Category Bicycle Tours and Rides
Europe 2014 – Berlin – We Ride, Get Lost, and Find Our Way
Timeline: August 16th – 24th Putting into action our goal of riding more, that Tuesday we saddled up and rode east along the Saatwinkler Damm canal towards the center of the city. A blue-sky day with a bit of a chill (it would be cold our entire stay in Berlin) it was good to be […]
Addendum to Last Amsterdam Post
Given the length of the last post and the number of pictures, and the incredibly slow, intermittent and unreliable wi-fi we have here at Camping Paradijs in Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic, I didn’t include the two maps of our bike routes. Also, some folks don’t care about the bike stuff so they can immediately delete […]
Europe 2014 – Amsterdam – Edam, The Disneyland of Cheese
Timeline: August 9th – 15th Keen to continue day tripping, we set out for Edam and its famous Wednesday cheese market the next day. Located not far from Vliegenbos, the drive didn’t take too long and as we pulled into the outskirts of town we were directed into a grassy parking lot already more than […]
Europe 2014 – Amsterdam – Bikes and Delft
Timeline: August 9th – 15th Editors Note: The last paragraph of the last post had a typo. Here is the corrected version: We love to eat out and yet, that meal in camp, an inexpensive bottle of wine lubricating the gears, evolves from a simple act of preparation into the constant that keeps you grounded. […]
Europe 2014 – Amsterdam – Alone Again, Naturally
Timeline: August 9th – 15th Editors Note: The ride we did the day Beverly was in Copenhagen was not to Marken, but around the neighborhood, about 12 miles round trip. It gave us a good grounding regarding what was near Vliegenbos and provided just the right amount of exercise to fuel a good evening with […]
Europe 2014 – Amsterdam (Bev) – Kansas Meets Amsterdam
Timeline: August 5th – 9th Anticipating a complicated morning and hoping to be able to make a move to Field Three before we ran our various errands, we bought some coffee and chocolate croissants from the market and then checked in at Reception to see about moving. The gods of travel smiled upon us that […]
Europe 2014 – Bruges (Brugge) – We Climb to the Top and Tour the Canals
Timeline: August 2nd – 4th This day would be spent seeing as many of Bruges’s typical tourist spots as possible. After a very good and filling breakfast at the Fevery (ham, cheese, yoghurt, cereal, three different types of bread, jams, etc.) we set out for the Markt Square with a brief but fun detour at […]
Europe 2014 – Tossa de Mar: The Party Continues
Timeline: July 12th – 18th It turned out that the bedroom Francois was to occupy did have three beds but would have been way to small to accommodate the three of us, so Joanna and I simply brought up our sleeping bag and pads and slept outside on the large patio, around the side and […]
Europe 2014 – Tossa de Mar – Houston, We Have Landed
Timeline: July 12th – 18th We broke camp on Saturday the 12th, packed the car and then, with a short drive ahead of us to Tossa de Mar, climbed on our bikes for a ride from camp. The folks at the reception desk had suggested heading north and thus we went. The first short stretch […]
Europe 2014 – Madrid: A Really Good Bike Ride
Timeline: July 2nd – 7th Our plan for the day was to get a bike ride in and then head into town for dinner at the Mercado and potentially a haircut for me at a barbershop we’d see on the tour. We wanted to also stop in at a bike shop, Cyclos Otero, as had […]
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