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Here are a few pics from the Swiss leg (plus one of the canal path down from Strasbourg).
I got a mega cold 2 days into the trip, so I ended up taking a train from Basel to Bern and then riding from there. I rode down to Thun, half way around the lake, and then south through the Kandersteg valley - that was by far the best leg of the trip. Rolling through lovely pastures surrounded by the sound of cowbells and gushing mountain streams etc. The bike route turned out to be a MTB route further down the valley, so I had an interesting 8km trying to make it up gravel inclines... But made it to an amazing campsite where you coudl take a cable car up to the top of the mountain, and get a summer toboggan down again! But unfortunately, the weather turned sour... Typical.
After that, I had a fever and couldn't really function, so took a train from Brig to Martigny to check myself into a hotel... Set off again the following afternoon and rode to Ville Neuve at the bottom corner of the lake, then around to Montreux and Lausanne. The vineyards above Lausanne/pidoux are particularly beautiful, and some of the climbs/descents were mental with a weighted bike - 18% !
I lost the official bike path after Lausanne - it kept winding in and out of small towns and signage wasn't great - so I just decided to blitz down the main road.
All in all, the trip wasn't as successful as planned (getting sic + crappy weather!), but it was still very enjoyable. And the Alps aren't going anywhere, so I plan to return again!
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