An Irish Interval in My Midlife Gap Year – Part 2: 8 – 12 October 2015
Elizabeth Thursday 8 October I’m enjoying another quiet day in the Irish countryside. I’m writing emails to friends I might visit in the States, while chatting and hanging out with my…
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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,…
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…
In Between Days, Riding in France: Houlgate – Le Havre (1 – 2 September 2015)
Camping Municipal des Chevaliers, Houlgate – Tuesday 1 September 2015, 9:50 am (Day 100 of my midlife gapyear) In the Australian way, it’s the first day of Spring – but…
Leaving Ireland with Melancholy and Hope
17 – 22 August 2015 (Days 84 – 89 of my Midlife Gapyear) Monday 17 August 11:30 am – Flanders Cross And just like that, time is fleeting. The Kilkenny…
Not the Dublin I First Visited – Mostly for the Best, But Not All: Thursday 6 August 2015 (Day 74)
Thursday 6 August 12:40 pm – Umi Falafel I fear I’ve been pretending to be a normal tourist – more flush, short-term. I’ve been getting coffees, eating out, paying entrance…
Feeling a bit low, uncertain in Dublin: Tuesday 4 August 2015 (Day 72)
Tuesday 4 August 9:30 am Am I doing this thing right? I guess I am because it’s the way I’m doing it but am I doing it in a way…
Quiet Domestic Day for Thinking About What’s Next: Monday 3 August 2015 (Day 71)
Monday 3 August, 2:07 pm – Flanders Cross It was rainy and blowy all night; clear, if gusty, this morning. I’ve been for a good hour’s walk: quiet, peaceful, a…
Should I Take That? Should I Take This?
Basically I’m having endless circular thoughts about gear. I’ve been thinking about clothes again, more. I’ve gotten two new pairs of Merino undies. I’m again leaning toward wearing the knicks…