06 Nov 2011 Seattle to Edison, NJ I am on a flight to Newark, NJ and as luck would have it, I am in the much coveted middle seat. Thankfully, the women on either side of me are self-contained, nothing spilling over into my space save for the elbows taking up the arm rests. The …
“Where is my green and white label?” I hear from the kitchen, followed by “Do I need to put the Bingo on there?” Looking her direction, I see that Gina has a bunch of papers spread across the kitchen counter, intently searching for the required bits for entering the Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes. I suppose …
It’s easy to let the blog entries fall by the wayside when simply living, unless, that is, you have a Gina in your household who reminds you that life is an interesting animal to write about whether you’re on the road or on the sofa. We’ve really been neither since returning from Sun Valley, Gina …
01 to 09 Oct 2011 Sun Valley, Idaho I must admit that I didn’t write a single word of this blog when we were in Sun Valley. Too much other fun stuff to do, including the day when we didn’t get out of our PJs nor the house until deep into the afternoon. You see, …
21 Sep 2011 Frankfurt We’re sitting on the edge of the Main River watching the sun go down behind the Frankfurt skyline, drinking a pint of beer with dozens of locals, and as much as I try to stay in this moment, I can’t help but think about the past year and how the end …
20 Sep 2011 Bacharach to Frankfurt (98 km) It was 2003 and Lance Armstrong was riding across a hayfield on his racing bike after narrowly missing the fallen Beloki. Demonstrating his expert bike handling skills, he crossed the hayfield, jumped over an irrigation ditch, and rejoined the race, on his way to his fifth Tour …
19 Sep 2011 Bacharach Not being due back into Frankfurt until tomorrow leaves us with a day to while away in Bacharach. This is both welcome and bittersweet. We never want these trips to end but at least we can enjoy this next-to-last day in an idyllic setting. And by idyllic I mean has internet, …
18 Sep 2011 Boppard to Bacharach (28 Km) In case anyone is wondering, we’ve been McDonalds-free for the past week. This is probably a good thing in light of the fact that all we can afford to carry right now is catastrophic health insurance. It was a short ride today, but not uninteresting, us doing …
17 Sep 2011 Cochem to Boppard (77 Km) From the Mosel to the Romantic Rhine, from riding downriver to upriver, from views of fairy-tale towns to fairy-tale castles. With few kilometers left to go in front of us, time to take it down another notch and enjoy the scenery not just from the saddle but …
16 Sep 2011 Cochem (10 Km by Foot) Breakfast at a German guest house is a mostly silent affair, like a library during school holidays. There are generally only two sounds heard during the morning meal: (1) the sawing of hard rolls being split in half and (2) the “Morgen” (“Morning”) greeting sung out by …