In 2019, it was announced that the Kymiring was to be added to the MotoGP calendar for the first time! I love the first time for just about […]
Europe / Norway
Norþweg; Flåmsbana and the Bloodaxe
I must start out by saying, Norway was a delight. It struck me as that sort of Socialist paradise that all the politicians in the USA are always […]
Europe / Norway / Uncategorized
Norþweg: Oslo(w) beginning
Off we go into the wild blue yonder. Travel mornings always come early; exacerbated by a lack of coffee. ABIA is notorious for long pre-dawn lines and today […]
Europe / Portugal
Ups and Downs: Porto
My arrival in Porto set the tone for a lot of things. A thoughtful train ride vomited we passengers into the streets and to our own recognizance. Without an […]
Belgium / Europe
Ring My Belgium: Partie Deux
Beer. Chocolate. Waffles. That holy Trinity of Belgian delights we Americans long for from across the Seas. These were the foremost thoughts of mine before I came to […]
Europe / Portugal
Monkeys in my head; Lisboa, Portugal.
I didn’t know what to expect here, but I didn’t expect this. Portugal is the only 100% work free country of this trip. I wanted to take some time, and […]
Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands: Low down and Dirty
Netherlands are named so because they reside at such a low altitude; much of the land having been reclaimed from the sea and below sea level, protected by […]
Belgium / Europe / France
Fast French Food
Never have I ever… wanted to go to France. That’s not entirely true. Once, I met a lovely French girl in a hostel kitchen in Costa Rica. Her name […]
Belgium / Europe
Ring my Belgium: Partie Un
Hungry for the heat and friction of the ground, at odds with every other flight oriented piece of the plane, the wheels bounced with delight in the dark […]
Austria / Europe
Österreich: Schnitzel, Wurst, and Fairy Tales
Austria is a land of fairy tales. From the moment I left Graz, the train took me into every bed time story I had ever heard. Mountains, villages, […]