I can't imagine any other response to that fantastic photo!

Great article and what a handsome building!

I remember listening to a podcast (maybe This American Life?) about a family that got together at this library after not seeing each other for a long time.

Sorry. I think I was looking straight toward Victoria when I coughed too, so watch out. We would like to visit Munich alright, but not this year - those mean Germans are no more welcoming to folks from USA than our northern neighbors are. Hopefully next year though.

Now that. That’s a limerick! Bravo!

A horse with a zebra striped shawl
Makes me laugh so hard that I could bawl
She dines on the grass
A meal of high class!
And neighs with a Florida drawl.

We saw vehicles just like this one all over Burma that are still running. They will fix anything to keep it going.

Hey guys! I think I can see you from our house. Thats close enough .. keep those germs to yourself.
Good to see you guys carrying on not skipping a beat. Looking forward to our adventures across the pond. If you do go to Munich we love the Claudia Augusta route via Verona, Bolzano.

Your photos showing the proximity to the border made me think of our little library in Vermont that actually straddles the border.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-us-canada-border-runs-through-this-tiny-library
9/11 sort of messed things up for this library and now with the pandemic, it's closed completely. But, it's nice to dream about happier times when people wandered freely back and forth in that little town.

Hoo Koo E Koo? Sounds like a Hai Koo.

Thanks for the encouragement! This is such a terrible time, and our personal travails are so small in comparison to many others; but it is frustrating to still be uncertain whether we’ll be going or not. It’s unbelievable that our country is still struggling with the basics, and we can’t even be sure of being able to get a timely test.

Assuming we do go though, we’re planning a more balanced trip this time - about half in the interior, and half along the northern coast. We really want to spend some time in the borderlands near Slovenia and Hungary, but after that we’ll head seaward for a month in the islands. We rode north through the islands in late August two years ago, but it was still too hot and crowded for our tastes. We look forward to seeing them later in the fall.

Hope you guys make it over to Croatia without too much (more) hassle. We’ll read along with interest once you get there ... Kirsten and I are kicking around using the EV 8 Med route as the basis for our next trip (hopefully 2021!). Got a good flavour of the Spain part from your last trip and we’re looking forward to seeing your take on the Dalmatian coast.

Just assuming that you will spend most of your time on the coast. On our 2017 trip we spent 9 days in total in Croatia ... but riding from Vukovar to Opatija ... east to west through endless farms and hills, ending on the coast! Nobody does that, and for good reason!

Best of luck and safe pedalling,
Lyle & Kirsten

Here’s a closer look: http://cycle365.life/challenge-of-the-month-august-2020-radiation/

If we bike back again I’ll see if I can get a better look and maybe identify it.

If I had my Hoo Koo E Koo
I'd ride to Semiahmoo
To see the Maple Leaf flag
(The Orange Hair makes me gag!)
And I'd play a tune on my kazoo!

Did you get a close look at the bike in the back?

Looks cool!

You are ahead of me.

Maybe 1 of 10 I take gets part of the bird. Only 10x zoom though, so I'm not reaching out very far... if I can even find the bird in the viewfinder. Tripod would help, but they are so cumbersome.