I have been really busy with university and all the stuff since my last post, but even so I was able to do some progress on the planning of my Summer trip to Zurich. Mainly, I am taking note of all the local cycling paths used by EuroVelo 5.

Moreover, after finding this awesome Lake Constance-Königssee-Cyclepath on biroto.eu, I am seriously considering expanding the trip to include this route after I arrive in Zurich. One of my host families (on my High School exchange year, 2009), visited Königssee once and I got really impressed with the pictures. On the same year I had the chance to visit Salzburg, Austria, which turned out to be one of my favorite cities ever. Coming back there would be really nice.

Continue reading →

As I have started to plan what will be my biggest bicycle trip so far, from Eindhoven, the city where I am living in the Netherlands, to Zurich, Switzerland, going through Belgium, France, Luxembourg and Germany, I thought that it would be a good idea to start a blog to document this and also to share my past short trips.

Actually, I have had the idea of creating a blog before, but bicycle touring is so common here on Europe that for some time I felt that what I was doing was not special enough to motivate the creation of yet another blog about this theme. However, now that I have started planning my big tour, I have found lots of useful information on websites and blogs, and this made me feel that I should also share the material that I am gathering.

Continue reading →