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Hmmmm.

WIth many travels still in our future, I feel anxious and tired.

For the last 5 months I have slept indoors on less occasions than I have fingers.

I have been bitten by insects more times than I think there are stars. I currently have more than 26 bites on my face alone. My husband says I look like I eat pizza because I have so many red dots. I have been bitten everywhere, the bottoms of my feet, the webbing between my fingers, my eyelids (swelling my eye almost… Continue

Grocery stores close on Sunday in Germany. Did you know that? We do now.

Last Sunday Rob and I were bicycling through the western region of southern Germany/northern France. The area is beautiful, long rolling hills of wheat and some kind of purple flower. We were enjoying the area very much. Saturday night we camped out on a river. We had cycled over 50 km over a small mountain range and were starving. So we ate all our food except for watermelons, which we saved for breakfast. The nex… Continue

Last Friday my husband and I purchased used bicycles for 70 euro a piece and hit the road, travelling southeast from the charity shop in Eeklo, near Brugges Belgium. We detoured north to Terneuzen and then headed south through Brussels to Luxembourg, where we are now. Our bikes are probably older than we are, they have only 3 speeds but they can fly down a mountain (and poke up the other side). So far we have only walked up one hill; that was coming out of Huys and was quite steep. Today we conq… Continue

After being a runner for 8 years, I thought I would have figured out how to exercise while traveling. As a runner, all I need is a pair of shoes and a sports bra, right?

it's turning out to be a bit moe complicated than that. Maybe its just our travel style...driving around in 1994 toyota, sleeping when its dark where we can find. Last night I slept in the grass behind a McDonald's in Texas. the night before that I slept on the side of the road in New Mexico.

A lot of timse we… Continue

Tomorrow I leave on my roadtrip adventure!

It's been mostly nice staying with the folks. We've been here nearly a week. I haven't stayed with them this long since I moved out two years ago.

It was really weird coming home and seeing all the bad vibes and unresolved issues that I wasn't aware of when I lived here. I totally felt a loss of identity and a sense of bewilderment. After posting last time and reading all the wonderful comments I felt a wonderful sense of re-centering… Continue