Imst- St. Anton 50kmSt. Anton - Feldkirk 65kmElevation gained over the Arlberg Pass 1000 mRuth:I did it! I did it!!!!Yesterday and today were the first real challenges on our ride. But people, add this to your bucket list: cycling in Austria is amazing! In 175 km we have only spent 40 km on roads, and they were quiet. The rest of the time we were on ...
Imst, AustriaInnsbruck to Imst 60km all on bike path and flat until last 10kmRomedihof Backpacker HostelGord:This morning we parted company with Innsbruck and our incomparable hosts Kurt and Ilse. We are very taken with the area and I am sure we will see both the city and our friends again. Any sadness regarding our departure was quickly eclipsed by the excitement of our first day of ...
Our week in Innsbruck is coming to an end and we will take up our bike pilgrimage on Tuesday heading first up the Inn river following the Camino to Santiago or Jakobsweg and then returning to the Via Francegena when we connect with it in Lausanne . We have had a wonderful introduction to Austria with lots of time enjoying the beautiful mountains and sampling the best of ...
Our bikes arrived a day after us, having spent the night on a date that involved some rough play with the American customs officers in Seattle. Gord was able to have a local mechanic repair his brakes and I will buy a new bike computer because the wire to mine was cut. Some poor American beagle is probably still coughing up talcum powder after sniffing ...
A pilgrim walks, cycles and draws with awareness of the small moments.It is almost time to quit our busy life at home to become pilgrims again on the Via Francigena. I am not a patient person at all, so I have already started my travel journal for the trip which is still just under a month away. Gord teases me and asks periodically how the trip ...
Gordon - Today we were reminded that France has a third dimension - up. We are in the foothills of the Jura mountains, and suddenly we cannot wander at will on a network of secondary roads laid out on a two dimensional surface. While we must now follow river valleys, or pay a surcharge struggling over ridges, we are delighted to find ourselves in such ...
Roman Roads are straight! Ruth: We have spent the last two days primarily on the Roman Road. This is the original route between Canterbury to Rome. These roads were built long before the pilgrims, and for war and empire not faith. These roads are so well built, and their routes so well chosen that most are now buried underneath the tarmac of main highways. These ...