25 Sep 2015 | travel, universe
After a loud but otherwise undisturbed night along the roaring river I wake with the sunrise. The river valley is filled with fog, which makes the morning all beautifully soft and quiet. The weather clears up until Eleven and it turns out to be a fine day. After...
24 Sep 2015 | travel, universe
The morning starts with another hasty retreat as someone parks his car about a hundred meters above my campspot. Although today is fine and sunny, I decide to keep to the plains and visit the Jura mountains some other time. All of the small villages and towns along my...
23 Sep 2015 | travel, universe
With huge dark clouds over the mountains of the Jura, I decide to stay in the valley and ride along the rim. Small villages and hilly terrain are the only sights I see, because clouds hide both the mountains in the East and the flatlands in the West. Shortly after...
22 Sep 2015 | travel, universe
Riding over the last hills down into the Rhone valley is not very exciting. The day is grey, but the weather holds until I cross the Saone in Villefranche. Crossing through this town once again proves that, aside from making dark bread, the French also have to learn...
21 Sep 2015 | travel, universe
Blue skies greet me and no cloud is in sight. The morning is icy cold, though. As I commence my climb up the next mountain range of the Massif Central the sun is not strong enough yet to warm me. The first village I reach has, almost unbelievably, no bread! The...
