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Europe 2023 from Frankfurt : 2023-04-22 : Ride through Alsace to Valff

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Type	Name	Description	Service Provider	Cost	Kms	To Date	Total	Notes	Actions
Cycle	Alsace to Valff			$0.00	38.00	38.00

Accommodation
Type	Name	Service Provider	Confirmation	Location	Cost	Notes	Actions
Bed and Breakfast	Airbnb in Valff				$147.99	Cost is for two nights

Trip Log

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There is a lot of rain forecast for tomorrow so I found us a little Airbnb in a town called Valff, outside of Obernai, which is on the EV5, SW of Strasbourg. We’re supposed to be heading in a generally north direction, but we have some extra days and the weather looked better this way, so we decided to do a bonus out-and-back the ‘wrong’ way on the EV5. Anyway, Jean-Marie (the garden host from two nights ago) is from Alsace, and is passionate about it so he had some recommendations for where to go. Instead of going straight from Molsheim to Obernai on EV5, we took his recommendation to go from Molsheim to Rosheim, then take the "Voie verte" which takes you to the quarry of Saint Nabor. He also suggested a short visit of Boersch and Otrott before heading to Obernai. Instead of staying in the ‘Voie Verte’ the whole way, I sketched out a route using cycle.travel (my new favorite app) that took us from Rosheim to Boersch and Ottrott before rejoining the ‘Voie Verte’ to Saint Nabor. As a result of that decision, we rode a HOUG (Hill of Unreasonable Grade) into Ottrott. By the time we left there I was pretty pooped and we just didn’t have it in us to go all the way up to the quarry, although we did get within a km. The last bit was just too steep. But it was a great ride. Then on to Obernai to spend the afternoon as we couldn’t check in to our AirBnB until 5:00. The forecast was for rain all afternoon but that did not materialize and we had a great afternoon in beautiful and interesting Obernai, including late lunch at La Cour de Mémé (grandma’s yard). Enroute to Valff, we detoured briefly at Niedernai to have a look at Château de Landsberg. It seems to be in a state of disrepair and probably not being used for anything. We couldn’t get a good look at it because of the wall around it, but Brent took a couple of decent shots by holding his camera up above the wall so we did get to see a little. Finally we arrived in Valff after a very challenging 38km. Checked into the AirBnB, started a laundry, and then came the rain. I’m so glad it held off for us!

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There is a lot of rain forecast for tomorrow so I found us a little Airbnb in a town called Valff, outside of Obernai, which is on the EV5, SW of Strasbourg. We’re supposed to be heading in a generally north direction, but we have some extra days and the weather looked better this way, so we decided to do a bonus out-and-back the ‘wrong’ way on the EV5.

Anyway, Jean-Marie (the garden host from two nights ago) is from Alsace, and is passionate about it so he had some recommendations for where to go. Instead of going straight from Molsheim to Obernai on EV5, we took his recommendation to go from Molsheim to Rosheim, then take the "Voie verte" which takes you to the quarry of Saint Nabor. He also suggested a short visit of Boersch and Otrott before heading to Obernai.

Instead of staying in the ‘Voie Verte’ the whole way, I sketched out a route using cycle.travel (my new favorite app) that took us from Rosheim to Boersch and Ottrott before rejoining the ‘Voie Verte’ to Saint Nabor. As a result of that decision, we rode a HOUG (Hill of Unreasonable Grade) into Ottrott. By the time we left there I was pretty pooped and we just didn’t have it in us to go all the way up to the quarry, although we did get within a km. The last bit was just too steep. But it was a great ride.

Then on to Obernai to spend the afternoon as we couldn’t check in to our AirBnB until 5:00. The forecast was for rain all afternoon but that did not materialize and we had a great afternoon in beautiful and interesting Obernai, including late lunch at La Cour de Mémé (grandma’s yard).

Enroute to Valff, we detoured briefly at Niedernai to have a look at Château de Landsberg. It seems to be in a state of disrepair and probably not being used for anything. We couldn’t get a good look at it because of the wall around it, but Brent took a couple of decent shots by holding his camera up above the wall so we did get to see a little.

Finally we arrived in Valff after a very challenging 38km. Checked into the AirBnB, started a laundry, and then came the rain. I’m so glad it held off for us!