Blogs from Virginia, United States, North America - page 115

“How’s it feel to be done?” my mom asked. “Done?” In the eighteen years I had known of BMB, and during the nearly two years of preparation I had never really thought of being “Done” with it. I had read webpages and books on long-distance riding, prepared my body and bike for the rigors of riding through the night, night after night. I’d ridden out before the weekday dawn on training rides. I had slipped into my cubicle at work with a little smile on my face as I traded my biking cleats for the office shoes kept stashed under the desk, thinking, “I rode forty miles this morning, and dang! I feel good.” I had cursed myself as I made just one more online order for biking gear, “Darn it honey, this is the last ... read more

Hi everyone, I am planning on using this website to update everyone and post pictures as I backpack through Europe for the next five weeks. The web address is http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Lisa-Schwalm/ however if this blog right here is sent to you that means I put your email in the system and you are now subscribing to my blog. That means whenever I write a new entry TravelBlog.org will automatically email you and let you know. If you don't want to receive my updated blogs then just email me and I can take you off the list. Margie and I are leaving this Saturday and it's crazy. For those of you that don't know here is our planned destinations: Paris-Amsterdam-Prague-Budapest-Vienna-Munich (Oktoberfest!)-Interlaken, Switzerland-Cinque Terra, Italy-Florence-Rome-Barcelona then back to Paris to fly home. You can post comments to these blogs ... read more

Here's a trivia question for all you history and anthropology enthusiasts: Which European country has the tallest people? . . . Sorry, Jessie, it isn't Germany. . . . Nope. . . guess again, Nadja. . . . It's the NETHERLANDS! Who would have thought? Apparently, the average height of a Netherlander has increased an astonishing TEN INCHES since 1945, thanks to better nutrition. Now, the average man is 6'1" and the average woman is 5'7". Isn't that incredible? ... read more

Ever since April, when I found out that I had definitely been accepted to study abroad in SCOTLAND, several of my lovely readers have been demanding that I start a travel blog to chronicle my adventures. Their demands were quite flattering, and after all, I can't disappoint my public. So I am launching this excellent blogue (British spelling ;)) (not really) to keep everyone posted on my doings. One of my friends once told me that my emails to her sounded "weird," because she wasn't used to hearing me talk for long uninterrupted intervals, so she had no idea what such an occurrence would sound like. Prepare yourselves for a similar epiphany! So far, my preparations for my trip have consisted of: watching acclaimed BBC series The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin and Blackadder, reading ... read more