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October 7, 2010 – 8:22 am
By Zach
It took us two and a half days to reach Leipzig from Dresden. The first day was spent riding down pleasant paths along the Elbe river. We stopped midday in the town of Meißen, which was dominated by a large medieval fortress called Albrechtsburg. There we were able to stock up on some important supplies,…
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October 5, 2010 – 10:16 am
By Jennifer
When we were planning this trip, one of the reasons I wanted to try ride the Elbe River route was because where the river crosses the Czech-German border, both countries have national parks — Bohemian Switzerland in the Czech Republic, and Saxon Switzerland in Germany. They sounded like pretty nice places (descriptions such as “the…
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October 1, 2010 – 11:00 pm
By Zach
We set out from Prague on a rather cold and gray afternoon. After climbing a steep hill we were rewarded with some nice views of Prague and the Moldau river. Heading through the suburbs, we passed some pleasant parks and some nice paths, and finally got back down to river level. We hit a brief…
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Tagged by classical music, cycling, detour, Dvořák, hills, mechanical difficulties, Moldau/Elbe, mud, scorpion, train, trike
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Trip: Central Europe 2010
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States/Countries: Czech Republic
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September 23, 2010 – 1:59 pm
By Jennifer
On Monday morning, we set off from Vienna towards Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. Although it’s quite feasible to reach Bratislava in a single day’s ride, we thought it would be more to our liking to stop in the Austrian town of Hainburg for the night instead, and ride the last 15 km into Bratislava…
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Tagged by camping, cycling, Danube, detour, equipment, mechanical difficulties, Power Grid Eastern Europe, SatRday, thermal bath
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Trip: Central Europe 2010
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States/Countries: Austria, Hungary, Slovakia
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