@Daniel (from Switzerland): Thanks! Those are great pics you took. We climbed the Sustenpass wearing short sleeve jerseys only two weeks before you did!! We needed the wind jackets only on the way down.
@Ray: Thanks!! We did keep a blod on our mini laptop, but did not post it on Internet. We only posted on short trip report on our mountain bike club's web site (
http://www.clubveloepic.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6390). Like the blog, it's all in French ;-)
As for logistics:
- Direct flight from Montreal (QC) to Zurich // Train from Zurich to Scuol the morning we landed.
- Cycled from Scuol to Evian-les-Bains (France).
- Short train from Evian to near Geneva / then completed by bike.
- For lodging, we stayed in small hotels or pensions, and stayed in Youth Hostel where available (note: Youth Hostels in Switzerland are fantastic!!).
- Food and lodging are on average a little more expensive than here in Montreal (which is equivalent to most large North American cities). There are much cheaper places to travel ;-)
This was our third similar trip in Europe...
- In 2004, we traversed the Massif Central area in France (from Clermont-Ferrant to Sete):
http://www.clubveloepic.org/forum/portal.php?page=7 (sorry, it's all in French).
- In 2006, the French Jura area, then part of the French Alps, and finished in Provence:
--- Week 1/Jura:
http://www.clubveloepic.org/JAP_fichiers/Jura1.htm (3 pages / in French)
--- Week 2/Alps:
http://www.clubveloepic.org/JAP_fichiers/Alpes1.htm (3 pages / in French)
--- Week 3: Provence:
http://www.clubveloepic.org/JAP_fichiers/Provence1.htm (3 pages / in French)
I also toured Corsica (and a small portion of Sardena) a few years earlier, and parts of Tuscany (IT) in 2008. I never got to posting blogs or picture librairies of those...
I have no clue what the next trip may be...
Dan