This is going to be one of those big vacations that will have a lot of emotional variety. The concern I experienced during all the days and nights of planning and hoping all the puzzle pieces fit properly. Airport departures and arrivals with bike cases are always unnerving, I’ve never permanently seen items go missing, […]

I would like to forget day 7 of this trip, my cold virus that started a few days ago has come into form. No energy, tired, congestion, scratchy throat, all the good things. Yes the pharmacy person was right, I should have been sleeping and resting instead of traveling to watch a bike race and […]

We are off on another rail and looks like bus adventure. Early rise today as we have many miles to cover before we camp out and watch more men’s and women’s races. The weather is still cool with the expectation of rain, of yea, just what I needs as I try to recover from this […]

When I was here with Bushy in 2017, we didn’t realize how lucky we were with the weather. I don’t remember any rain days at all, cool, maybe cold at times and windy but no rain.                    Fast forward to 2024 and so far, Saturday/rain, Sunday/rain, Monday/rain, Tuesday/overcast, Wed./rain, I may be a bit ahead of […]

Another chance of adventure at hand. Today we are off to Brugges via bike, bus, and rail. The pan is for a casual tourist day in Brugges as well as a short bike ride around the town of Brugge. The challenge is getting to Brussels Centraal rail station with the bike. I haven’t seen a […]

Today we attempt to negotiate the bus routes and rain routes to get to Oudenaarde, site of the finish of our first Spring Classics, Tour of Flanders.                    The alarm is set for 7 A.M. which is again entirely too early. I was up for an hour or so in the middle of the night so […]

                What is that NOISE!!! Oh no, it is my phones new alarm music. I’ve only heard it a few times, and I am starting to hate it. It didn’t help that I woke up midway through the night and was a wake for 1-2 hours, jet lag! I left the phone in the kitchen, so […]