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From: smyth@mprvaxa.UUCP (Roy Smyth)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle,net.travel
Subject: Request for info - Cycling in Europe.
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Date: Sun, 16-Feb-86 22:34:39 EST
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Organization: Microtel Pacific Research, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
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I'm planning a bicycling trip in Europe for this summer.  We're
planning to visit the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, a bit of
Germany and the Alsace region of France.  The route plan is:

	-Start in Amsterdam an see a bit of the southern part of the
	 Netherlands before heading into Belgium.
	-We'll cross the eastern part of Belgium and head through
	 the Ardennes to Luxembourg.  We'll avoid Antwerp
	 and Brussels as we prefer the rural areas and small towns.
	-From Luxembourg we'll head down the Mosel valley to the 
	 Rhine.  I think we'll take a Rhine boat from Koblenz to 
	 Bingen and send the bikes on the train as we've heard that
	 the Rhine valley is too congested for pleasant cycling.
	-From Bingen to Strassbourg and then down the wine road to
	 Colmar.
	-Train to Amsterdam via Paris.

The trip is planned to take about three and a half weeks of fairly easy
cycling (~40 to 50 mi. per day) with a few days off.

Does anyone have any ideas on things to see along the way, sources of
information, route ideas or other tips?

Roy Smyth, Microtel Pacific Research, Burnaby B.C., Canada.