Taking a Leap of Faith on the Edelweiss Mystery Tour 2018 - motorcycles

Taking a Leap of Faith on the Edelweiss Mystery Tour 2018



Riding high above the Gorges de la Nesque in Provence on one of its many ?balcony? roads carved into the rock canyon walls. Photos by the author and Genie Tuttle.
Would you travel halfway around the world for an 11-day motorcycle touring vacation that promises fantastic roads and scenery, delicious food and drink, interesting foreign culture, fun and camaraderie every day" Of course you would.
What if each day?s route was a secret, and you had no idea where the tour is going other than the arrival airport, not even the hotel names" Signing up seem a little nuts"
Well, it probably is, but that hasn?t stopped Edelweiss Bike Travel?s Mystery Tour from selling out both times it has run, partly because of the company?s solid reputation for delivering everything in the first sentence above and partly because of repeat customers, from both the original Mystery Tour (now called the Life is Beautiful?Alpine Wonderland tour) and other Edelweiss motorcycle tours. The tiny village of Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, with its narrow streets and vaulted passageways, is considered to be one of the most beautiful in France.
When my wife Genie and I committed to the ?MT? starting and ending in Nice, France, in June 2018, it felt like agreeing to do a trust fall with a stranger?you know he or she is probably going to catch you, but there?s always that tiny bit of doubt. We knew we?d be in good hands though, if not on good roads, since the MT is the one EBT tour led by Managing Director...
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