25&26 january Grenoble Bruxelles Grenoble

Tuesday, 26 January 2010 00:00

Small trip to Brussels to meet with Yves and Suzanne in "La Maison du Vélo".

Grenoble - Brussels: 5h20 TGV & Thalys + 1h30 from crossing the city on foot in freezing cold. Warm welcome with a hot coffee. Yves is available for us and we spend the late afternoon to shop, to discover the bike trip, discuss the equipment that we plan, try a few bikes (too much bikes!).

We then invited for dinner and overnight. This is an opportunity to exchange up to an hour late on our next trip and their many trips by bike, tandem or triple. Their experience allows us to refine our choices, their stories and photo albums give us the impression of being there already!

Sleep on it, we decided for 5 custom bicycles Da Silva (German manufacturer bike frame); Maëlle will be in a child trailer.

Session to take our measurements and order to finish (until the choice of colors) and we welcome our guests and leave again in the cold for a little walk in the city, find
chocolates for Aude ;-), to see the famous Manneken Pis, before to take our train.

Review: Super trip, great hospitality, super bikes in perspective, the journey starts with the preparations! appointment 8 weeks later to have our bikes back.