Birthdays on the road surprise by nature—since a fixed site with invitations aren’t in the picture, one must stay open to the possibilities. The calendar showed Betsy’s birthday in the middle of our bike tour and she chose to keep … Continue reading
On Friday morning, we loaded our van-bus to transfer to the little village of Vierhouten, set in a large tract of woods owned by the Dutch Royal Family and open to the public much like a national forest in the … Continue reading
Thursday was another of Joppe’s “beautiful” days so we put on the rain coats and pedaled into Friesland again. After 10 or so miles, we came to our first stop of the day, an organic cheese and dairy farm near … Continue reading
Twelve miles into Friesland, we came to the town of Franeker, site of the world’s oldest working planetarium. Eise Eisenga left school early, married and developed a wool carding business. As a boy, he was a precocious mathematics student and, … Continue reading
We mounted our bikes in light drizzle once again on Weds. morning and headed into Friesland. Every day we asked Joppe what the weather would be and we got the same response: “Today you should pack a raincoat—just in case. … Continue reading