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Zurzach

August 28th, 2000 · Comments Off on Zurzach

August 28, 2000 Salavaux to  Zurzach Day 241 The town of Bad Zurzach has a thermal waters, where people go to take “the cure.”  It was a great place that welcomed us with directional signs, all the way to the campground.  It was great, because getting off the train I looked up and saw an […]

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Salavaux

August 28th, 2000 · Comments Off on Salavaux

August 28, 2000 Salavaux to Zurzach Day 241 Today is to be the bike path day, finally!  Rich, Jane, Roma, Sue and Valerie all ended up following the bike path.  It was a wonderful route going along Trail #5 & #8.  For the most part the trails are well marked and it is almost not […]

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Geneva

August 25th, 2000 · Comments Off on Geneva

August 25, 2000 Geneva, Switzerland continued… Day 238 Geneva was easy to find, I just followed the lake around from France.  I was halfway around the “big lake” when I realized it was Lake Geneva.  I haven’t been paying attention to maps, dates or even places.  I have been getting up in the morning and […]

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Raron

August 24th, 2000 · Comments Off on Raron

August 24, 2000 Raron, Switzerland to Abondance, France Day 237 Switzerland is so very beautiful. Today we rode by miles of vineyards with grapes nearly ripe on the vine. I never thought of Switzerland as a place for growing wine, but it definitely is. The vineyards start in the valley and creep up the hillside, […]

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Alps

August 23rd, 2000 · Comments Off on Alps

August 23, 2000 Flims to Raron (bus to Andermatt to begin riding) Day 236 The schedule got really screwed up today.  We were supposed to take a bus half way and ride over the last pass of the Swiss Alps, but the bus ride was too long or something, so TK&A put us on a […]

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Flims

August 21st, 2000 · Comments Off on Flims

August 21, 2000 Flims layover Day 235 Camp was located around a soccer field that was in front of a wonderful Ice arena.  This facility had showers and a restaurant for us.  It was a long walk to town up a very steep road.  All in all it was a good place to spend a […]

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Switzerland

August 20th, 2000 · Comments Off on Switzerland

August 20, 2000 Braz, Austria to Flims, Switzerland Day 234 Switzerland is more beautiful than I ever imagined. The border crossing from Liechtenstein into Switzerland was the most beautiful I have see yet. It was located in a vast green field, there were mountains rising from the fields in every direction on the road, two […]

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Tags: Northern Europe · Switzerland · world travel