Road in Bavaria #6 – Rothenburg am der Tauber and Tauberbishofsheim
We have three memories of our visit to Rothenburg am der Tauber in 1999. We bought two beautiful handmade enamelled champagne glasses; we discovered Käthe Wohlfahrt’s Christmas shop; and we had an unforgettable chanterelle salad in a restaurant with a … Continue reading
Posted in Accommodation, Architecture, Cycling, Germany, Travelling
Tagged cycling along the Romantic road, rothemburg, tauberbishofsheim
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Cycling along the Romantic Road in Bavaria 5#– Nordlingen, Wallerstein, Dinkelsbühl and Feuchtwangen
We arrive in Dinkelsbühl just as the sun comes out after very heavy rain following our visit to Augsburg and are absolutely delighted at our choice of a place to stay for 4 nights. Everywhere we look inside this walled … Continue reading
Posted in Accommodation, Architecture, Cycling, Germany, Travelling
Tagged cycling on the Romantic road, dinkelsbüle, nordlingen, wallerstein
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Cycling on the Romantic Road in Bavaria #3 Peiting to Diessen
We set out early at 10.15 am on Sunday and see several locals in their Bavarian traditional clothing. We go to the front of the church hoping to see more of them but we’re too late! Today we are cycling … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Cycling, Germany, Sightseeing, Travelling
Tagged cycling on the Romantic road, cycling to Diessen, peiting
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Cycling on the Romantic Road in Bavaria #2 – Lechbruck to Fussen via Neuschwanstein Castle
We start off on our day’s cycling on the Romantic Road in Bavaria by driving 15 minutes to Lechbruck am See and the first views of a little turquoise lake are beautiful. Our route then takes us along the Forggensee … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Germany, Travelling
Tagged cycling in Bavaria, cycling to Fussen, lechbruck, neuschwanstein
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Cycling along the Romantic Road in Bavaria #1 – Peiting to Wies
With our new Bikeline maps, we are ready to start our cycling trip along the 350-kilometer Romantic Road which starts in Fussen in the south of Bavaria and ends in Würzburg in the central Germany. Although it more or less … Continue reading
From Italy to Bavaria via Innsbruck for more Cycling
After our disappointing cycling experience in the Po Valley in Italy, where we were based in Crema for two nights, ,Jean Michel suggests we go back to Wies in Bavaria. I agree but insist on getting a proper cycling map … Continue reading

Posted in Accommodation, Architecture, Austria, Cycling, Germany, Italy, Travelling
Tagged crema, cycling in germany, cycling in Innsbruck, Innsbruck, peiting
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