Trips

Berlin to Strasbourg

No Internet (it’s a series of tubes) for a few days. Today is 7 hours on the train. Time for some catch-up. Berlin has been great fun. I don’t want to know what my LDL number is.

The three W’s

Wednesday, July 7 Today the focus was on Danish history and her monarchy. After a quick breakfast from a pastry shop (Danish, of course), we walked to Rosenborg Castle. Rosenborg is a beautiful historic building and a fascinating museum of cultural history. It houses some of Denmark’s greatest cultural treasures, including the Crown Jewels and …

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Race day 1

   Sunday, July 4 Happy Independence Day!  Dash, dash, dash…  Breakfast was a bit quieter this morning because our French promotional buddies had all checked out and taken off for an early (10:00) TdF caravan. We didn’t make that event. It was a quick train ride into Rotterdam; stash our bags in a station locker …

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Tour day 0

Saturday, July 3 We’re sharing our hotel with support people from Cochonou, a French packaged lunch meat producer. They Couchonou folks will be participating in the Caravan that precedes every race and they brought with them about a dozen exotic vehicles including drop-top Citreon’s, panel trucks sporting enormous bakery goods, etc. The purpose for the …

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