On Saturday June 26th in the early afternoon Jess and I left Leicester MA bound for Chéticamp, Nova Scotia. By 10pm that evening we were in Fredericton New Brunswick about half way to our destination. The most memorable part of that drive is really realizing that Maine isn't a small New England state.
Early on Sunday we got up and ventured on into Nova Scotia. After
stopping at the visiting center
We made it to the Chéticamp campground in Cape Breton and the
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My cycle computer got reset again today. I am pretty sure it happened
when I stopped in a town to buy ice cream. Unfortunately I had left my
money in my pants in my day bag. As I explained that to the shop owner
my bike was surrounded by locals. They were looking at my bike and
either I reset my computer of one of them did. Today I also got hit in
the back with a rock ...
Today was a rest day and it was very good. We had breakfast provided by
the hotel. Then I went with Mike and Clive to visit the ruins that are
in the hills surrounding
Amaysa.
Amaysa
has been settled since 3500BC the caves where at times tombs and
prisions. Then we walked into town and ran into Stuart on a corner so we
went and had lunch. We walked into a place and the guy served us a mixed
plate of
food ...
After a 10 hour flight and a one hour cab ride I arrived at the hotel in
Istanbul. I was immediately brought up to a room where I hung out for a
little bit. From the hotel room I could see the hotel pool and looking
out across the Bosphorous I could see the old city of Istanbul. I
stopped and took some photos of the pool and the skyline.
I then went down to the lobby and Al ...
Our day in Hamburg we really eventful. Paul and I got out to Schwerin to see a 16th century castle. It was really neat even though it was under improvement so some of the shots were not quite as cool as they could have been.
It is a holiday today in Germany so every shop was closed except for a few food places. Thus I didn't get a chance to shop in Hamburg to pick up a few last minute things I needed. Oh well.
Tomorrow we leave from Hamburg for Minneapolis stopping by in Amsterdam. We are going ...
-read more-Paul and I are sitting on the streets of Copenhagen "war walking." We were able to find an open wireless access point after a day of walking(we were not looking the whole time). There are many stores along the main roads of Copenhagen and we went around looking in many different stores and buying many different things. We are staying in Hotel Loven a small place just slightly more then a hostel. Copenhagen is cool.
Tomorrow we head down to Hamburg and we have some free time to spend around town. We will probably head to Schwerin to visit ...
-read more-Today Paul and I spent from 9:30 Thursday until 1:30 Friday getting from Jabel, Germany to Lund, Sweden. We had to go through Hamburg, Germany to drop of a computer Paul brought over here for a friend. Then it was on to Copenhagen, Denmark which was a four and a half hour train ride. A quick jump over to Malmo Sweden, a train down to Lund, and a walk to a dorm room brought is into our first contact with the internet in a week.
Since last Friday the 6th we have been in Jabel Germany. We biked ...
-read more-Today I drove ten hours to the middle of Iowa to hook up with paul. Tomorrow we are going to Minneapolis and then Thursday evening we fly to Amsterdam. After we arrive we catch a connecting flight to Germany. Then we spend a few days biking around the north part of Germany. Eventually will catch a train up to Coppenhagen and then fly to Sweden.
Pictures and updates as time and abilities allow.
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