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Last day of riding
15. Juni 2018 in Frankreich ⋅ ⛅ 52 °F
I can't freaking WAIT. I haven't had reliable service or a way to charge my phone in days, basically. More updates later - dinner with my godparents in Brest tonight, assuming I can ride 60 miles in a reasonable amount of time!Weiterlesen
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Plougastel-Daoulas, France
15. Juni 2018 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
To my surprise, everything here, in the western Brittany region of France, is in both French and Breton, a Celtic language. From Wikipedia:

"Brittany is the traditional homeland of the Breton people and is recognised by the Celtic League as one of the six Celtic nations, retaining a distinct cultural identity that reflects its history."

Super fascinating to have reached a part of France where it's not even really French! I have no idea how to pronounce half the towns I passed through today.Weiterlesen
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Sizun, France
15. Juni 2018 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
The "oh man that looks cool but I only have 20 miles left and I want them freaking over with" photograph struggle
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ReisenderIt's always worth it to stop for a photo.
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ReisenderNot always...I'd never get anywhere! I skipped so many :-(
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I definitely had that feeling on my last day in Ireland. A headwind and rain did not help!
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Oh, that last one was by Kierie btw
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1200 kilometers
15. Juni 2018 in Frankreich ⋅ ⛅ 54 °F
Well, I've more less made it. 760 miles from the port city of Amsterdam to the port city of Brest, in France. I still have another 15 miles or so to the wedding, and then back, and there will be so last minute Paris riding, but....no more 50 mile days. No more camping, or trails, or bruises on my hands from the handlebars, or concerning levels of dehydration.

I guess I should feel happy, or a sense of accomplishment, but mostly I feel really tired, and I'm really looking forward to seeing my family tomorrow, because although the trip has been....amazing, an adventure, beautiful, hard, and so much more....

...i guess anything that doesn't involve people I love is hard to feel strictly "happy" about. Ice cream sure does help though! :-DWeiterlesen
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Keeper of the castle
16. Juni 2018 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
The wedding venue was incredible, and even had a french bulldog running around, glad to eat scraps and be pet by the approximately 150 dog lovers in attendance
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When you give your guests a photobooth
16. Juni 2018 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
Cousin, uncle, random french guy
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I think we clean up ok
16. Juni 2018 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
The wedding was epically beautiful and fun. Stayed up all night with wine and tequila. At 7am i collapsed in my medieval bed. Woke up feeling not like a human. After 15 miles and 12 hours straight of partying, the castle steps were particularly treacherous and people were slowly shuffling around eating Nutella on baguettes and drinking coffee. I got a ride back to Paris with a couple of Nathalie's friends. It was a really, really, hard 7 hour drive after a really, really great night.Weiterlesen
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Lost
19. Juni 2018 in den USA ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
My dear, strong, perfect, beloved bike never made it back to me at the airport in Chicago. At 1am, two hours after landing and waiting, I had to give up. I called the airline but they told me I have to make a claim at the airport. Everyone from the airline had gone home for the night. It's the next morning and I'm on my way back to O'Hare, hoping for the best, imagining the worst.

Where are you, Ice Dragon? Forgotten in a corner of Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris? Abandoned and alone in Iceland during the connecting flight? I can't believe we came all this way only for this to happen at the end.Weiterlesen
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reunited
27. Juli 2018 in den USA ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
It took a month, but I finally got my bike back. It was itching to get out of its box by the time it got to me.

what a nightmare. i would recommend against flying wow air, but they have unsurprisingly gone out of business since then.

anyway - all's well that ends well. First 800 miles through europe officially done.Weiterlesen
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23. Juni 2018