15 Aug 2011 Oberndorf am Neckar to Rottweil (26 km) I believe my sister’s dogs are from here, this town of Rottweil in the German countryside. I haven’t seen an actual Rottweiler since we arrived, just a photo of one on a flyer I could not read. But it would make sense, Rottweilers being from …
14 Aug 2011 Freudenstadt to Oberndorf am Neckar (66 km) Sometimes 1.8 km equals 7.7 km and you can almost guarantee that on a bicycle tour, that will not make me happy. After a tough afternoon of hills and headwinds, the sign pointing to Bochingen gave me hope. Hope of a possible gasthaus. Hope of …
13 Aug 2011 Dobel to Freudenstadt (66 km) It seems that being a native German doesn’t necessarily mean that you can follow the bicycle route signs any better than being a German descendant born and raised in the States. Or at least that’s what appeared to be the case for the two German cyclists who …
12 Aug 2011 Bretten to Dobel (40 km) It was 5 am and someone was up and building herself a Tower of Power: This was necessary because that same someone (a) couldn’t sleep and (b) refused to buy an Australia-Europe plug-in adaptor for $9.99 when we were living in Australia and toting around an Aussie …
11 Aug 2011 Frankfurt to Heidelberg to Bretten (60 km) Nothing like changing your mind at the last minute. This is what Gina and I did this morning. Rather than toss our last few items into our panniers and bike out the door onto the main cycle path leading out of Frankfurt and over toward …
07 August 2011 “Born to fly.” This is the motto for Condor Airlines, the latest international carrier to start flying out of Seattle and the one that will carry us to Frankfurt tomorrow for the start of our 6 week cycling tour. I like the phrase. It implies confidence. Like Bruce Springsteen was Born to …
01 August 2011 We’ve been riding our bikes as much as the weather here will allow, which is the same as saying we’ve been riding our bikes when it’s sunny out and not all drizzly and misty because even though we have full fenders and rain gear and thus technically would be “allowed” to ride …
29 July 2011 I hate to admit that I’ve been spending time indoors, given that the sun has reappeared and we never know how long that will last, but it’s true, I have been. But not without a good purpose, which was to update our Photos page to include pics from our recent travels. Someone …
25 to 27 July 2011 No sooner had Gina said “It’s not very nice out for my birthday”, after awaking to grey skies this past Monday morning, than a peal of thunder cracked through. Thunder? In Seattle in July? This is quite unusual. However, it did give her an excuse to turn on the TV …
22 July 2011 As the police officer approached our picnic table, we acted as though we were 17 year olds with something to hide, each of us grabbing our empty wine glasses and holding them beneath the table. I don’t know why we did this. It wasn’t as though he hadn’t seen us from his …