We are now in Berlin. This is the last leg of the Europe
trip and we move on to London for the Paralympic games.
We successfully completed 2 weeks of biking on 2 separate
tours, an estimated 350 miles, not earth shattering but this marks our third
such adventure and we are keen to do another next year. The parameters of a
future trip have now become more focused from our experiences.
Personally I like the challenges of navigation and thus a
self guided tour is under
consideration. Deborah worries about the uncertainties and concerns it will
lead to conflict, there is considerable lobbying needed here.
We last left off
when arriving in Gouda, for a change we had a couple of hours in the
morning to tour the city. Some of these shots capture the spirit of bartering
for cheese and certainly there seemed no problems with inventory!
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| Bartering for a good Price |
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| Gouda Cheese Outlet |
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| The Old Way |
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| Cheese Outlet |
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| The Water Tower |
From the tower we could Schipol, the Amsterdam airport and of course across the lake the Leena Maria.
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| Schipol Airport from the tower |
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| Leena Maria from the Tower |
The last day of cycling was into Amsterdam, remarkable how close the farms are to the city. The ample bike paths made the cycle quite easy, street lights did create a problem because of the size of the group. Deborah rode at the back with the emergency vest so she could be seen both by following traffic and by Pauline at the front. Our final destination was just east of the train station, very convenient as our flight to Berlin was to be an early morning departure.
We said our good byes over dinner , some in the group left
shortly afterwards. In a way sad to over the cycling, but looking forward to
meeting Catherine in Berlin
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