In my last installment, my yellow Cannondale, from now on to be called my Urbal Assault Weapon (Urban + Rural = Urbal. This started off as a typo on facebook, but I’ve been assured that it’s a perfectly good name and now I agree), got some shiny new fenders from Tim at Paradigm Cycles in San Anselmo. [...]
Archive for September, 2009
My Bike is Better than Yours, Part III
Posted in Cycling, Life in Marin on September 24, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I Love Riding the Bus!
Posted in Life in Marin, Random Ramblings, Transit Tails on September 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One trick I’ve learned, to improve my rider experience, is to wear headphones, even if I’m not listening to anything. This gives the impression that I’m too distracted to engage in conversations. This keeps the weirdos at bay. If I forget my earphones, then I pretend to talk on my cell phone, even if I don’t have a cell [...]
How Did I End Up in San Rafael?
Posted in Random Ramblings on September 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When I last wrote, I was one terrible night’s sleep away from escaping el Hotel Peninsular, right off of La Rambla, in Barcelona. Well, the next morning, Chuck and I took the fast train to Zaragoza, to visit with my cousins María Jesús and María Asunsión Visauta. María Jesús met us at the train station [...]
I Only Have Five Minutes Left at This Computer
Posted in Random Ramblings on September 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am typing in the hotel lobby of the Hotel Peninsular on Carrer Sant Pau or something like that, off of La Rambla, in Barcelona. It used to be a monastery. Now prostitutes meander outside the front door. I do not want to be here, but Chuck and I have made the best of the [...]
I Finally Called Maria Jesus
Posted in Random Ramblings on September 5, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Maria Jesus and her sister Maria Asunsion are my second or third cousins in Zaragoza, Spain. Five years ago, when I last visited, they took me to my grandmother’s hometown of Berdun, something I wish she were alive for, so I could tell her all about it, or even invite her with me. You can [...]
Lost in Spain!
Posted in Random Ramblings on September 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today, we safely and accurately made it out of Girona to our next destination spot, Els Angels. View Larger Map The route is actually one of several recommended to us by Garmin Chipotle pro, Lucas Euser, who as it happens is a friend of my friend Bob Cullinan, of CycleTo fame. Once Bob learned we were [...]
A Change of Plans
Posted in Random Ramblings on September 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We were supposed to take the train back to Barcelona Saturday, but now that we’ve figured out that you look for town names at the round-a-abouts, and not street names, why leave so soon? We’ll stay in Girona through Monday, and then head to Barcelona. I was in Barcelona five years ago, by the way. [...]
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