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    You Won’t Believe the Network of Bicycle Paths Here!



    You Won’t Believe the Network of Bicycle Paths Here!

    After Nadia’s accident we choose to take it easy for the duration of her and Victor’s time cycling with us. A rest day in Mechelen, with the amazing Belfry of St. Rumbold’s Cathedral, followed by a short ride into Leuven, then a nice day’s ride into Hasselt, and then on to Maastricht in the Netherlands, all the while riding through the sublime, dreamy landscapes of Belgium. Four days without an accident! Woohoo!

    If you’re interested in checking out our planned route, we’ve included a link below. Bear in mind that we took deviations from time to time which might not be shown here, but this is 99% accurate!

    https://www.komoot.com/tour/2712955948?share_token=aeq7TIKLO4dmhXXQ47i1Bsck7K9vnfXHdiU2jdkLysMbJ4oC10&ref=wtd

    Music

    ES_Adventures Ahead – Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
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    While You Can – The Eastern Plain
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    Say That You Won’t Go – The Loving Caliber
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    Early Morning Rain – Sunfish Grove
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    Just Do – Arch Tremors
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    Livin’ Proof – Headland
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    Screaming Out – Akerman
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    28 Comments

    7. @smeaty100 on

      Very nice route! We live in Luxembourg…..did a ride from here to Verona…….Europe is so enjoyable to ride, drink and eat with so much to offer. Great job with the videos…..my wife thinks you sound a bit like Tom Hanks…….what movies has she been watching🤪

    8. @knutselaardre1272 on

      Hello Julianna and Roland. As a Belgian, I'm very pleased that you didn't just choose to explore the larger cities in Belgium. Most foreign tourists visit Bruges, Ghent, Brussels, and Antwerp. These are very beautiful cities, but you've only seen a tiny part of Belgium that way. Smaller cities like Mechelen, Leuven, Tienen, Diest, Hasselt, and so on have a lot to offer.
      It's not just the cities themselves that make them beautiful, but the roads leading to them. It's a bit of a shame that you didn't always find the most beautiful roads. You could have cycled through the Sonian Forest and the Meerdaal Forest. From Mechelen to Leuven, you could have followed the Dyle River instead of always following the canal. The Limburg Kempen region is truly a cycling paradise with many small roads through the heathland and forests.
      I've been following you on YouTube for several years now. It's partly thanks to you that my first multi-day cycling trip, "La Loire à Vélo," was from Nevers to Nantes. So I'm looking forward to your next adventures.

    10. @dmazeau on

      It’s funny because I have passed by Mechelen many times on the train. But the train stop is out at the edge of the city, and it didn’t look so great. In fact, it looked a bit awful. But I see now, thanks to you, the city center is much, much better.

    11. @tandemriders6791 on

      My Wife and I just have to ask, did you get to go to and enjoy the Andre Rieu concert in Maastricht? Loving your videos and thank you for promoting the use of helmets.
      Save Travels.

    14. @dirk2518 on

      The idéal clothes for this kind of weather is a rain body and seperate sleeves. Your not locked in like with a coat and protected enough for short showers and drizzle. Honestly this kind of weather is perfect for biking.

    17. @cdmiller51 on

      Thank you for the PSA to encourage wearing bicycle helmets. Like Nadia, I had a crash in 2018 and landed hard on my right side. I was knock out, had a concussion and a subarachnoid hemorrhage. The helmet did its job, yet I wasn't immune from injury. My wife tells others that if I hadn't worn a helmet, it would have been a very different story.

    21. @drfernandes16 on

      Hello! Just stumbled upon your videos a couple weeks ago and really have been enjoying watching your current tour as well as older videos. Your videos are really very well done and my wife and I anxiously await your new videos. I'm a seasoned bike tourist, but after watching your videos, my newbie wife has expressed interest in doing a shorter version of your current tour!

    27. @PaulJadin-l3x on

      I had a domestic accident a few years ago, fell backwards in the stairs to the basement after putting my helmet to cycle to work. I broke my calcaneum but could have been unconscious without the helmet, cause my head hit the ground hard. I never felt with the bike, luckily.

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