Easy does it…

We’ve been on the road for over a week and covered about 700 km.  This is at least twice as far as we’ve ever biked before. To ease ourselves into the rhythm, we’ve started along a fairly easy route. In Holland, we followed the familiar ‘knooppunten’ which led us clearly from point-to-point. 

In Germany, we spent the first few nights with friends and camped a few nights at well-equipped sites. 

We’re now following a guidebook called Reitsma’s Route that has detailed maps to guide us along bike-friendly roads. We’re mostly going along a marked bike route that follows the Rhine.

 

 

And we’ve got a GPS loaded with European bike maps in case we get lost.

There are even road-side stops with public bike tools

So, the navigation has been simple, the accommodations are comfortable and the terrain along the Rhine is very flat. So far, so good! We’re loving it and looking forward to a more challenging route ahead.