Another great day greets me at 5.30 am. Cool air promises a few hours of perfect TWIKEng across France before the sun heats up the air again. Today I’ll be driving to the sea and along the coast before heading to a small picturesque village called Cruzy and a stay at a B&B. Another thing: Today is France’s national day – I suspect I’ll see some festivities this evening and lots of banners and flags out today. No-one is up when I head downstairs to unplug my TWIKE. As I mentioned yesterday, the charging setup was pretty impromptu – […]
TDE2019 Day 2 – First taste of France
I’m probably getting old … for two reasons: Didn’t sleep too well after staying up until way after 1am and having a few drinks whilst chatting with old friends and my body wasn’t at all impressed by me wanting to get up at 5.30 am instead of my usual 5 am and saw me super-awake at exactly 4.58 am. Which is why I decided to get up right away and prepare for an early departure since my trip for today would be very long anyway and would give me some more time to enjoy the drive. After a quick shower […]
TDE2019 – Day 1: Prologue
Today is the day! The side-bar countdown seemed to melt away in no time during the last 20 or so days. With my experience of many TWIKE adventures I was able to pack my bags and required cables for this trip within 30 minutes late Thursday evening after a late business meeting that saw me getting back home after 10 pm. Friday morning I spent a little more time than usual with my family to say good-bye. We will be meeting up in Barcelona coming Monday evening. As usual, my wife takes the ‘TWIKE 560 departing on a long trip’ […]
TDE2019 – GO!
TWIKE560 is on it’s way to southern Spain! Follow me here with the usual entries and see where I am exactly thanks to TW560’s GPS track!
TDE2019 – Two Weeks To Go…
It’s been a while since my last post – life’s been hectic and super-busy. There are many draft entries in my queue waiting to be finished… One thing I’m looking forward, though, is our summer holiday as a family this year. We’re heading to Spain and staying at my wife’s parents apartment outside of Alicante. I’m in need of a break! This year, for the first time, our family summer holiday involves TW560 – hence the name of this TWIKE adventure: TDE2019 Tour de l’Espagne. Check out our route for this year’s 3-week break: Read more about TDE2019 and how […]