Europe bike trip

Van trip from US to Argentina
Europe bike trip

Legend

Cycling
Boat
Train

Altınova, Turkey ‐ Nov 19, 2023

21 km

Stored the bikes on a farm here for the winter!!
Ayvalık ‐ Nov 16, 2023

56 km
Akçay ‐ Nov 15, 2023

55 km
Ayvacik ‐ Nov 14, 2023

57 km
Troy, Turkey ‐ Nov 12, 2023

34 km
Canakkale ‐ Nov 9, 2023

37 km
Gelibolu ‐ Nov 8, 2023

69 km
Edirne ‐ Nov 6, 2023

67 km
Uzunköprü ‐ Nov 5, 2023

67 km
Edirne ‐ Nov 1, 2023

68 km
Lyubimets, Bulgaria ‐ Oct 31, 2023

72 km
Dimitrovgrad ‐ Oct 30, 2023

38 km
Parvomay ‐ Oct 28, 2023

52 km
Plovdiv ‐ Oct 17, 2023

87 km
Panagyurishte ‐ Oct 15, 2023

75 km
Elin Pelin ‐ Oct 14, 2023

78 km
Dragoman ‐ Oct 13, 2023

47 km
Pirot, Serbia ‐ Oct 11, 2023

33.6 km
Бигар

80 km

Wild camp by waterfall up the mountain
Zajecar ‐ Oct 8, 2023

59 km
Negotin ‐ Oct 6, 2023

59 km
Kladovo Municipality ‐ Oct 5, 2023

65 km

Iron gates great views!
Donji Milanovac ‐ Oct 4, 2023

40 km
Golubac ‐ Oct 3, 2023

50 km
Camp Kalinovac ‐ Oct 2, 2023

52 km
Kovin ‐ Oct 1, 2023

78 km
Belgrade ‐ Sep 25, 2023

6 km

35 minute train ride - our first! We heard from a dozen different cyclists that the route Novi Sad to Belgrade was really dangerous and no way around it so we hopped on the train instead.
Novi Sad ‐ Sep 23, 2023

47 km
Backa Palanka ‐ Sep 22, 2023

44 km
Vukovar, Croatia ‐ Sep 21, 2023

74 km
Suza ‐ Sep 20, 2023

66 km
Baja, Hungary ‐ Sep 19, 2023

72 km
Harta ‐ Sep 18, 2023

68 km
Ráckeve hot springs ‐ Sep 17, 2023

44 km
Budapest ‐ Sep 12, 2023

89 km
Štúrovo, Slovakia ‐ Sep 11, 2023

70 km
Zlatná na Ostrove ‐ Sep 10, 2023

90 km
Bratislava ‐ Sep 5, 2023

69 km
Vienna, Austria ‐ Sep 3, 2023

51 km
Zwentendorf an der Donau ‐ Sep 2, 2023

79 km
Gemeinde Marbach an der Donau ‐ Sep 1, 2023

88.9 km
Linz ‐ Aug 31, 2023

99 km
Ludwigstraße, Germany ‐ Aug 30, 2023

69 km
Tim & Christine's house ‐ Aug 27, 2023

70 km

River and towns flooding, bike path covered in water, we stayed with friends of friends for 3 nights waiting for the storm to pass and the river level to drop
Regensburg ‐ Aug 24, 2023

83 km
Blaue Lagune ‐ Aug 23, 2023

65 km
Donauwörth ‐ Aug 22, 2023

31 km
Finningen ‐ Aug 18, 2023

57 km
Ulm

35 km
Ehingen (Donau) ‐ Aug 17, 2023

61 km
Krauchenwies ‐ Aug 16, 2023

56 km
Gaienhofen ‐ Aug 15, 2023

73 km
Zurzach, Switzerland ‐ Aug 14, 2023

74 km
Basel ‐ Aug 11, 2023

42 km
Mulhouse, France ‐ Aug 9, 2023

81 km
L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs ‐ Aug 8, 2023

63 km
Chalezeule ‐ Aug 7, 2023

92 km
Saint-Jean-de-Losne ‐ Aug 6, 2023

65 km
Chagny ‐ Aug 4, 2023

65 km
Chagny

66 km
Palinges ‐ Aug 3, 2023

67 km

This line doesn't show the way we went - we took the EV6 south and then up
Bourbon-Lancy ‐ Aug 2, 2023

75 km
Nevers ‐ Jul 31, 2023

86 km
Bonny-sur-Loire ‐ Jul 30, 2023

86 km
Orléans ‐ Jul 29, 2023

74 km
Blois ‐ Jul 26, 2023

74 km

Thunderstorms and rest days - we stayed 3 nights/2 days
Ballan-Miré ‐ Jul 25, 2023

72 km
Saumur ‐ Jul 24, 2023

71 km
Montreuil-Juigné ‐ Jul 23, 2023

60 km
Montreuil-Juigné

60 km
Villiers-Charlemagne ‐ Jul 21, 2023

79 km
Ambrières-les-Vallées ‐ Jul 20, 2023

66 km
Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne ‐ Jul 19, 2023

63 km
Ranville ‐ Jul 18, 2023

6.4 km

Short ride from the ferry to our first campsite!
Ouistreham

3 km

Short ride to the port then ferry to France!
Portsmouth, United Kingdom ‐ Jul 17, 2023

79 km
START, United Kingdom ‐ Jul 15, 2023

Packing the tandem into a box for the airplane was no small feat, but John figured it out after many hours working in the garage. So on July 6th we flew from SLC to London with our good friend Jessica as our flight attendant! Then stayed 10 days visiting family and catching up with some old friends.

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Pre-trip photos

Beginning

I've wanted to do a really big bike trip for many years... Our US to Argentina trip was originally going to be a bike trip but we decided Lilly was too young so we bought a van... But after the van tr...