Bike Trip
Today was a very relaxed day in Maastricht. We slept in late, toured the city for a little, and then came back to camp to hang out, cook dinner, and go to bed early. To start with, I find the bike paths in the Netherlands amazing. Besides freeways, I have
Bike Trip
Today we biked along the vehnbahn (the rail trail we have been following) through the Ardennes to Aachen, Germany. From there we biked to Maastricht, Netherlands to make for another long 120 km day. The rail trail made the route through the Ardennes very scenic and much easier than it
Bike Trip
Today was the first day we deviated from our normal plan and used the train. Turns out the Ardennes have more ups and downs then we expected, and the train was only 2 euros. It doesn't get much cheaper then that. We left the campsite in Luxembourg a
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Today Mark and Matt went to church and then met Nate in the city to explore the town. There were a lot of suggestions but we picked the American WWII memorial. The memorial was just outside the city but between a bus ride and short walk it was pretty easy
Today mother nature decided to turn her fan on us all day. It would've been a great day for sailing if you're in to that. Unfortunately we were mere land lubbers beating to windward. (Not sure if that expression is being used correctly but their is
Bike Trip
Today was supposed to be another day of heat so we got on the road by 9 to make it to our campsite before the sun got up. We did the first 70km non-stop and so don't have many photos. All we have is a picture of a
Bike Trip
Disclaimer: I spelled Moselle wrong in yesterday's blog post. It's "Moselle" and not "Mosel." Sorry! First, a missed story from yesterday. We picked up a really cheap carton (yes carton, not bottle) of wine. However, having no wine glasses we had to
Bike Trip
Today, on our bike tour from Bingen down the Rhein to Koblenz, we hit the 1000 mile point on our trip. One nice thing about using the imperial system is that we get to celebrate both the 1000 kilometer point and the 1000 mile point when biking just about anywhere
Bike Trip
Today was a very long day on the bike. 161km, or just over 100 miles. We've now done that. And hopefully won't have to do it again. We knew we had a long day coming, so left the campsite outside of Heidelberg promptly at 9:00am.
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Today was a rest day, and we spent most of the day doing just that. Unfortunately, it's hard to sleep in because of the sun, but we got up around 8:30 and moseyed up to the main office to eat breakfast and charge our phones. All three
Sorry about the lack of pictures, I'm writing this at 10:33 and realizing that I have no pictures to post. The biking today was very similar to biking through the lower peninsula. It was flat, and we'd bike through corn fields, then nice forests, and
Bike Trip
Today we biked from Ettenheim to just outside Baden-Baden (thus the title of this post, also because we're not sure how to say it, but putting on a German accent and then saying it really fast is fun. We're pretty sure the dash is silent). We