Unmapped Escapades

Bicycle touring is a curious thing. Before getting on the bikes in the morning, it’s easy to insist that, tonight, we’re going to camp at a place 3kms outside of the town where we’ll be stopping for the night, paying no more than 10 bucks. Our determination wanes over the next 70 kilometers [...]

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How long has it been since you´ve seen the video for the Beastie Boys´ “Fight For Your Right”? If you haven´t had the pleasure in a while, watch it. It’s hilarious. Mike D., MCA, and the other guy appear to be about 17, and they take themselves as seriously as John Stewart [...]

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Tartu! Tartu, Tartu, Tartu. I could get used to that word very quickly.
We’ve decided to hang out here for at least 3 nights, drinking “house red” beer at a pub that’s housed in a 17th century gunpowder-storage building built into the hillside. Its heavy picnic tables, blond waitresses holding 8 pints at [...]

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Headwinds are sent by the devil to tempt us to consume more fossil fuels. Monica says that wind “serves no purpose except to irritate people,” like overtype mode.
Two more LP issues:
- The Estonian town of Rakvere doesn’t seem to have the “lively young population ” the book described (unless they were referring to [...]

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