Biking through the Alps

For months I've been struggling with a tough question: what should I do for my two week Euro-vacation before I come back home? Should I do something relaxing? Should I try to see as many cities as possible? Should I do something crazy? Oh, the stress! Please feel sorry for me! Most of my focus has been to head south because I've been to all the other surrounding countries already, besides Poland (Nothing against Poland, just didn't make there, that's all). So I sketched map after map, connecting dots from Frankfurt to Rome, hitting up the likes of Heidelberg, Strasbourg, Baden-Baden, Freiburg, Basel, Luzern, Lake Como, Torino, Riomaggiore, and Florence on the way. My main obstacle was Switzerland. It seems they have some kind of mountainous terrain making travel and tourism twice as expensive. I almost gave up and started looking for flights straight to Italy, but alas, a light bulb blinked on in my head: "combine your new found love for cycling, adventurous spirit, and your desire to see all those pretty places you saw on the internet, and take them to the next level!", said the talking light bulb. So I said, "yes!" then found this website and started digging for info. There are so many opportunities to see the Swiss landscape with a wide range of difficulties. I could even make it comfortably from Basel to Lugano in 8 days, which is basically going from the southern tip of Germany to the northern tip of Italy. Looks pretty cool to me!