Europe

Tailwinds and Tall Tales

The Netherlands Tour Begins!

Our Backroads bike tour officially kicks off Friday, and while I’ve done trips like this before, there’s...
Tailwinds and Tall Tales

The Milkmaid and the Bike Taxi

We left Paris for Amsterdam by train, which turned out to be absurdly easy—suspiciously so,...
Tailwinds and Tall Tales

The Guillotine, the Gallery, and the Glare

This was the day all my obsessive pre-trip preparation had been building toward: The French Revolution—viva...
Tailwinds and Tall Tales

Cheese, Churches, and the Parisian Stare

Our first full day in Paris I can happily report was lovely—lots of walking, people-watching,...
Tailwinds and Tall Tales

Fighting for Views, Finding the Real Paris

Eiffel Tower on a beautiful sunny ☀️ day We rolled downstairs to the hotel breakfast...