Latest dispatches
Tour de France, Stage 17
Warning: very long post that will bore most everyone. Our tour experience had us waking up at 6am to guarantee early access to the mountaintop town that we…
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Fiat Accompli
Woke up in Genoa yesterday morning and walked to the local Europcar (yes, I have the jersey and shorts!) to pick up our adorable Fiat Panda. There was…
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Milano
No, not the cookies. But equally delicioso. We’re recovering from a wild and crazy day watching the Tour de France in person. We were on the border of…
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Flora and Fauna
Part of our time in Cinque Terre was catalogging the various species of plants and animals (edible for the fomer, inedible for the latter). This picture illustrates one…
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Cinque Terre, or fifty calories from paradise
Ok, that does it. This is getting ridiculous. Cinque Terre in Italy is simply the most beautiful place on earth. Yes, there are tourists here, but not as…
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Alpe d’Huez
(This is a catchup post for events that happened on Tuesday.) We’ve been hinting about this for a few days, so here it comes. Our second day with…
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The Kindness of Old Friends (while traveling)
The haggard (and a little smelly…) bikers experienced a nice change of pace in Genoa Italy last night. 1,000 thanks to Dr. David Branson (Madison West shout out!)…
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Climbing and Descending
When we made our reservations at Hotel Milan in Bourg d’Oisan (pronounced boorg dwa-zone), we were a bit unsure of the decision. It was a town we’d never…
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On the Inconvenience of Bastille Day
So, not only do the French speak what can only be descibed as an entirely different language (who knew?), but they have also inconsiderately parked one of their…
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Late update
Sorry, no pictures and little content. We’ve been internet deprived but very busy and tired in the village of Bourg d’Oisan, which sits at the base of Alpe…
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