check out this link: www.openstreetmap.org - if you click on the "+" sign on the right hand side you can pick the "cycle map" option and it shows you pretty accurate all major bike trails in Germany - so based on this info I think you should be on the "D11" route. Anyway - have fun and enjoy my home country :)
Hi George & John, let´s try it a second time...somehow it didn´t work with posting a comment the first time. It´s amazing to follow your route through Europe seeing the pictures, reading your stories and impressions of the different areas and cities. I think a few days ago you passed by hometown Solingen by just a few mails. It´s not far away from KOELN. And now in the Netherlands...I love the Netherlands. It´s a small but very open country and claro a paradise for bikes. Hope you had the chance to stop at Holland´s coast and enjoy the endless sand beach. Here one tip! On your way south try to pass the Ooster Schelde. There you will find a very impressive gigantic structure at the coast connecting different islands and protecting the lower parts of the Netherlands from flooding. You can pass them by car or by bike...If you do that in the evenings it will be very beautiful during the sunset...good luck and greetings from Santiago! Ben
Hi George and John! You two have traveled quite a bit since I last saw you in Corfu! I love all the pictures and posts. It looks and sounds like you have had a good trip thus far. I see that you snuck Italy into your journey. I’m so jealous! All the places look so amazing. I can’t imagine how vigorous the trail has been…very impressed. I definitely wish I were still in Greece, on the beach, enjoying a “frappe me gala” (: Hope you two have a good rest of your journey! ~Elisa
well, so you left the continent and made it to the island (the british call the rest of Europe "The continent")...Canterbury is beautiful, a very typical english city with an amazing cathedral...and the countryside in the south of England is very pretty...enjoy the rest of your awesome trip...and don't forget about "tea time"....George, do you remember Jens, I came with him to the WAAC in in 2002. He lives and works in London.
hey guys congratulations! this is Sara, we met at BElla Vista hotel in Corfu, i am the italian girl! wow, you did a lot of road! it seems yeaterday i saw you guys in greece! well, now you are almost there! :-) keep on like this! Sara from Dubai
The following friends have helped raise: $3450 THANK YOU!
JF Kalka and Jayce Swallow Dafang Chai Bud Mayo,Hunt Programs Robert Bennett + Tiffany Bludau Bill Petersen + Amy Fruge Parents Jack Foley and Lynn Allison Old Town Theater Austin Grill, Alexandria The WAAC Band May 21 Gig King Street Cafe The Smiling Dolphin Bo Lusk Big Wheel Bikes Brian Bolen Jim 'Morrison' Goodley Anne Heflin Lara B. Pennington Spokes Etc. Justin Davenport Christine Boyd, PhD Nicolette Cavanaugh Susan and Douglas Palladino Caren Quinn Oana Barac Marcia Feuerstein Bjoern Steudte Parents Adam and Anthoula Makrinos Elisa Cortez Cousin Michael Foley Omar Chavez John Nolan and Anna Barbour Sister Irene and Taso Sakkas Chad Ridley Linda and Tom Bolen Lauren Mitchell Andrew Taylor and Anna Flynn Matt Jarvis John Schippers Taylor Clark and Rachel Williams Irene Xiarchos WAAC Presentation Dennis Comiskey Reza Kashani
about the riders :
John Albert Foley III is from Northampton County on the Eastern Shore of Virginia's Chesapeake Bay, where his affection and respect for small scales and simplicity took root. In the undergraduate and graduate architecture programs at Virginia Tech he nurtured a broader knowledge of and experience in this great world. An avid rider, John followed the cherry blossom season north on a 6-week, 2000-mile+ solo ride in Japan. Contact foleyisirish@gmail.com
George Adam Makrinos developed a love for architecture, travel, social responsibility and music at a young age. Today, he resides in Alexandria, VA, a suburb of Washington D.C. where he practices architecture with the firm PGAL and is adjunct professor of computer applications at Virginia Tech. Also an avid bicyclist and travel blogger, George bicycled 3460 miles across America last summer. Contact gmakrino@gmail.com
Bike-EU Charities :
Take action! For every $2 raised, $1 will support the ride and $1 will support the following local, regional and national causes, respectively:
Promoting Bicycling : The Washington Area Bicyclist Association is an organization whose mission is "to create a healthy, more livable region by promoting bicycling for fun, fitness, and affordable transportation; advocating for better bicycling conditions and transportation choices for a healthier environment, and educating children, adults, and motorists about safe bicycling."
