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Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:00:22 +0000

Just went and saw the palace and cathedral in Madrid and walked back to the youth hostel where some college age people start talking to me when they find out I'm from the states. They ask about the economy and I tell them I dunno, Ive been sleeping on the side of the road for three months but its fun to get to speak English........

Jen went right and I went left

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:34:14 +0000

it was the plan we had made the evening before. Jen stays in Spain 11 days longer than me and has the opportunity to check out the north coast while I have a flight to catch from Madrid....and on the way it was my turn to struggle....

Alps, alps; and more alps.....note: unedited

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:38:05 +0000

Oracle Jen was kinda right when she would joke to people that we would "come to a screeching halt when we hit he Alps". Unforunately its because she got a sore throat. However, we have still progressed towards Madrid (over big terrain I might add) where I need to be for my flight on October 9th...

"we'll get there when we get there"

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:55:25 +0000

"We'll get there when we get there" is what Oracle Jen says when I'm all anxiuos to hit the throttle as if we're late for something. Well, today we barely made it......

Dolimitenmann

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:19:35 +0000

Our weekend in the Dolimites with two of the three Straßer brothers was great. Hansi and Martin competed in a pro-am televised relay, sortof like a huge Josh Billings event......

surfing the Austrian tailwind

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:20:20 +0000

Yesterday we crossed into SE Germany for our first real rest of the tour. Our other "days off" were really spent sightseeing by foot in cities which can be quite tiring. So after 5300k's in 52 days including our "days off" we are ready to just chill out. Fortunately Jen's boy Kyle knows people in Germany and we are enjoying what racers refer to as "host housing"....

a day in Vienna

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:11:59 +0000

Just spent the day pedaling around the bike lanes of Vienna with none other than Oracle Jen. Definately a bike friendly city with lanes all over to seperate us from the traffic.

Slovakian Summer

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:21:37 +0000

Fortunately after all that walking I had a good sleep and was recovered to continue south. In fact I feel great and am riding strong all day and every day. We thought it would take seven days to reach Vienna, it took us five.........

Krakow

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:21:46 +0000

Finally some time off the bike but Jen still seems to walk at least 10k on a day off and my feet are tired......

across Poland

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:44:54 +0000

Even though we really like Poland I can't mention anything it before describing the traffic......

Baltic adventures with Oracle Jen

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:53:33 +0000

I'm in Krakow now typing on a computer with the letters worn off the keyboard.....fun.... I'll write about Poland, but first catch you up on last week.....

waiting for another ferry....

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:17:14 +0000

......will it be our last ferry ride on out trip? Dunno.....

24 hours of dining......

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:05:55 +0000

......and I cant eat another bite, or figure out the punctuation on this Estonian keyboard, so there might be some missing.......

rally in the rain, and Jen's ants

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:08:23 +0000

When I made the last entry I thought we were stopping in Ratvik for the day (I had put a small chicken in my stomach) but Oracle Jen had other plans.....

a cooling trend...updated/revised...Jen and I rode thru hell together

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:55:17 +0000

We left Namsos at 30+C and now it must be 10C and its damp. I roasted under the sun the first two days, the first one was tough, sunscreen baked on my skin. The second day we rode thru Hell......