Tips & Reviews
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My Life on Two Wheels
My Life on Two Wheels My Life on Two Wheels By Clifford L. Graves (Manivelle Press, La Jolla, CA; 1985) The history of Americans touring Europe by bicycle is yet to be written. When it is, it will likely begin… Read full article
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Fitness and Training / Tips & Reviews
Tips to prepare for your bicycling trip
Interview with Joeann Gutowski We visited with Joeann Gutowski in our Fort Collins office before she heads to our Bicycling Through the Best of Provence tour this fall to ask about her routine and tips to prepare for her cycling… Read full article
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Snoretories (Translated from “Chorizos, Sirenen und Wilde Gänse” by Jochen Mangelsen and Philipp Alexander Schmitt)
Philipp Alexander Schmitt leads our tours in Spain and Germany. We thought we would share one of the chapters from his book about hiking the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain for the first time. For those of you that… Read full article
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The Broker by John Grisham
The Broker by John Grisham In the author’s notes in The Broker John Grisham admits he has a high-tech phobia. His word processor he writes, is a thirteen-year-old piece of equipment. "When it stutters. . . When it finally quits… Read full article
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The Words of Bernfrieda, A Chronicle of Hauteville by Gabriella Brooke
The Words of Bernfrieda, A Chronicle of Hauteville by Gabriella Brooke NOTE: For those of you traveling with us to Southern Italy, or simply interested in finding out more about this region, we’ve included an annotated reading list at the… Read full article
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The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century by Thomas L. Friedman
The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century by Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005) When I began graduate school in geography at the University of Oregon in the early 1970s some of the… Read full article
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Landscapes of Cycling by Graham Watson
Landscapes of Cycling by Graham Watson If you go to see The Race in person, you will see Graham Watson (also known as “Photo 1”) on the race course – he is the man on the back of a motor… Read full article
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House of Niccolo; by Dorothy Dunnet
House of Niccoló by Dorothy Dunnet I have a friend who was so taken with Dorothy Dunnett’s eight volume series based on the travels of a 15th century Flanders businessman and adventurer that she planned a trip around his base… Read full article
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A Passion for Piedmont: Italy’s Most Glorious Regional Table by Matt Kramer (New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1997)
A Passion for Piedmont: Italy’s Most Glorious Regional Table by Matt Kramer (New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1997) With the winter Olympics coming up in February 2006 in Italy’s Piedmont region we thought we might suggest some reading… Read full article
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Fitness and Training / Tips & Reviews
Spring Training in Europe’s Stunning Countryside
Spring Train in Europe’s Countryside Pedal up Mount Venoux or through the beautiful hills of Assisi Long winters welcome active springs and there is no better motivation for staying in shape during the cold months than planning a spring… Read full article
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Food and Culture in Europe – Part II
Food and Culture in Europe – Part II The Culture of the Fork – A brief history of food in Europe by Giovanni Rebora (Translated by Albert Sonnenfeld; Columbia University Press, 1998) Italian Cuisine: A Cultural History by Alberto Capatti… Read full article
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Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnick
Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnick New York Times Notable Book of 2000 & New York Public Library Selection as one of the 25 Memorable Books of 2000. Those who wish to be travelers, not simply tourists,… Read full article
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Peter Pezzelli, Home to Italy (New York: Kensington Books, 2004)
Peter Pezzelli, Home to Italy (New York: Kensington Books, 2004) Peter Pezzelli’s first novel is a delightful tale of loss and grieving, of personal tragedy and of rebirth. A simple, predictable story becomes more complex as it develops. It is… Read full article
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Fitness and Training / Tips & Reviews
Fluids and Endurance Exercise
It wasn’t too long ago that we were told that as endurance athletes we could not drink enough water during exercise. Drink all you can get in was the common hydration guide for long distance events. The reasoning was that… Read full article
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Part 2: In Praise of Bicycling and Women
Part 2: In Praise of Bicycling and Women by Nineteenth-Century American Women: Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Robins Pennell and Frances Willard Part 1 Of this two part series can be found here. As she addresses young people who may not… Read full article
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Food and Culture in Europe, Part I
Food and Culture in Europe, Part I My first meal with Paola’s family in Italy was memorable. When Paola leaned over to me and said, “the more you eat, the more they’ll like you,” I had no worries. I was… Read full article
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Love and War in the Apennines by Eric Newby
Love and War in the Apennines by Eric Newby There is no scarcity of personal memoirs of World War II. Yet Eric Newby’s narrative of war, escape, love, and peasant farmers in Italy’s Apennine mountains in 1944 has lasted thirty… Read full article
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Al Young, Shifting Gears, My Global Bike Odyssey (including an interview with the author)
Al Young, Shifting Gears, My Global Bike Odyssey (including an interview with the author) Shifting Gears: My Global Bike Odyssey by Al Young Trafford Publishing, Victoria, 2005 (See the end of the review for details on how to purchase… Read full article