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Cycling the Cabot Trail…

Joern — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 19:32:27 +0000

Juli and I made it and survived the Cabot Trail on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada :-). Wondering what this is? Well, Alexander Graham Bell described it perfectly: “I have travelled the globe. I have seen the Canadian and American Rockies, the Andes and the Alps and the [...]

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Day 5 on Cabot Trail: Cheticamp – Baddeck

Joern — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:25:12 +0000

Some basics: 87,08km distance, Altitude difference 162m, Duration 5:26h (incl. stops)

Alternate route via Margaree, Hunters Mountain last ‘hill’, then off to Baddeck…longest tour with 80km but done on less than 5h. Staying in Telegraph House in Baddeck, Pizza & beer at night.

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Day 4 on Cabot Trail: Pleasant Bay – Cheticamp

Joern — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:18:42 +0000

47,06km distance, Altitude difference 469m, Duration 5:38h (incl. stops)

Whale watching in morning, heading up to MacKenzie Mountain, then downhill French Mountain, pure Cabot Trail, staying in Cheticamp over night

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Day 3 on Cabot Trail: South Harbour – Pleasant Bay

Joern — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:16:46 +0000

xx,xxkm distance, Altitude difference 460m, Duration x:xxh (incl. stops)

Just leave this place and get coffee in cape north, breakfast after first small climb, then north mountain ahead, 13%, 7km, 457m, last 1km really bad, pain, real pain,

then downhill almost 10km nice ride but now knowing [...]

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Day 2 on Cabot Trail: Wreck Cove – South Harbour

Joern — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:11:31 +0000

73,69km distance, Altitude difference 327m, Duration 7:51h (incl. stops)

Needs update…

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Day 1 on Cabot Trail: Baddeck – Wreck Cove

Joern — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:04:38 +0000

61,54km distance, Altitude difference 101m, Duration 4:13h (incl. stops)

First cycling day started out with a perfect breakfast at the Colby House B&B in Sydney. Yes, sounds weird, but I have never eaten rhubarb muffins before but they tasted like charm. So, after having fresh [...]

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April moved to June, but still: Cabot Trail!

Joern — Mon, 24 May 2010 21:09:54 +0000

So, after Eyjafjallajökull decided to calm down and my boss accepting my shift of holiday to beginning of June, it will finally happen: Just received my tickets this weekend :-).

But still no chance to get my biycle with me. Damn, these people of Lufthansa almost drove me crazy. Air Canada transfers bikes for [...]

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Ende April…Cabot Trail!

Joern — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:24:00 +0000

Ok, Juli will’s wissen und fordert mich heraus (oder bin ich das doch selbst? *grübel*). Besser: “Wie eine weinselige, nächtliche Idee zu einer echten Herausforderung wird“. Die Idee war simpel: Ich habe Urlaub. Ich muß hier raus. Ich habe Juli lange nicht gesehen. Juli hat mich lange nicht gesehen. Juli ist nicht [...]

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Rio de Janeiro won the dispute for the Olympics 2016

Joern — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:59:29 +0000

Brazil…Rio de Janeiro…damn i love it…

Joern — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:15:17 +0000

Since I haven’t been on holidays for quite a while and Levka finally started her first “real” job with regular income, we thought we need to spend this money ;-) and decided to really go on holidays. After struggling a bit with possible timeframes (BTW: I hate official school holidays…), we finally booked a [...]

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