This trip of a lifetime involved biking from Rome, through Italy, across the Alps, across Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, and Southern Germany, following the Rhine through France and Germany to the Netherlands and Belgium, then across to the French coast of Normandy, and then finally to Paris.
We biked over 2,600 miles in 66 days, staying in hostels, camp sites, and hotels along the way. It was amazing to see the entire countryside and link up between all of the major tourist destinations. Our perspective of the culture was much more pure than that of a typical tourist.
- June 14 - Boston to London to Rome
- June 15 - Rome
- June 16 - Rome
- June 17 - Rome to Tarquina (63km)
- June 18 - Tarquina to Grosseto (150km)
- June 19 - Grosseto to Siena (107km)
- June 20 - Siena to Firenze (89km)
- June 21 - Firenze
- June 22 - Firenze to Firenzuola (65km)
- June 23 - Firenzuola to Bologna (67km)
- June 24 - Bologna to Ravenna (85km)
- June 25 - Ravenna to Ostellato (86km)
- June 26 - Ostellato to Ferrara (42km)
- June 27 - Ferrara to Chioggia (136km)
- June 28 - Chioggia to Venezia to Treviso (ferries, bikes, and trains)
- June 29 - Venezia & Treviso
- June 30 - Treviso
- July 1 - Treviso
- July 2 - Treviso to Iseo (train and bike 106km)
- July 3 - Iseo (80km)
- July 4 - Iseo to Vicenza (train)
- July 5 - Vicenza to Lecco to Como (train and bike 60km)
- July 6 - Como to Bellinzona (68km
- July 7 - Bellinzona
- July 8 - Bellinzona to Hospental (82km)
- July 9 - Hospental to Meringen (75km)
- July 10 - Meringen to Interlaken (35km)
- July 11 - Interlaken
- July 12 - Interlaken to Lucerne (84km)
- July 13 - Lucerne to Rapperswil (84km)
- July 14 - Rapperswil to Vaduz (95km)
- July 15 - Vaduz to Bregenz (63km)
- July 16 - Bregenz to Fusen (110km)
- July 17 - Fusen
- July 18 - Fusen to Lindau (102km)
- July 19 - Lindau to Schaffhausen (110km)
- July 20 - Schaffhausen to Basel (110km)
- July 21 - Basel
- July 22 - Basel to Colmar (85km)
- July 23 - Colmar to Strasbourg (130km)
- July 24 - Strasbourg to Karlsruhe (105km)
- July 25 - Karlsruhe to Heidelberg (train and bike 10km)
- July 26 - Heidelberg to Bacharach (130km)
- July 27 - Bacharach
- July 28 - Bacharach to Koln (train and 50km bike)
- July 29 - Koln to Dusseldorf (50km)
- July 30 - Dusseldorf to Kleve (103km)
- July 31 - Kleve to Utrecht (98km)
- August 1 - Utrecht (bike stolen)
- August 2 - Utrecht to Amsterdam (train)
- August 3 - Amsterdam
- August 4 - Amsterdam
- August 5 - Amsterdam to Brussles (train)
- August 6 - Brussles
- August 7 - Brussles to Bruges (train)
- August 8 - Bruges to Calais (train)
- August 9 - Calais to Le Crotoy (120km)
- August 10 - Le Crotoy to Rue to Dieppe (walk and train)
- August 11-16 - Dieppe (no bike for Normandy)
- August 17 - Dieppe to Paris (train)
- August 18 - Paris
- August 19 - Paris
- August 20 - Paris to London to Boston