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From: mlj@lanl-a.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.travel
Subject: Europe by bike
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Date: Fri, 12-Oct-84 12:15:43 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 12 12:15:43 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 13-Oct-84 04:04:47 EDT
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Next summer a couple friends and I plan on touring Europe by
bike.  We are thinking about Great Britain (and catching a bit
of the Wimbledon tournament) as well as France, Germany, Austria
(and the Lippizan stallions), Switzerland, Spain (?), and any
other country we may venture to.  We plan on hostelling and camping
out most of the time, and spending the other nights with friends
and acquaintances.  We will take our bikes with us and may stay
around three months.

Have any of you experienced touring Europe by bike or even hiking?

Is it necessary to belong to some sort of European Hostel Organization
to take advantage of the cheap rates?
(Somebody mentioned this to me a few months ago about acquiring a
membership card for cheap overnight rates.)

Are there places in particular that are a "must" to see, and other
places to avoid?

**Can we drink the water?**

If anybody out there has any helpful hints, tips or anything else
to share with me, I would appreciate it very much!

Thank you!

Marie-Louise Jalbert
Los Alamos Nat'l Lab
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