Departure from PRAGUE Monday, April 22, 2019, I arrived safe and sound to METZ Sunday, April 28.

I had a very nice trip about 900 km, through Bohemia, Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatina, Saarland, Alsace.

I thank you all!

-   my sister LYDIE who provided me the equipment, advised in the purchase of the Treck bike and traced a magnificent route on roads, bike paths and forest roads. A delight!

- all the people from the WARMSHOVER network who warmly welcomed me in their home, most of the time until late at night!

# BARBARA and VACLAV (Pilsen) who share with me our first warmshower’ experience and put in my bags a few energizing products (delicious orange concentrate!)

# CRISTINA and PIET (near Vohenstrasse/Waldthurn) who were waiting for me until 9PM in their very warm house nestled in this small village

# WALTRAUD and KONRAD (near Rot am See) who made me taste their Bade-

Wurtemberg specialties and even cycled with me on part of the course

# MARTINA and TOM (near Sinsheim) who definitely convinced me to go again abroad for a longer project, more distant in 2020 .

# SOPHIE and DAVID (Dambach) for their soothing discussion in French around a delicious Alsatian meal after a raining day

- my French relatives who followed me:

YVES & MARIEL, NADINE, FLORENCE, VINCENT, JEAN-JACQUES, LUCCIA, MARK, CECILE P., JEAN-PIERRE, DOMINIQUE B., JEAN-MI & MARJOLAINE, DOMINIQUE T., BERNADETTE, ALAIN, VERONIQUE, JEAN-LOUIS, CECILE Z., my darling children

EDITH & JONAS and VALERIE, … and the last but not the least FRANCOISE my lover! In tribute to the power of the bicycle, these few words wrote by Paul FOURNEL:

“Twice as fast Two times less tired

Twice as much wind in the face Thanks to the bike, there is a man faster!”