Is a horrible song. It is truly so bad and now it is stuck in my head due to the crazy earnestness in which the German Youth of Today were …
I grew up in a military family. I lived in Mannheim, West Germany on a military base from the time I was 12 until just before my 16th birthday. It …
It was not an auspicious start to biking across Germany. It was pouring with rain in Luxembourg and I was in love with France. Life was good with Ellen and …
Yesterday, I went to see the future of European bread. Manou took Ellen and me for a tour of his bread factory. I am not sure exactly what Manou does …
I am yet again in Luxembourg. I am getting ready to dash across Germany and find an Hungarian keyboard to type messages on. Are there other Americans who would end …
For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be in Verdun, sitting under the trees, smoking my pipe with my bike. Finally, at 34, I have done …
The Loire Valley is famous for its chateaus. By the time I got there, I was quite finished taking castles tours. I just visited just a couple to look at …
Cannot really describe my trip so far, but was a strange sign all along the coast of Normandy for a traveling film of MONSTER TRUCKS....mind you, “Professionals in Action!”This morning …
Normandy contains two of the Western World's most important medieval sites: The Abbey of Mont Saint Michel and the Tapestry at Bayeux.I went to Bayeux first, the day after leaving …
When I started my trip, I decided that I would collect a few patches for my pannier. On my last trip, I got a start and ending patch (Seattle-Banff). I …
I should have been a bit wiser about the idea of losing weight while biking in Europe. I am a fiend for trying new food, so while I am not …
I never expected to spend much time in France. Several years ago when I started thinking about long distance touring, I had a calendar of Brittany and a map of …