"What if you cycled from your front door to Rome?"
You ride through eight countries on muscle power alone — and when you finally leave the Alps behind and catch the scent of Italian espresso, you understand why people remember this for the rest of their lives. You build flexibility in your legs and your mind, and come back with stories that make friends put down their forks.
Joris (31), Amsterdam — geography teacher, collects topographic maps
Day fourteen, somewhere on an industrial estate outside Nuremberg, rear tyre flat, rain soaking straight through my jacket, and I'm thinking: why didn't I just book a flight.
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