Our turbo tour of Switzerland’s Alps ended too soon. From Tasch near Zermatt we’d head to Chamonix France. On the way out of Switzerland, (more…)
February 6, 2011
January 31, 2011
Switzerland: Bellinzona to Zermatt
Aletsch Galcier (panorama)
By morning the night’s heat had broken. We woke to a cool and humid new day in Bellinzona . It felt like dawn in the tropics. It had been a (more…)
January 24, 2011
Italy and Switzerland: To Val Müstair and Bormio
Inside the Benedictine Convent at Müstair (HDR)
On our summer European road trip, the Kangoo would next come to rest in Bormio, Italy. Bormio sits at the base of Passo dello Stelvio a legendary road cycling climb. We had a date in the coming days with this suffer fest of a bike climb.
November 13, 2010
Argeles-Gazost to Sort and on to Andorra
We passed this mystery hill town in the Spanish countryside on our way to Sort
Sometimes, as we plan trips, themes emerge spontaneously. Once a theme emerges, we slavishly follow it. Seriously, who are we to tempt fate?
August 3, 2010
Passo dello Stelvio
Leaving Bormio, Passo dello Stelvio is 21.3 kilometers ahead.
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
–Friedrich Nietzsche
June 28, 2010
Alpe d’Huez
It rains everyday in the French Alps. It seems that way to us, at least. Each day after our arrival from the south of France, the weather in Les (more…)
June 16, 2010
Les Deux Alpes
An alpine peak viewed from our room in Les Deux Alpes
After a long drive, about 6 hours, from Carcassonne, we reached our next destination, Les Deux Alpes. Les Deux Alpes is best known as an alpine skiing destination, but it does lie (more…)
June 15, 2010
Col des Borderes
Becky on the road to Estaing
Looming rain has been a near constant for this trip. Nothing changed for our last full day in the Pyrenees. The day started with rain, which (more…)
Col du Tourmalet
After being crushed on our climb of Hautacam we seriously doubted the lucidity of our col climbing endeavors. Certainly it was foolish for us to conceive of climbing France’s Tour caliber slopes on any bike. But for us (more…)
June 10, 2010
Hautacam
Becky around 6 km from the top of Hautacam
Our arrival in the French Pyrenees town of Argeles-Gazost signaled a change in the focus of our trip. To this point, the sights, fine food, and good wine had been our focus. Now it was time for some heavy-duty bike riding.
