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Europe 2014 – Berlin – We Walk and We Remember
Timeline: August 16th – 24th The next day we were back in town to do one of the Steve’s self-guided walks, essentially retracing on foot what we’d done the previous days on bus and bike. We started in front of the Reichstag, and then passed by the Memorial to Politicians Who Opposed Hitler, the Berlin […]
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 […]
Europe 2014 – Berlin – Help From a Friendly Stranger
Timeline: August 16th – 24th The long drive to Berlin was easier to manage as it was all on autobahn, with a number of stretches that had no posted speed limit. The GPS we are using, a Garmin 3590 (a very fine device) shows the current speed limit and your actual speed in the […]
Europe 2002 – Return to Ludwig’s Way (Koning-Ludwig’s Weg), Part Two
Note to Readers. While looking through prior posts this one appears to not have been posted. If it is a duplicate, sorry about that! Up early to get on the trail, checking in luggage at the Hauptbahnhof went smoothly and we then boarded the S6 line for our ride out to the last stop at […]
Europe 2007 – The Start of a New Adventure, Part Four
We made the five-hour drive down to Francois’ place in Montigny without any further incident. It would be our first time to his new apartment, which he shared with his son Axel, after so many visits to the house that he and Heike had shared during our past journeys. With their divorce a few years […]
Europe 2007 – The Start of a New Adventure, Part One
The year 2007 marked our 25th anniversary and plans for a celebratory return to Europe began early in the year. We set aside the last two weeks of October for the trip in order to be there on our actual anniversary date, October 30th. It would be a year of transition for us, concluding with […]
Europe 2002 – Return to Ludwig’s Way (Koning-Ludwig’s Weg), Part Three
Isn’t funny how a very long hiking experience the day before will make an 11-mile section seem short in comparison. That’s what our hike through the Ammer Gorge felt like. The going was relatively easy and an hour or so into the day, we came out of some forest and stopped at a hunters cabin […]
Europe 2002 – Return to Ludwig’s Way (Koning-Ludwig’s Weg), Part One
As the year 2002 approached and with it our 20th anniversary, Joanna and I both thought it appropriate to return to Europe much as we had done to celebrate our 10th in 1992. I had been contemplating for some time to put together the type of adventure you might see advertised in a brochure or […]
Europe 1999 – The Hunt for Starkbier, Part Two
Alex, Hap, and I drove down to Munich the next day and checked into the Hotel Bristol, just off the Sonnenstrasse near Sendlinger Tor, a city gate at the southern extremity of the historic old town. It served as a fortification during the Middle Ages and is one of Munich’s three remaining gothic town gates. […]
Europe 1999 – The Hunt for Starkbier, Part One
Possibly as a result of getting a new car, one perfect for cruising the interstates, we made a number of trips in the fall of 1998. One long weekend we went to Yosemite along with Irene Thomas Johnson to meet up with Norm Benson for a one-day assault on Half Dome. Getting overnight accommodations in […]
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