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Taking Your Bike on the Trains of France
Updated: August 2012 France is no Switzerland when it comes to traveling with your bicycle on its trains, but infinitely better than Japan (my other frame of reference for train-friendly countries),...
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Bicycle-friendly Search Engine for Train Schedules in Europe
I just ran across this excellent site. It is actually the website of Germany’s national railway, but allows you to input virtually any start and finish point in Europe and get a route, based on your...
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Austria to Czech – a Tale of Two Trains
Actually more than two. We are nearing the end of our travels and running out of time and motivation in equal amounts. It is also stinking hot, which sours the mood a little. But, we did do some...
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How to Use the Paris Velib’ System
The following assumes you are a tourist in Paris and not a resident with a Metro pass. If this is you then read on. The Velib’ system is one of hundreds of bike-rental schemes popping up all over...
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Lord Won’t You Buy Me a Mercedes Benz
Even after the previous day’s substantial suffer-fest with John and Erik, and the quickly accumulating kilometers of my back-to-back 100s, I woke up Sunday with a bit of gumption and an adventurous...
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