Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Paris - Zurich - Tour de Suisse - Swiss Alps -
Zurich - Freiburg - Vienna - Budapest - Copenhagen - Amsterdam
total touring mileage: 2848.59 km | total cycling mileage: 4600+ km
During the summer of 2001, I planned out a 3.5 month vacation, centered around the European Cycle Messenger Championships in Rotterdam, Holland at the beginning of June, and the Cycle Messenger World Championships in Budapest, Hungary at the end of July. It was a pretty well-planned trip, better so than the last few times I've gone to Europe, but as always, things never turn out quite as planned... I had originally planned to ride back from Budapest along the Danube and Rhine all the way to Amsterdam. Fortunately, the beauty of bike touring is that you can change your plans at the drop of a hat... and I did...
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