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Published: August 9th 2007
For the last few days we have been heading ....south west - not exactly in the right direction to get to the Far East. Is it the strong pull of the mother land calling us back? No actually it’s the beautiful Moselle river, leading us from Koblenz in Germany, along the border of Luxembourg, and into Lorraine, North east France.
We’ve been a bit more intrepid since leaving Cochem, wild camping for 2 nights in a row and was never more grateful for a shower than yesterday arriving in Nancy (those wet wipes don’t quite cut it for more than 2 days!)
Entering France was a bit like leaving toy-land (Germany) and re-entering the real world ( the world of no cycle lanes and graffiti) as we head into the industrial cities of Metz and Nancy.
Nancy, however, has the claim of being the founder of the Art Noveau movement, and we decided to rest here and explore it. Abandoning the bikes and our camp stove and re-entering the world of public transport and restaurants was perhaps not the best move though after being caught out when the last bus left town for the campground before 9:30pm on a Friday night.
Who would have imagined? And so we had to stump up for the taxi fare (nothing too extortionate but enough to blow our miniscule budget!).
April 30 DAY 16
Cochem to Bern-Kastel Keus
84.5km
Avs 16.34
Flat beautiful scenery
Camping 14
Food and drink 13.8
Supermarket food 14
Total 41.8 E
May 01 DAY 17 total distance cycled so far 1070 km
Bern-Kastel Keus - Trier
66.8 km, avg 15.50
4hrs 15 on bike
Flat, hot, lovely weather, head but mostly light tail wind
Camping 16.60
Icecream 2
Beer 4
Bread 5
Milk .90
Total 28.30 E
May 2 DAY 18
Trier to Rettel 61km, hot with tail winds, lunch in Luxemburg
Free camp next to Moselle in derelict hut.
Beautiful bird song,
Food 24
Total 24 E
May 3 DAY 19
Rettel to Ancy sur Moselle 74.5 km
Free camp beside vineyards with great view,
Hot tail winds
Food 13
Total 13
May 4 DAY 20
Ancy sur Moselle to Villers de Nancy 49.5km
Camping up a big hill
Busy roads leading to Nancy, nice lunch next to moselle
Camping 11.40 euro
Electricity 4 euro
Dinner in restaurant 28
euro
Other food and drink 5.5
Taxi 15
2 day travel card 3.80 x 2.
Internet 4.37 euro
Total 75.87
May 5 DAY 21
Rest day Villers de Nancy
Camping 11.40 euro
Food and drink 14
Internet 5.37
Bike shop 47
Phone card 7.5
Dryer 4.5
Rain has set in
Total 89.87
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Steve
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Um... hey hey!
Hey guys, Thanks for all the updates, how very Web 2.0 of you! I will watch with bated breath for the next entry from the BBBB. I think I just missed the chance to speak to you guys on the phone before you left, that'll teach me to sleep in! ;) Have fun, stay safe and keep the photos coming! xoxox