Saving a National Treasure : The Chesapeake Bay Foundation "fights for strong and effective laws and regulations, working cooperatively with government, business and citizens in partnerships to protect and restore the Bay. Legal means to force compliance with existing laws may be also be pursued by the foundation," making them a natural choice to sponsor as increased development and the encroaching 17 million people in its 64,000 square-mile watershed has put this delicate ecosystem dangerously out of balance. While we do hope to raise a substantial amount of money for the CBF, we hope more that our drawing attention to the Bay's environmental decline will greatly increase the awareness by the people of the region of a natural resource and treasure that for so long has been used with little regard to its overall enduring health.
Supporting Wounded Troops : The Face of America Bike Ride's mission is to reach out to, and actively include, service members who have been severely injured in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan by teaming up for a two-day 110 mile bike ride from Gettysburg, PA to Washington, DC. Raising $1000 in contributions for Bike-EU will make it possible for a wounded service member's close friend or family member to share a participatory role in the charitable event.
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ReplyDeletewww.openstreetmap.org - if you click on the "+" sign on the right hand side you can pick the "cycle map" option and it shows you pretty accurate all major bike trails in Germany - so based on this info I think you should be on the "D11" route. Anyway - have fun and enjoy my home country :)
Björn
Hi George & John,
ReplyDeletelet´s try it a second time...somehow it didn´t work with posting a comment the first time.
It´s amazing to follow your route through Europe seeing the pictures, reading your stories and impressions of the different areas and cities. I think a few days ago you passed by hometown Solingen by just a few mails. It´s not far away from KOELN. And now in the Netherlands...I love the Netherlands. It´s a small but very open country and claro a paradise for bikes. Hope you had the chance to stop at Holland´s coast and enjoy the endless sand beach. Here one tip! On your way south try to pass the Ooster Schelde. There you will find a very impressive gigantic structure at the coast connecting different islands and protecting the lower parts of the Netherlands from flooding. You can pass them by car or by bike...If you do that in the evenings it will be very beautiful during the sunset...good luck and greetings from Santiago! Ben
Hi George and John!
ReplyDeleteYou two have traveled quite a bit since I last saw you in Corfu! I love all the pictures and posts. It looks and sounds like you have had a good trip thus far. I see that you snuck Italy into your journey. I’m so jealous! All the places look so amazing. I can’t imagine how vigorous the trail has been…very impressed. I definitely wish I were still in Greece, on the beach, enjoying a “frappe me gala” (: Hope you two have a good rest of your journey! ~Elisa
boy all the places you've seen!! really jealous of you....happy ending and safe return home.
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well, so you left the continent and made it to the island (the british call the rest of Europe "The continent")...Canterbury is beautiful, a very typical english city with an amazing cathedral...and the countryside in the south of England is very pretty...enjoy the rest of your awesome trip...and don't forget about "tea time"....George, do you remember Jens, I came with him to the WAAC in in 2002. He lives and works in London.
ReplyDeletehey guys congratulations! this is Sara, we met at BElla Vista hotel in Corfu, i am the italian girl!
ReplyDeletewow, you did a lot of road! it seems yeaterday i saw you guys in greece! well, now you are almost there! :-)
keep on like this!
Sara from Dubai
Just want to ask, how long it will take for me or to an average cyclist to finish the course from Athens, Greece to London, England?
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