OXLAEYThe Turning Point 71°10′21″
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Only 30 kilometers left to ride. It was the 13th of July 2013. The ride was steep and skies were grey but I didn’t feel anything except a…
Live: From the Arctic Circle
Sunday, March 29, 2015
Quite suddenly, there weren’t anymore trees. I had passed through a sliver of Finland and was now in the northern most part of Norway. Wide open spaces, rocks,…
Man-Eating Mosquitoes
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
By the beginning of July (2013), I had forgotten the early days of the trip. The doubts, the melancholy of leaving Berlin, the breakup with Claire – all…
Gammelstad’s Horny Church Town Teens
Monday, March 23, 2015
I cycled passed through the very cute port city of Umeå, past the “painted farmhouses”, and visited the church village at Gammelstad. The older generations in Gammelstad were quite the clever folk. The…
My Luxury Life
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
By mid-June (2013) I had made it to Falun, the Great Copper Mountain, where I took a few days off and checked into a hotel. One of the…
Quit the Ride and Back to Work?
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Sweden’s 2013 summer was long and cool. The roads smooth and traffic light. I rode grateful for the sunshine. Only once or twice did it rain on me during…
Nordkapp • Only 2000 Kilometers Away
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
About one week into the trip and, now, already tired, I looked hard at the map. I unfolded that big map and took a long, careful stare. I…
Goodbye Berlin
Sunday, March 8, 2015
I guess all of us have singular moments in our lives which take on a greater significance in our minds. Turning points. Milestones. My life changed at 71°10′21″….
Dover Beach – by Matthew Arnold
Friday, March 6, 2015
The sea is calm to-night. The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits; on the French coast the light Gleams and is gone; the cliffs…
Dumb, Dumber, Dead Monks
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
If vacation means letting things go, then Thailand was a total success. I met a couple of traveling punks from Taiwan, who convinced me to let them shave…
