Cycling through Alsace and the Black Forest
My cousin and his partner had recently moved to a quiet town in the western outskirts of Strasbourg. After spending one year in Canada, they had come back to France …
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Cycling up the Saar Valley and the northern Vosges
When I began bike touring in my early twenties, I was a student on a tight budget. I had a cheap bike, camped mostly in the woods, and occasionally stopped …
Cycling through the Ardennes and Luxembourg
After six days of rest in the French Ardennes, I repacked my bags and took the road again. The well-paved and well-marked cycling road along the Meuse River south to …
Cycling east in northern France and Belgium
The border to Belgium finally opened on June 15. It had been closed for nearly two months. The scenes of barbed wire on country cycle paths were surreal. During the …