Stage 1 – Bayreuth to Bamberg – 70 miles
Well, for a plan going off as good as possible, that was today! 70 mile ride in 9 hours…. plenty of rest stops in the 2nd half of the ride. And it was hot!! 88°, bright Sun, some headwinds. Suffice it to say, we were glad to get in!! Today, because I’m still tired, I’ll […]
At the Start….. Bayreuth
Bayreuth…. home of Richard Wagner. Remember him? “The Ring of the Nibelung” ring a bell? OR what about where I developed my love of Wagnerian Opera…. from the Bugs Bunny cartoon “What’s Opera, Doc?” (https://youtu.be/6jDcWAWRRHo). Ah, yes, Bayreuth….. and the opera houses here. The Margravial Opera House is an […]
The Team is Complete!!
Today is the day we gather all the “lost sheep” together and start heading to the first real overnight. Our first group came into Frankfurt without any trouble. Since we have to wait till the next (and last) group comes in at 1250, we came back to the hotel to relax a bit and have […]
Friday…. 26 May 2017
Oh boy….. this is a blog for the ages!! A telephone call early woke me up a bit sooner than I wanted. One of the riders called with bad news…. their flight was delayed with a mechanical problem. Apparently a rubber band broke on the propeller and they needed to fly something in from Timbuktu. […]
A Trip to the South West…..
Today was another wonderful day! Nice and warm, no rain, bright blue skies. We decided today we’d go south to evaluate the area closer to Switzerland for next year’s ride. The Rhine bike trail is supposed to meander from the Swiss Alps where the headwaters of the Rhine springs forth, across northern Switzerland into […]
Exploring…..
Today was an exploration day…. after a good breakfast, we decided to head over towards Mainz on the Rhine River then north to Cologne. And it is a gorgeous day for doing just that! Sunny, blue skies, few high clouds…. like I said, gorgeous! The trail along the Rhine north of Mainz and west of […]
Day One – Frankfurt
It’s always much nicer getting to your final destination! It was a long and bumpy flight. And it was also very strange as news of the Manchester bombing trickled through the plane. We send our thoughts and prayers out for the victims, the injured and loved ones. We crossed into Germany around 830 am […]
And we’re off…..
On the way to Europe is exciting but it is also quite tiring. 12 hour flying time plus a 3 hour layover in Atlanta and 1 1/2 hours waiting to depart DSM. But now that the flight has started, time to relax and enjoy the adventure!!! And speaking of Adventures….. maybe this is a […]
T-Minus 2 Days and Counting…..
It’s almost time…. in two days it will be a trip to the airport for a flight across the Atlantic to Germany and the start of another BG Adventures tour. This trip will start a little differently. Our Team, consisting of the CEO, the VP for European Operations and the Director for U.K. Operations will […]