Mark, Matt, and Nate bike Europe
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Today was rather uneventful, so I'll keep this brief. We woke up this morning at 8:30 at Michiel's and Maureen's with Matt saving us for oversleeping in the wonderful bed we had. We had a breakfast of bread, cheese, and juice, said our
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Today was the final day on the bikes, and I think we're all ready for it. We woke up to pouring rain, but luckily we were in the hotel and it didn't bother us. We ate breakfast at the hotel and waited in the room for
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Today we allowed strong winds to push us all the way from Domburg to Leiden. It was another windy day with the forecast calling 25 - 35 mph winds with gusts up to 50. When you are biking with the wind at your back it's quite pleasant. We
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Today we decided to stay in Domburg when we learned the hostel had an opening for all three of us. The hostel is in a castle so we couldn't turn that down. We had a lazy morning and left our mini-camping spot around 10, for a short bike
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The wind today was unreal. It was consistently 25-35mph with gusts up to 50mph. Unfortunately, there's not protection from the wind here, so most of the day was spent battling through the wind (that was accompanied by pelting rain from time to time) north from Ghent to a
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Today we used the Knooppunt system to navigate from Antwerp to Ghent. You basically follow a graph of numbered nodes from one number to the next, stringing the numbers together for which ever path you want. The trip started out great. Everything was well signed and the route took us
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Today we left the wonderful country that is Holland and entered Belgium. No offense to anyone from the country but our best experiences have not been here. To make it to Antwerp in a reasonable distance (or unreasonable if you're Nate) we had to follow a large shipping
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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
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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
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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
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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