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We are glad you are safely home and send our continued best wishes. We have just set our alarms for an ‘alarming’ 3:20 AM wake up. We will probably be awake anyway. Just for the record, having cycled Lopez, it is most decidedly not flat. We know it has that reputation! We did it the day after San Juan, and it may be simply that it is flatter, relatively speaking, but it didn’t seem so to us, or our GPS. It was a great ride though.
5 years agoGlad you made it safe and sound!
5 years agoSteve and Dodie – Catching up on your blog today and so sorry to hear that you had to end in Prague. You both seemed to be really enjoying your time there. I really enjoyed reading about your Czech travels as Pat and I have been to a number of the towns that you both travelled through and looked forward to reading about your ride further north into Germany.
Your travel back to Canada seemed most challenging. I hope all will be fine when you arrive back home and that will be able to complete your well planned journey very soon.
Hope the flight went well and this finds you safely in Seattle. Will you take the train up from there?
5 years agoSafe travels. Best wishes for when you get home.
5 years agoOh no! We hope things at home get resolved. What a sad way to end your beautiful tour!
5 years agoSafe journey home Steve and Dodie! I will miss your journal. Hope all goes well once home for you and the family. No doubt, you will return to finish this trip. Thanks for taking us along!
5 years agoSo sorry you had to cut your adventure short. I hope all goes well at home.
We have had some pretty harrowing train rides but yours absolutely takes the cake! Glad you survived! I apologize for the incompetent behavior of the Deutsche Bahn!
Wow. also what do you imagine they look like on the inside? Who is in there - accountants with little adding machines?
5 years agoI’m so sorry you have to cut your trip short, and what a stressful day/s you are having! So fortunate that good people have been helping you make your way home.
That wistful photo out the train window of the Elbe twisted my heart a little. All of us far from family and home always wonder how we can make it back if we are need be, it’s a constant algorithm running in the back of my mind during a trip. It’s a sudden swerve from riding along our chosen path back to the path of service and care of our loved ones.
Best wishes to the Grampies and their family, of which we are provided ample evidence, is their torte of choice.
I remember that weird seat situation, I really had to get in the habit of grabbing the bike by the rear rack every time. In fact it has kindof generally become a habit with any bike.
5 years agoOh, I’m so sorry. Best of luck with your family emergency and in getting home safely. Something like this is always in the back of my mind for us too, especially now that we’re on the road so much of our lives.
You do come up with the best stories though! Losing your saddle under the train is one for the ages. And so chivalrous of Steve to offer his saddle. Beau Geste!
So sorry to hear that your trip has been cut short I do hope that your family crisis will be resolved when you get home. What a nightmare time you must have had cancelling all those bookings and the train journey doesn’t bear thinking of. Ken always says travelling by train is more stressful than any bike ride
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Ken and Triciy
You made it to Prague! Enjoy your stay. It’s a wonderful place and when we went there was a lot of musical events and street musicians.
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Happy Birthday!
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