Mark, Matt, and Nate bike Europe
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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
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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
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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
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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
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This morning we departed camp after breakfast on Lake Zurich with Mike. Breakfast was a simple meal of bread cheese and salami, but we're buying bread by the kilo now, so we get plenty of food. (We've been using Nate trademarked "immigrant mode" method
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Sorry for not posting yesterday, we are finding it hard to keep our phones charged. The heat finally broke yesterday!! Which made for a much more pleasant biking experience. We biked about 125km from Solothurn to Zurich (with a brief stop in Baden for Doner Kebab). Upon arriving in Zurich,
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Today was a 100km ride from Estavsyer Le Lac to Solothurn. It was thankfully mostly flat along the Aare River but there were a couple unnecessary ascents into towns to test our thighs. We can't tell if we are just doing less hills or in better shape but
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The heat relented a little today, with a high of a lowly 88. We moved the tent last night to try and get better airflow, and it might of worked (although I think it was just a little cooler last night). I think everyone slept for a least a few
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Today was another scorcher with the high reaching 99. Mark and Matt found a English catholic mass which they attended in the morning. Being told from an early age to dress up for church they felt a little uncomfortable walking in with flip flops and shorts but when the Scottish
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Happy 4th of July from the land of the neutrality! Today was another scorcher with temperatures reaching the 90s again. Thankfully out bike ride was done by noon leaving us to swelter in the shade for the remainder of the day. Today we bike to Lusanne, which is on Lake
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When we first landed in Austria, we learned about "Die Föhn" from Nate's friend Rachel and her friend Joe. They told us Die Föhn is a hot wind that blows out of Italy and heats up the alps. Joe went on to explain that everyone in