GPX - A Draft Plan - and trip report - Northern Vosges, Southern Vosges and Black Forest
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when you are having that stuff for breakfast, we will accept you have gone native
I’m on the 1116. Well, obviously I’m not as no trains are running through the tunnel.
I can tell I’m getting near the UK again because everything has turned to fucking shit. Tunnel wankers.
I can tell I’m getting near the UK again because everything has turned to fucking shit. Tunnel wankers.
Arrived home. Tour over. 1910 miles. 4 countries. Huge fun. My bike took some cleaning mind.
I’ve taken my porridge spurtle off my bike and placed it in its home until the next one.
I’ve taken my porridge spurtle off my bike and placed it in its home until the next one.
The End.
A footnote to my recent trip to give some recommendations to anyone in these areas, along with some places to avoid.
Chimay: One of my regular lunch stops and have tried the Casino Brasserie a couple of times. However it was closed so I rod down to the main square in the old part of town and had a really nice lunch at La Blanche Du Quistot.
Sedan: the hotel is lovely in the chateau and I enjoyed my stay there and bike parking is secure. However, I thought the town was a bit rough. That said, I did have an excellent dinner at the restaurant Saint-Michel in the hotel of the same name. I would consider Sedan as a stopover again but prefer Bouillon.
Haguenau: Logis hotels are usually excellent and this one, Hotel Les Pins, was okay but it is pretty tired. The parrot and giant Great Dane in the lobby make it interesting! I would not stay there again as even though the hotel has a car park, your bike is visible from the road. Superb restaurant in the town called Restaurant Le Jacques. Highly recommended.
Colmar: I stayed in the Colmar Hotel for 4 nights. Absolutely brilliant with great rooms, secure parking, a great breakfast and lovely staff. A really nice hotel and an excellent base for the Vosges and Black Forest. In Colmar itself, the Schwendi Wiestub was the best restaurant I found. And for Tarte Flambee, Restaurant Le Soi is the best by miles.
Black Forest: I love the Hexenlochmuhle. Best meal I had on the whole trip. A kebab of beef and pork fillet.
Epernay: The Theatre Restaurant. Very good daily lunch. 3 courses for E30.
Saint-Quentin: Le Florence is a good hotel. Rooms have aircon and bike parking its completely secure.
Hope this helps fellow travellers on two wheels.
Chimay: One of my regular lunch stops and have tried the Casino Brasserie a couple of times. However it was closed so I rod down to the main square in the old part of town and had a really nice lunch at La Blanche Du Quistot.
Sedan: the hotel is lovely in the chateau and I enjoyed my stay there and bike parking is secure. However, I thought the town was a bit rough. That said, I did have an excellent dinner at the restaurant Saint-Michel in the hotel of the same name. I would consider Sedan as a stopover again but prefer Bouillon.
Haguenau: Logis hotels are usually excellent and this one, Hotel Les Pins, was okay but it is pretty tired. The parrot and giant Great Dane in the lobby make it interesting! I would not stay there again as even though the hotel has a car park, your bike is visible from the road. Superb restaurant in the town called Restaurant Le Jacques. Highly recommended.
Colmar: I stayed in the Colmar Hotel for 4 nights. Absolutely brilliant with great rooms, secure parking, a great breakfast and lovely staff. A really nice hotel and an excellent base for the Vosges and Black Forest. In Colmar itself, the Schwendi Wiestub was the best restaurant I found. And for Tarte Flambee, Restaurant Le Soi is the best by miles.
Black Forest: I love the Hexenlochmuhle. Best meal I had on the whole trip. A kebab of beef and pork fillet.
Epernay: The Theatre Restaurant. Very good daily lunch. 3 courses for E30.
Saint-Quentin: Le Florence is a good hotel. Rooms have aircon and bike parking its completely secure.
Hope this helps fellow travellers on two wheels.
Re Hotel St Jean in Sedan - we stayed there and it was very good. Recently updated but, yes, the surrounding streets are a bit run down. The hotel has secure parking in a courtyard behind the roller door for bikes. Yes, the town is quiet on weekdays. The excellent Bar Gambetta closed at 7pm so we went back for a good dinner at the hotel.
Hotel les Pins. Been a while since I stayed there. The restaurant was excellent and @Gyp and I were able to park our bikes in one of the garages under some of the rooms. Was this not an option for you? A better bet near Haguenau (which is usually clogged with traffic) is to cross the Rhine on the free ferry at Drusenheim and stay in Buhlertal at Hotel Adler https://maps.app.goo.gl/dfooQ9WeuEMts7eb6
Hotel Florence is a good place to head for on a first or last night in France. Used it a couple of times.
Hotel les Pins. Been a while since I stayed there. The restaurant was excellent and @Gyp and I were able to park our bikes in one of the garages under some of the rooms. Was this not an option for you? A better bet near Haguenau (which is usually clogged with traffic) is to cross the Rhine on the free ferry at Drusenheim and stay in Buhlertal at Hotel Adler https://maps.app.goo.gl/dfooQ9WeuEMts7eb6
Hotel Florence is a good place to head for on a first or last night in France. Used it a couple of times.
Ah yes, Hotel les Pins.
If my fading memory serves me well, that was the place where I was up all night sending messages to solicitors dealing with my late uncle's will, and the owner got quite shirty with my when I took Horse a cup of tea to the room as that was strictly forbidden.
But the restaurant was good and the bikes were parked inside
I did see those garages but didn’t ask if I could use one.
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