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to Main Travels Page Hey - this was a mistake - take me back!A few days after graduating from Northwestern (and winning a few bets for
that little accomplishment!), I was on a plane with two panniers and
disassembled bicycle with Brent Logan, one of my best friends. We were on our
way to Brussels for a two week adventure across Europe with nothing but our
bikes, a few shotty guide-books, Brent's broken German (soon to be tested), and
twenty-one gears.
We spent a day touring around Brussels before heading down to Zurich on an
overnight train. We assembled the bicycles in Zurich, toured the city, and
slowly made our planned trip north. We had decided to cut across near the border
over to Bern at the corner between France, Germany, and Switzerland, then find
our way up to Heidelburg, over the Odenvault (sp?), up through the Rhine region,
down the Moselle River Valley, and back up through Germany to Holland and
Amsterdam where we had planes to catch.
Let's just say not everything went as planned. But that's what made it an
adventure, and that's what made it fun. We had a lot of flat tires (I had three
in one day), a lot of rain (12 days worth including having everything soaked
through by the end of the second day), and a lot of miles through hilly and
beautiful country.
We saw amazing castles, rode along beautiful rivers, had a lot of fresh wines
(usually dumped into our water bottles for lunch), kept dry during town
festivals by employing garbage bags, argued with German train conductors,
listened to foul-mouthed Irish backpackers, met some great locals and made sure
to sample to local brews.
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to Main Travels Page Hey - this was a mistake - take me back!
 Brent and I on a bridge with our bikes... somewhere? (Help me out here Brent!) |
Germany has a lot of interesting rules. We found one here obviously left over from the wars. We think there must be some "Blitzkrieg" speed limit. You'll notice that Tanks (and supply trucks) can only putz around going 40km/hour, but if you're on a Blitzkrieg, you can obviously go up to 100km. Good thing! |
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**All photographs (unless otherwise noted) are the property of
Stenning Schueppert and may not be distributed or circulated for any purposes
(personal or commercial) without his express written consent. Questions or
comments regarding selected photographs are, of course, welcome.
On this page, Brent Logan (1) is credited with most photos. To save space,
and weight, Brent brought his camera and I left mine at home, to be picked up in
London when Brent Berger brought my other stuff over from the States. Last
updated July 8, 2002; v1.1.
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