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Hello, friends and interested readers.
Time to head north again for the Australian winter.
First stop Morocco where I will be joined by some friends for a short tour around the country.
From there a few of us head north to Holland to purchase bicycles.
Train on to Prague for a few days sightseeing, and then down to Cesky Krumlov - a beautiful and now one of my favorite places around the world.
We then transfer bikes and our selves over to Regensberg in Germany to start our bike ride along the Danube River towpaths. Not sure how far we will get before some fly home out of Vienn... full info