Our last tour: Around the Vierwaldstättersee, well with a shortcut from Gersau to Beckenried by a ferry! It was a nice tour, but the best part was definitively the north bank of the lake! Also worth to see is Luzern – I loved it for the beautiful ambiance … we had a break there to refresh.

Tourinfo: Merlischachen – Küssnacht – Weggis – Gersau – Beckenried (by ferry) – Buochs – Stans – Stanstad – Hergiswill – Horw – Kastanienbaum – Luzern – Merlischachen

After that day somehow I was exhausted. Can’t really remember the distance, it was not the farthest, but I was glad to be back at the campground. After a “bath” in the lake and a long long shower, we went for a great dinner at a wonderful evening!

We woke up, looked out of the tent, spotted the lake, the great landscape and a sunny weather. Locals recommended us a tour around Zugersee, so we did. It was a tour with approx. 50km, just a very relaxing day.

The evening was different. We wanted to see sunset from a specific point, and it was almost too late, so we really sprinted with our cycles towards this place (I avoided to wear a heart rate monitor ;-)

It was great! Look some photos yourself!

Time is up for Lago Maggiore and we moved on! It wasn’t too hard, as the weather changed again. So we drove north towards Luzern, also passing the Passo del S. Gottardo, which was great, as the weather north the mountain-chain was more than perfect. The only problem was finding a campground at Vierwaldstättersee. Why’s that? Well, 1.5 weeks before they had the worst floods since 100 years, therefore all campgrounds were closed. That’s not quite true, the most beautiful place just opend again and we were the first who were allowed to camp close the lake! That was definitively great, as we had an amazing view! Whenever you visit Vierwaldstättersee in the heart of Switzerland, follow the road from Luzern towards Küssnacht, and you’ll find Merlischachen – it sooooo great there! After we pitched the tent, we went for a 20km bike tour in a wonderful landscape. It was like a dream there …

We woke up, didn’t expect much, and it was the best weather we had so far. Great.

So we went to the lake for breakfast, ate a lot, ’cause it could be a long long day *hehe*.

Our bicycle-tour today was: Minusio – Musalto – Locarno – Ascona (great!) – followed the quayside to Porto Ronco – right hand side towards Ronco – Losone – Golino – Intragna – Tegna – Locarno – back home. About 70km and around 450 meters total altitude gain. Whoever has the chance for this tour, DO IT! It’s just amazing. We really loved that great view over the lake, the great roads (sadly also a bit dangerous – no bicycle lane – spirited motorists!) and the feeling. Check out the pictures we’ve taken – it’s worth a try ;-)

Just after Ronco (or was it still in Ronco), there is a perfect restaurant with the best view over the lake (at least that was said!). Of cause we had a break there, ate a bit and enjoyed the rest of the tour!

In the evening we did a race-cycle photo shoot and savoured an ice-cream!

PS: Not to forget! In the morning, just after we started our tour, we visited the local airport of Locarno. I am just too fascinated by sport aeroplanes, esp. gliders, that we had to go there :-)

Another day, another rain. !”§$%%$’=!§”$%(=!”§%

Well, we hung around Locarno, wrote postcards and drunk Cappuccino :D

Nevertheless I went for a cycle tour in the late afternoon. It was heavily raining, but somehow it was great. You don’t need to cool your body down and this extra bit of energy you can spend on your pedals! It was great. I cycled about 30km in an hour, a great feeling. In the meanwhile, Dani went for a run.

Both of us, obviously, were quite hungry and we cooked under a roof of the campsite. Was very relaxed ;-)

A wonderful weather and a wonderful new day.

We had a sunbath at the beach the first time and afterwards a small but great cycle tour around Locarno. Of course there was a breakpoint at a Cappuccino “filling station” ;-) Back at the campground, Dani even took a bath and swum in “Lago Maggiore” (for me it was too cold, what a wimp).

A great dinner followed!

It was another rainy day, and it was time to go! We drove Lugrin – Montraux – Martigny – Sion – Sierre – Brig – Simplon – Domodossola (great small, typical Italian road!) – Locarno (Lago Maggiore).

Looking for a campground started with shocks: hyper modern campgrounds, *****, 50-70 sFr, not what we were looking for! In the end we found a place which was OK (of course it was hard to top our great idyllic campground from Lugrin.)

Now, what you don’t expect – do you? In the evening it started to rain again – unbelievable!

Yes, perfect weather and perfect temperature for cycling …

We had a big breakfast, as we knew what’s coming! Our tour plan was Lugrin – Geneva – Nyon – Rolle – Lausanne – Ferry to Evian – Lugrin. Approximately 120km.

Reaching Geneva was already a great feeling. Seeing this well known city in front of us, cycling closer and closer, feeling the great weather and everything … just great. We looked for a Cafe or Restaurant on the water side, but there wasn’t anything. We bought our own food and ate it close the lake, great! Relaxing! One hour doing nothing, except eating *smile*. We knew we had to go after a hour, because the last ferry from Lausanne was at 7.30pm and we estimated the time we still need. In the end we’ve been in Laussane at 7pm. Very glad about that we entered the ferry and had our toughs anywhere …

The last 20km followed by bike and then glad, tiered and hungry we reached our campground! Great day!