Archive for June, 2007
We had breakfast courtesy of Mevrouw Greveling at 8 AM, the better to get to the bike store around the corner bright and early — they opened at 8:30, and sure enough we were there by 8:45. Only the hardcore old guys were there, and they leapt to the challenge of the broken trailer [...]
So we got kind of a late start today after yesterday’s exhausting efforts, and by the time we got back into Ossenzijl just after noon the local bike store was closed for their lunch break. Crap. No spare tires or tubes here. However, we did have an absolutely stupendously delicious late breakfast/brunch [...]
Greetings from Camping De Kluft, in Ossenzijl, right at the edge of the Weerribben national park, where Peter and I were happy to score lodgings in a Trekkershut — a teeny little private cabin with bunkbeds and even a little fridge and stove. Also there is a covered front porch, perfect for sheltering Pepé [...]
(Peter again) Today we rode from Medemblik to Makkum, across the Afsluitdijk! After the museum exhibit about building the giant dike that closed off the Zuiderzee and how it was an achievement that united Holland, it was great to see the actual thing. It was, in fact, so awesome that Tracy says [...]
Peter here. Whew. Today was a very long day. The distance wasn’t long on the scale of long rides, but everything is longer when there is a trailer and a headwind involved. Also, we stopped for 3 hours in the middle to go to a museum. All in all, we [...]
So Peter posted about yesterday’s adventures, crashing rain and all that excitement. Today it’s my turn. This morning we woke up at Gaasper Camping, just outside of Amsterdam, very glad to be just slightly damp:
instead of completely soaked, like the people who had to move their tent out of the spot next [...]
Hello! Peter here. If it’s not marked otherwise, it’s probably mostly written by Tracy. So, we are sitting in our 2.5-person flashlight tent and the rain is smashing down. There’s thunder and lightning, and we are dry and protected, and the folded up bike fits in the vestibule (see pictures [...]
Greetings from Volendam, the Netherlands! A quick summary of this week’s bike adventures are as follows: we arrived on Monday and, in an effort to keep ourselves awake, put together the Pushmi-Pullyu (hereafter known as “Pepe” for short). On Tuesday we went to Leiden for a whole mess of tourist-type information, including a [...]
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Tracy, Peter, and the pushmi-pullyu
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