From Zurich to Mainz and Berlin (27 – 29 September 2015)
Elizabeth Sunday 27 September 2015 I feel less than certain about everything. I feel like I am in a miasma in the middle of my mid-life gap year. I’m worrying that…
September 2015
Riding in Switzerland: From Brugg to Zurich for my day near Christoph
We re-join our story on the morning of my 123rd day on the road. I am in Brugg, Switzerland and poised to ride to Zurich in time for the Zurich…
Riding in Germany & Switzerland: Cruising towards Zurich Wrapped in Anxiety
Monday 21 September 2015: Bad Bellingen to Bad Säckingen At the beginning of my ride, back in June, there were farmers selling cherries and strawberries, they were rolling hay in…
Riding in Germany: Cruising along the Rhine from Strasbourg to Bad Bellingen
I awake on day 117 of my mid-life gap-year in a hotel room in Strasbourg, France and keen to get to Germany. Friday 18 September 2015, Strasbourg to Ottenheim Admittedly,…
Ticket in Hand I’m off to Zurich for a Crazy Perfect Beautiful Finish to My European Bicycle Ride (17 September 2015)
Something I posted on my other blog explaining why I’m now headed to Zurich (and Ireland again) and why that’s really just perfect. Ticket in Hand I’m off to Zurich…
Riding in France: Reims to Châlons-en-Champagne and a train to Strasbourg
We arrive on the 114th morning of my mid-life gap-year as I awake at Hotel de la Cathedrale in Reims, France. Tuesday 15 September 2015 I wake to an overcast…
Riding in France: Two days of problem-solving in Reims
We arrive on the 112th morning of my mid-life gap-year as I awake at Hotel de la Cathedrale in Reims, France. Sunday 13 September 2015, Reims The past few days…
Feeling Homesick While Riding in France
Friday 11 September 2015 (Day 110: Noyon to Monampteuil, France) The day starts lazily. When I’ve paid good money for a nice hotel room I do like to make the…
Riding My Bicycle in France: Days with Fallen Australian Soldiers
I am slowly transcribing the long-hand diary entries from my midlife gap year and turning them into blog posts. On my 108th day of travel I awake in Amiens to…
Riding in France: Arriving in Amiens
I am slowly transcribing the long-hand diary entries from my midlife gap-year and turning them into blog posts. I’ve reached the mornign of the 106th day as I awake in…