Day
|
Start
|
Companion
|
Start/End Location
|
Character
|
General Description
|
Distance
|
Total
|
Sun
|
16 Apr
|
René
|
Höchst to Saarbrücken
|
easy - flat to hilly
|
Forest and flowery fields.
|
440 km
|
440 km
|
Sat
|
22 Apr
|
|
Saarbrücken to Echternach
|
medium - rolling hills
|
Border to France, Luxembourg, Belgium - not easy, maybe cold to freezing and rainy - excursion into Luxembourg
|
388
|
828
|
Mon
|
1 May
|
|
Echternach - Brüggen
|
easy - steep
|
Starts easy - then steep
|
392
|
1220
|
Sat
|
6 May
|
|
Brüggen - Bunde
|
easy - mostly flat
|
Dutch Border - with short excursions into Holland
|
570
|
1790
|
Sat
|
13 May
|
Rehbock
|
Pappenburg to Wangerooge
|
easy - flat, windy
|
North Sea Islands Borkum, Juist, Wangerooge.
|
349
|
2139
|
Sat
|
20 May
|
|
Spiekeroog to Cuxhaven
|
flat, wind and rain
|
North Sea Island Spiekeroog then onwards toward Cuxhaven
|
403
|
2542
|
Sat
|
27 May
|
|
Cuxhaven to Nordstrand
|
easy, flat, windy
|
North Sea
|
393
|
2935
|
Sat
|
3 Jun
|
|
Nordstrand to Dahme
|
easy, flat, hilly, windy
|
North Sea - Baltic Sea
|
508
|
3444
|
Sat
|
11 Jun
|
|
Dahme to Poel
|
flat, maybe strong headwind
|
Baltic Sea Beaches, Island Poel, Wismar, Rostock, Zingst
|
208
|
3651
|
Sat
|
17 Jun
|
|
Poel to Stralsund
|
easy, flat, windy
|
Rügen Islands and Baltic Sea Beaches
|
455
|
4106
|
Sat
|
24 Jun
|
|
Greifswald to Frankfurt (Oder)
|
easy - flat
|
Peenemünde, Baltic Beaches - Polish Border
|
556
|
4662
|
Sat
|
2 July
|
|
Frankfurt/Oder to Dresden
|
flat 5 days, then difficult last 2 days
|
Polish Border to Chemnitz
|
505
|
5167
|
Sat
|
8 July
|
Family & MFG
|
Mid-trip Break
|
|
Break for Vacation with Family, Summer Camp with MFG, Bicycle Inspection, Medical Checkup
|
193
|
5360
|
Sun
|
6 Aug
|
|
Chemnitz to Wildsassen
|
difficult - steep
|
Czech Border - unknown very hilly territory - often wilderness
|
474
|
5834
|
Sun
|
13 Aug
|
Achim
|
Wildsassen to Salzburz
|
difficult - steep
|
Czech Border - unknown steep hilly territory - often wilderness
|
406
|
6427
|
Sat
|
19 Aug
|
Rudi
|
Salzburg to Kufstein
|
steep 3 days
|
German/Austrian Alps
|
315
|
6742
|
Sat
|
26 Aug
|
Robert
|
Kufstein to Friedrichshafen
|
very difficult
|
Austrian Alps to Lake Constance
|
431
|
7173
|
Sat
|
2 Sep
|
|
Friedrichshafen to Kehl (Strassbourg France)
|
medium - hilly at first then flat from Basel
|
Swiss Border - and Rhine River
|
508
|
7681
|
Sat
|
7 Sep
|
|
Kehl to Höchst - Back Home again.
|
easy - steep last day
|
Rhine and Neckar River
|
405 km
|
8086 km
|