Linda Marie
Auf Wiedersehen
Ron and I leave for the train station in a few hours, where we will take a high speed train to Frankfurt. Our three fifty-pound bags...
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It's Not Too Late
Grab your passport and go!
It's Not Too Late
The day will come when
we cannot do this anymore.
Today is not that day!
Join two Americans as they venture beyond the comforts of home. The adventure began in 2019 when Blog Author Linda and her husband Ron journeyed to Paris for three months. They found an apartment, studied French, and attempted to fit in. The experience convinced them to keep traveling, and they decided to live in and explore a different country yearly. In 2020, they toured America by car for six weeks (the Pandemic nixed overseas travel). In 2021, they lived for several months in Erfurt Germany, biking almost 500 miles through the Thüringen countryside. Upon returning home, they set off bike-packing across North America. They headed across the Atlantic again in 2022, touring Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England. Enjoy their story!
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We continue to test our limits and leave our comfort zone as we explore Bike & Barge river cycling in Europe. Join us first on a Four Country Tour Along the Danube, where we cycled from Germany, through Austria, Slovakia, and Hungary, and back again, visiting the capital cities of Vienna (Austria), Bratislava (Slovakia), and Budapest (Hungary). Click "more" to the far right of "All posts" to find our Danube Wanderlust.
Next up, another Bike & Barge cycle trip, this time through the wine country of southeast Germany along the Mosel River.
Come along and tour with us! We promise to do all the pedaling….
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Not done yet!
The last ride had to happen, and what a ride it was. We took a train to Naumburg, about an hour from Erfurt. The train stopped briefly...
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The Beginning of the End
It is the Monday of our last week in Germany. I am trying hard not to be sad. It was not easy to make this trip happen. We encountered...
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Bad Lasagna
We each have unique ways of coping with the unfamiliar. The German language is somewhat familiar to me; that is to say that when I see...
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The Star People
On the far eastern edge of Germany, almost in the Czech Republic, lies the tiny town of Herrnhut. Herrnhut came into existence in the...
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Life is a Cabaret!
For Martin's birthday, his parents treated us all to a live performance of the musical Cabaret at the National Theatre of Germany in...
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Oktoberfest!
On one of our first bike rides, we noticed a sign out in the countryside advertising the upcoming Oktoberfest in Erfurt. We dutifully...
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A Forest Adventure
We suspect Summer has finally surrendered to Autumn. The days are getting colder and shorter. The last two days were rainy and windy,...
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A Unity Day Thanksgiving
Unity Day is a National holiday in Germany, commemorating the unification of East and West Germany in 1990. This year, Unity Day fell...
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The Ride
The Ilm River doesn't flow through Erfurt, but we had caught glimpses of it on several rides. The Ilm starts in the same mountains as...
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What if it Rains?
For years, Ron and I kept a "Wish List" of things we would like to do if we ever made it to Germany for an extended stay. The list...
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MUSHROOMS! Are we really going to eat them?
"Would you like to go on a mushroom harvest?" It was a perfect sentence, and I could tell Birgit had practiced it. Birgit has been...
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Hills & a Wee Bit of Rain -Weimar to Apolda by Bike
Weimar has an incredible history to explore. But today is not a day for exploring history, however important and interesting it might be....
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Where in the World is Ausfahrt?
In London, the exit signs in stores and restaurants say: "Way Out". Ron and I are children of the 60's, (hmmmm, one child and one...
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A Caretaker, Two Very Old Churches, and a Basket of Apples
A caretaker, two very old churches, and a basket of apples? Yes. Read on! The day dawned warm and sunny - perfect for another long...
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Three Castles
Since our arrival, the weather has been unusually warm and sunny. We do not know how long our good fortune will last, so we are taking...
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