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Last Friday I went on a trip to Dasburg in Germany, on the Luxemburg border. Once a year my work organises a weekend somewhere within a reasonable riding distance from Den Helder (where I work). Anyway the first day you ride to the hotel with your own group, the Saturdays is the main event with an organised ride, and then again a ride back on the Sunday.
On Friday I met up with four friends at a petrol station in Alkmaar, from here we rode the direct route on the highway to Sittard in Limburg (the most southerly Dutch province).
From here we followed a route which we found on the hotel website, which took us through Limburg on nice country roads.
At the bottom corner of Limburg (and Holland) we took a route through Belgium to the town of Monchau, a really picturesque town in Germany. Here we stopped for some tasty Apfelstrudel mmmm....
we then hurried on to Dasburg, passing through Germany, Belgium and Luxemburg. We arrived at 1800 in Dasburg, where we stayed in the Daytona hotel.
This was the view out of the window:
This motor hotel is runned by a friendly Dutch couple, but they speak several languages.
We had a meal at 1900, a nice soup to start a schnitzel and chips as main course and 2 different bavavois as a pudding.
The hotel had a great bar, and as we all got several complimentary drinks I guess I didn't need much persuasion.
The next day we all had a great continental breakfast before riding off in our respective groups (staggered by a quarter of an hour). This is a really pretty area, mainly wooded with plenty of hills, we rode to begin with in Germany, along some great winding roads. First stop was Prum where we stopped at a great little bakery for a coffee and cake.
we rode off from here and again the roads were wonderful, we stopped for lunch by a lake near Bitburg.
On Friday I met up with four friends at a petrol station in Alkmaar, from here we rode the direct route on the highway to Sittard in Limburg (the most southerly Dutch province).
From here we followed a route which we found on the hotel website, which took us through Limburg on nice country roads.
At the bottom corner of Limburg (and Holland) we took a route through Belgium to the town of Monchau, a really picturesque town in Germany. Here we stopped for some tasty Apfelstrudel mmmm....
we then hurried on to Dasburg, passing through Germany, Belgium and Luxemburg. We arrived at 1800 in Dasburg, where we stayed in the Daytona hotel.
This was the view out of the window:
This motor hotel is runned by a friendly Dutch couple, but they speak several languages.
We had a meal at 1900, a nice soup to start a schnitzel and chips as main course and 2 different bavavois as a pudding.
The hotel had a great bar, and as we all got several complimentary drinks I guess I didn't need much persuasion.
The next day we all had a great continental breakfast before riding off in our respective groups (staggered by a quarter of an hour). This is a really pretty area, mainly wooded with plenty of hills, we rode to begin with in Germany, along some great winding roads. First stop was Prum where we stopped at a great little bakery for a coffee and cake.
we rode off from here and again the roads were wonderful, we stopped for lunch by a lake near Bitburg.
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