Let the ride begin -Venice here we come! Cycle Day 1
September 2-3 Frank was instrumental in helping get the bike in the box for the flight! The boxes ready to be unpacked in our Munich airport hotel My bike all ready to go! Yes there's a lot of stuff on there...don't have Frank along to share the camping gear and bike tools. And I seem to have a lot of electronics I'm very happy to report that on Tuesday Sep 4th in the early morning, Nancy and I, together with our boxed bikes and both our gear duffel bags arrived as scheduled, all together at Munich Airport. The expected queue at passport control with the new EES (eletronic entry system) that had been introduced in Feb was about 40 minutes. After just a little bit of hassle, the special taxi arranged with our airport hotel transported us to the hotel where we proceeded to assemble our beasts of burden! And yes- it took a while, but we both managed to get the job done in spite of our anxieties. The bikes were put together and ready to ride the next day after a good sleep, h...