Poking Around Europe 5.0 - CycleBlaze

Poking Around Europe 5.0

Switzerland, the Dolomites and beyond

By Kathleen Classen & Keith Classen
2,279 km (1,415 miles) over 53 days between Aug. 23, 2018 and Oct. 14, 2018
Getting Ready to Go heart 8
On Our Way heart 8
Zurich - A Smooth Flight and Smooth Arrival heart 26
Zug - Shaking Off the Jet Lag heart 28
Altdorf - Sunshine in Switzerland heart 110
Andermatt- A Climbing We Will Go heart 81
Disentis - Up and Ober heart 101
Chur - We Were Expecting an Easier Day But... heart 113
Chur - Chilling in Chur heart 55
Thusis - A Perfect Day to Test the Wet Gear heart 60
Zernez - Riding the Rails to Zernez heart 59
Nauders - A Bumpy Ride Down the Inn heart 88
Glurns - Finally, a real downhill! heart 61
Prato - Stelvio Pass - The Main Event heart 54
Merano - Strudel Trees Everywhere heart 38
Bolzano - Otzi Rides Again heart 22
Bolzano - Sudtiroler Weinstrasse heart 79
Bolzano - Messner Mountain Museum...Wow! heart 66
Trentino - Glorious Ride Down the Etsch heart 66
Levico Terme - It Wasn’t an Easy Ride! heart 56
Feltre - It Almost Felt Like a Day Off heart 76
Belluno - A Peak at the Dolomites heart 27
Pieve di Cadore - Our Own Private Road heart 22
Cortina - Limping Into Cortina heart 37
Cortina - A Rest Day heart 22
Cortina - Hiking in the Dolomites heart 25
Arabba - Type One and a Half Fun heart 27
Val Gardena - Well, it Started Out Well heart 42
Arabba - Up and Down and Up and Down in the Sunshine heart 28
Cortina - Climbing Out of the Sellaronda heart 47
Toblach - Bouncing Through the Gravel heart 15
Toblach/Dobbiaco - Hiking with our Heads in the Clouds heart 22
Lienz - Cycle Traffic Jam on the Drau heart 28
Spittal - Playing in the Wind heart 20
Villach - Deviating from the Drau heart 15
Ferlach - Best Section of the Drau Yet heart 21
Lavamünd - Guns and Roses heart 19
Malibor - Up, Down, Up, Down, Up, Down...You Get the Idea! heart 26
Ljubljana - Moving Around Slovenia by Train heart 12
Ljublijana - Lovely Ljubljana heart 9
Postojna - A Mad Dash to End the Day 115 Metres Underground heart 27
Trieste - Wind, Horses and an Elusive Hotel heart 20
Trieste - We Love Trieste heart 37
Gorizia - The Adriatic and a Castle heart 24
Spilimbergo - Mosiac Village heart 15
Treviso - Where did the Blue Skies Go? heart 19
Vicenza - Great Rail Trail and a Fantastic City heart 15
Verona - Vineyards and Castles heart 14
Trento - Gorgeous Day, Gorgeous Track, Gorgeous Scenery heart 16
Klausen/Chiusa - If You Have Never Biked This Route, Do It! heart 22
Innsbruck - The Last Hurrah. Brenner Pass is in the Bag. heart 42
Zurich - Switzerland by Rail heart 12
Zurich - Getting Organized and Having Fun heart 5
Victoria - Beautiful Weather heart 7