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Germany

Bike-Hopping in Germany

June 16, 2007 - 5:30am
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A month ago while visiting Scandinavia, we took a two day detour to Lübeck, Germany, a stop on many bike tour maps. Jacob, ever-restless, began hopping over bike racks. No bikes were harmed in the filming of this piece.

How to Take a Train Across Water

May 22, 2007 - 3:59am
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To go from Lübeck, Germany to Copenhagen, we took a train that had to cross water. Being naïve, we thought that either there be a bridge, or passengers would disembark the train and get on a ferry. Little did we know the entire train would just roll onto the ferry. The Europeans onboard gave us a look that read, "Vat? How elz do you get a train over vater if you don't put it on ze boat?"