Description: Sharing our passion for all things bicycles and travel
Every winter I sit down with google maps, Strava , and booking.com to string together what I hope will be the makings of a great road trip. If I have not said it before, I will say it now, I love France! And, what is not to love, great food, great cycling and great wine. Do I need to say more? I particularly like the Alsace region because the cycling is beyond epic. Sure, you don’t have the majestic ice topped mountains in the alps, but what you do have is the Vosges mountains. The mountains offer man
For me, exploring by bicycle allows the opportunity to learn and see things that I would normally never discover. Even though I sit down with a map to plan the cycling routes we will be taking, I don’t necessarily make it a point to go past every historic landmark in the area. Maybe it is a personal flaw, but I go for distance and elevation with a few scenic stops worked in if I can. So, this year, as we were approaching the summit on D130, we noticed a giant monument with a cemetery. It turns out this
This year we based out of Marlenheim, having been to Obernai and Strasbourg in the past. I had never heard of Marlenheim, and after researching the area a bit, it seemed like a good spot to cycle, eat and scout out wineries. The town is small and h as quite a residential feel. So, as you would expect from a small town, there is not much of a “downtown”. There are several restaurants (more on that later), a few hotels, and many small wineries. We opted to stay at a bed and breakfast, Côté Vignes , which