Friday, April 27, 2012

Preliminary 2 - Romantic Ride 2012 Itinerary:


Romantic Ride 2012 Itinerary:

Date:                                   Daily Trip                               Distance

18 Sept              Arrive Frankfurt

Main/Rhine River - Germany......

19 Sept              Frankfurt             to      Worms                      106k  
20 Sept              Worms                to      Speyer                         65k
21 Sept              Speyer                 to      Lauterburg (Fr.)         85k
22 Sept              Lauterburg (Fr.)  to      Kehl                            72k
23 Sept              Kehl                     to       Breisach                   105k
24 Sept              Breisach              to       Freiburg/Breisgau     33k
25 Sept              REST DAY
26 Sept              Freiburg/Breisgau  to  Donaueschingen       70k

Neckar River Valley

27 Sept             Donaueschingen  to    Horb am Neckar           80k
28 Sept             Horb am Neckar    to    Tubingen                      50k
29 Sept             Tubingen               to    Esslingen                      55k
30 Sept             Esslingen               to    Marbach am Neckar    45k
01  Oct              Marbach am Neckar  to  Bad Friedrichshall    65k

Jagst and Tauber and Altmuhl Rivers - Bavaria

02 Oct              Bad Friedrichshall  to   Bad Mergentheim        80k
03 Oct              Bad Mergentheim  to    Dinkelsbuhl                 75k
04 Oct              REST DAY
05 Oct              Dinkelsbuhl           to     Eichstatt                        91k
06 Oct              Eichstatt                 to     Riedenberg                   74k
07 Oct              Riedenberg            to     Regensberg                  53k

Danube River - Germany

08 Oct              Regensberg           to     Deggendorf                  93k

Danube River - Austria

09 Oct              Deggendorf           to     Passau                           61k
10 Oct              REST DAY
11 Oct              Passau                    to     Linz                               100k
12 Oct              Linz                         to     Cesky Krumlov             80k       (Czech Republic)
13 Oct              REST DAY
14 Oct              Cesky Krumlov     to     Freistadt                         50k       (Czech Republic, Vltava River)
15 Oct              Freistadt                 to     Grein                               75k        (Return to Danube)
16 Oct              Grein                       to     Melk                                55k
17 Oct               Melk                       to     Tulln                             100k  
18 Oct              Tulln                       to     Vienna                            40k
19 Oct              REST DAY
20 Oct              Vienna                    to     Bratislava                        85k
21 Oct              REST DAY

Vah River - Slovakia

22 Oct              Bratislava              to    Piestany                            81k
23 Oct              Piestany                to    Trencin                              50k
24 Oct              Trencin                  to    Zlin                                    80k

Welcome to Czech Republic

25 Oct              Zlin                        to    Plumlov                              79k
26 Oct              Plumlov                 to    Litomysl                             85k
27 Oct              Litomysl                to    Caslav                                75k
28 Oct              Caslav                    to   Prague                                75k
29 Oct              REST DAY
30 Oct              REST DAY

Vltara & Labe/Elbe Rivers

31 Oct              Prague                   to   Litomerice                           85k
01 Nov            Litomerice              to   Konigstein                         81k
02 Nov            Konigstein             to   Dresden                              45k

In Memory of the Birdmen!

03 Nov            Dresden                  to  Colditz                                 75k
04 Nov            REST DAY
05 Nov            Colditz                    to   Torgau                                95k

Back to Elbe River

06 Nov            Torgau                   to   Wittenburg                         68k
07 Nov            Wittenburg           to    Potsdam                              60k
08 Nov            Potsdam                 to   Berlin                                   65k
09 Nov            REST DAY
10 Nov            REST DAY
11 Nov            REST DAY
12 Nov            Berlin                     to    Wurzburg                            By Train

River Main to Frangfurt

13 Nov            Wurzburg             to   Wertheim                             98k
14 Nov            Wertheim             to    Aschaffenburg                   80k
15 Nov            Aschaffenburg    to   Frankfurt                              55k

16 Nov            Fly home to Sydney                                    Total - 3500k (approx)








Preliminary 1 - Journey Description - 18 Sept to 16 November 2012

Welcome to our new blogsite and the story of the fulfillment of a lifelong dream of ours. We have always wanted to cycle some of the romantic rivers of Europe. Please join us on our "Romantic Rivers Ride 2012", which will take us from Frankfurt along the upper Rhine, over and through the Black Forest to follow the beautiful Neckar River north, a brief interlude across country through Bavaria to link up with the majestic Danube of southern Germany and into Vienna, Austria (but not before we pay a visit to Cesky Krumlov in southern Czech Republic), and then through to Bratislava, Slovakia, where we meet the Vah, heading north again through Slovakian countryside before turning west into the Czech Republic all the way to Prague, and then tracking the Labe/Elbe River back into Germany again via Dresden, a short interlude to see Colditz, across country again to Berlin, and then a short train journey back to Wurzburg with the final few days winding along the River Main before our reluctant finish back at Frankfurt, where the Qantas Jumbo will be waiting to bring us home after some 9 weeks and almost 3500k of mostly romantic river exploration.