When I read the message to Amanda, I think we both knew that cycling in France was something that had to be done. We’ve both become interested in Le Tour de France, and I was itching to ride some singletrack in the Alps. I had even considered racing in the “Mountain of Hell Bike Race” in Les 2 Alpes, which starts at the top of the mountain on a glacier, and ends 30km away in a field.
Then of course there were our friends we met through warmshowers.org, Emmanuel & Nawal, who stayed with us in Vancouver before setting out across Canada. Some emails were exchanged with them, and a route fleshed out. Hopefully we will get to ride bikes with them for a few days!
Our plan has slowly morphed into a cross-continent ride (North/South) from Amsterdam to Barcelona. While we may not end up cycling all of it, we hope to cycle most of it, creating new memories and meeting new people along the way!
Prende les velos en France! Some people plan weddings, we plan bicycle tours. Andrew and Amanda (Andy & Mandy whenever we karaoke) are two young-at-heart Canadians living in North Vancouver, Canada. To say that we love bicycles may be a bit of an understatement. Our…
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Andrew writes: Work tried to Get in the way of us leaving, but it ultimately failed. We woke up today, eager to pack a few things and to hit the road. Amanda had said that she wanted to leave at Noon, so naturally when I…
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Amanda and I have just printed up our first batch of meeting & greeting cards. As we meet people on our trip, we can hand these out so that they can follow what is going on – or just send money. What do you guys…
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Tour du monde 5 continents: Sea to sky: “C’est le nom de la route que j’ai emprunté pour le début de mon aventure au Canada. Avec un nom pareil, le cyclotouriste ne peut pas résiste…” It was so wonderful to meet you. I wish you…
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Well it’s official – I’m gettting excited. We are close to a two week countdown. We recently hosted a cyclist from France who is about to complete a trip to Mexico. This is on the heels of two months in Vietnam and will be followed…
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