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Taking a 6 Month Bike Ride Across Europe (Ep. 8)
What's it like to take off 6 months and ride your bike across Europe? What are the challenges, pitfalls, logistics and the stories that such a journey provide? Join me this week as my guest Keith Maurer recalls just such an adventure he took a few years ago. We'll discuss:
- Getting the travel bug through academic cultures class in Ireland
- Biking in Upstate New York
- Lake Champlain breakdown lesson
- A trial run in the Adirondacks
- Shipping the bike
- Schengen Area for Visa free travel
- Getting out of Calais
- Exploring the United Kingdom and Ireland
- So much to do in London
- Feeling of lost experience due to language
- Carrying food and shelter
- Hostels (organized and independent) and the experience
- Hostels vs hotels
- Football (soccer) in Northern Ireland and European football fans vs American football fans
- How Keith handled money and took care of home needs while overseas
- Double-edged sword of a laptop
- Spot GPS transmitter
- Banking logistics and always having a little cash
- Losing a wallet in Germany
- Washing clothes in Paris
- No room at the inn
- Constant hunger
- Easiest and hardest countries to get around in on a bike
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Episode Resources
- Keith's Bike Travels Blog: http://keithsbiketravels.blogspot.com/
- Keith's photos via Flickr
- The garden Keith was referring to was Powers Court, but there are others, especially in the UK.
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