Day 71 30 June 2013 How low can you go? I received several request to keep the blog going as a general blog for everyone to read, it means that many people are actually reading my stuff which is nice to know. Now as for the litle- this has nothing to do with how I feel. Actually I feel not to bad at all, the weather has cleared , it was even a warm day today. When you look at the map on this page you can see that I am in a place called Lelystad. The large bl...

Day 70 29 June 2013 LAST DAY, Somewhere in Germany speeding along at 120km/h Day 70, a nice round figure that is all I can think of at this point in time. I am in a train racing towards the Dutch border somewhere past a place called Bielefeld where the train stopped for a few minutes. I have a compartment all to myself but it is not cozy. All plastic, in off-white colour and a small blue basin. This morning I was thinking, reminiscing would be a better word I ...

On A Scooter to Istanbul1967 Sat 20/5 Haarlem to Helmstadt - Germany, 550 kmIt was on Saturday May 20, 1967 when we loaded Frans’ scooter and left Haarlem (Holland) mid-morning. In those days I had no helmet and to make matters worse I had no decent motorcycle clothing other than a light jacket, neither had my brother Frans. The gloves we wore were not for protection but to keep our hands warm. Of course none of it offered anything in the way of waterproof...