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Eurovelo 6 - France

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Eurovelo 6 - Mulhouse to Saint-Nazaire, France Prologue This trip from Mulhouse, France near the Swiss border to the Atlantic Ocean was more than two years in the making.  I first planned to do it in May 2020.  I made all the reservations and detailed plans and was getting excited as the time approached.  Then in February and March we started hearing rumors of a new virus called Covid 19 which was rapidly spreading.  By April it was apparent that things were closing down and the trip would not be possible.  Being the eternal optimist, I assumed all this would pass soon, and I made all the plans for September 2020.  Of course, the pandemic raged on, but I figured surely by May 2021 the trip would be possible.  But, how wrong I was - I cancelled all the reservations again and planned for the fall of 2021 only to be once more disappointed by a world-wide pandemic.  Finally, by May 2022 things were looking better.  Covid had not disappeared, but travel had opened up.  So, after making hote