Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site lanl-a.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!lanl-a!mlj From: mlj@lanl-a.UUCP Newsgroups: net.travel Subject: Europe by bike Message-ID: <14752@lanl-a.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Oct-84 12:15:43 EDT Article-I.D.: lanl-a.14752 Posted: Fri Oct 12 12:15:43 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Oct-84 04:04:47 EDT Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Lines: 32 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 lanl-a!mlj or mlj@lanl