Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Williamstown, late September, 2008

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Old friends, John and Josie Eusden, still cycling after all these years. Liz Stell and Bill Matthieson play music with band Spare Parts and...

Schenectady Visit; late September, 2008

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We went to visit Bill, here shown, with his son Amos. Martha and Amos went on a walk in the woods with us. Emma, Bill, Amos, and Martha. ...
Thursday, September 4, 2008

Alan and Cyane

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Alan and Cyane have been your hosts for this blog trip, Summer of 2008. We thank you for visiting the site. Updates will be less often now t...

Munchen

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Munich has a controversial new Jewish Museum and Synagogue, new in 2007. The Museum does not have a lot in it. The Synagogue looks like a...

Landsberg am Lech

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We spent the last night of the bike trip at Landsberg am Lech, picked because that was the end of our route that particular day. The Lech a...

Fuessen north along the Lech River

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Neuschwanstein was about the most southern point reached on the bike trip. We turned north along the Lech River from Fuessen. This turned ...

Neuschwanstein

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The most well known castle of King Ludwig is Neuschwanstein, seen below. It is inspired by Richard Wagner's operas and is filled with i...

Schloss Linderhof: King Ludwig's Cottage

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This part of the trip was about visiting some of the castles erected by King Ludwig II, who died in 1886. He was straightjacketed political...

Up Into the Alps

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We turned right at Oberammergau and followed a bikepath along a stream toward the Austrian border. The highest point was 1,082 meters. Dow...

The Southern Bavarian Foothills

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The foothills of the Alps in southern Bavaria is a lovely region. There are numerous springs, such as shown here coming out of a wooden spo...