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General Plan 2006

Last Update: 1 September 2007

This is the general plan for my longest trip in 2006. It includes the person who traveled with me, if any, the character or difficulty of the terrain, and a general description of the area visited during that particular week.

See also: Detailed Plan

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

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