Tyres got trapped into Tram rails causing loss of balance and a fall that was cushioned by the protection plastic pads of the uniform. The side luggage also created a buffer zone that saved my foot from getting trapped beneath the motorcycle.
Just a few bruises and a massive kick of adrenaline which works much better than caffeine.
Viale Monte Santo where the fall happened. Luckily no gear broken.
On my way to the Swiss Alps.
Little Italian villages near Como just before the Swiss borders into the Italian part of Switzerland.
Crossing the borders from Italy into Switzerland.
My Translalp before of the Alps.
Into the Alps and just before of one of these massive Swiss tunnels. One of these is 56 Km long.
Really tempted to go through Zurich where a dear friend lives but I have to race to London.
Swiss villages snowed under, on one of the several lakes lying under the Alps.
Just 82Km to Basel.
The borders between the French and and the German side of Basel. Basel is actually bordering both Germany and France.
Well into France heading to Strasbourg.
Strasbourg by night well lit to celebrate Christmas.
Ill River that flows into Rhine.
Petite France is a neighbourhood in Strasbourg.
The name "Petite-France" (Gerberviertel in German) was conferred by the former German inhabitants not for architectonical reasons, but because of the numerous prostitutes working there in the Middle Ages — prostitution used to be known in Germany as "the French business".
Also, syphilis often contracted in that specific area was then known as Franzosenkrankheit ("French disease").
Source//Wikipedia.
The name "Petite-France" (Gerberviertel in German) was conferred by the former German inhabitants not for architectonical reasons, but because of the numerous prostitutes working there in the Middle Ages — prostitution used to be known in Germany as "the French business".
Also, syphilis often contracted in that specific area was then known as Franzosenkrankheit ("French disease").
Source//Wikipedia.
Its medieval cityscape of Rhineland black and white timber-framed buildings in the Petite-France district alongside the Ill.
The Place Kléber is the central square of Strasbourg and pictured is the L'Aubette a palace built in the 17th century.
The main commercial street of Strasbourg.
The first modern newspaper was published in Strasbourg in 1605, when Johann Carolus received the permission by the City of Strasbourg to print and distribute a weekly journal written in German by reporters from several central European cities. Source//Wikipedia
Strasbourg, Cathedral of Our Lady.
The city is chiefly known for its sandstone Gothic Cathedral with its famous astronomical clock.
Strasbourg Cathedral on which construction began in the twelfth century, was completed in 1439 (though only the north tower was built) and became the World's Tallest Building, surpassing the Great Pyramid of Giza. A few years later, Johannes Gutenberg created the first European moveable type printing press in Strasbourg. Source//Wikipedia
Trivial info: In July 1518, an incident known as the Dancing Plague of 1518 struck residents of Strasbourg. Around 400 people were afflicted with dancing mania and danced constantly for weeks, most of them eventually dying from heart attack, stroke or exhaustion.
Daily Distance: 476 Km
Total Distance: 1116 Km
Soundtrack: Bruce Springsteen, Dancing in the dark
Soundtrack: Bruce Springsteen, Dancing in the dark
Vassilis Themelidis
