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  • Blue Ridge Parkway, Roaring Gap NC to Roanoke VA, July 16-19, 2023

    I had been bicycling on the Blue Ridge Parkway for about two hours when I came upon a picnic area called Cumberland Knob. Just south of the North Carolina/Virginia state line a marker indicated the spot where construction of the Blue Ridge Parkway began September 11, 1935. The Cumberland Knob picnic area was built only…

    Paco Marshall

    August 1, 2023
    North Carolina trips, Virginia trips, Western North Carolina trips
  • Ten day cycle tour of central Czechia, just the first day ;June 11, 2023

    Prague has gotten a lot of press over recent years, describing it as a wonderful city. I wonder, what is Czechia like beyond Prague? I doubted that few Americans go beyond the Prague city limits. My sister-in-law Kristi two or three years ago had been looking for a job opportunity to take her secondary school…

    Paco Marshall

    July 9, 2023
    Eastern European trips
  • Ten day tour of Czechia, days two and three, June 12-13, 2023

    We had slept in the town of Davle, maybe forty kilometers south of Prague. The only downside about our hotel, the Pizzeria Grado Penzion, was that it did not serve breakfast or even morning coffee. It turned out to be the only hotel on this entire trip that did not include breakfast. We packed up…

    Paco Marshall

    July 9, 2023
    Eastern European trips
  • Ten day cycle tour of central Czechia, days four and five, June 14-15, 2023

    The breakfast at Art Hotel in Pisek was typically Czech good. There was granola, yogurt, and chocolate chunks. A coffee machine made all kinds of cappuccinos. We were each given a small glass bottle of orange juice and the croissants were fresh. We packed up the bicycles, but before leaving town we had to make…

    Paco Marshall

    July 9, 2023
    Eastern European trips
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