Monday, September 08, 2025

Review: 1Q84

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 I previously bounced off 1Q84 , but after reading about Harukami talking about it about his first attempt at a really long novel (over 1000...
Friday, September 05, 2025

July 1: Madulain to Bergun

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  Despite the rain last night, the morning brought us beautiful sunshine, giving us motivation to ride the Albulapass. It was a shortish ri...
Thursday, September 04, 2025

Review: Ortlieb Saddlebag 4 liter

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 I'd been using the old style Ortlieb mini handlebar bag. While it's satisfactory for most of my purposes, it had several drawbacks,...
Wednesday, September 03, 2025

June 30th: Zernez to Maudalin

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  It was cloudy as we had breakfast early on Monday morning. After we packed and started getting the bikes out, the landlady showed up and ...
Tuesday, September 02, 2025

June 29: Pontresina Panaromic Hike

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We got up early, ate breakfast, and got onto the bus which looked like a small airport shuttle to the top of Bernina pass. The bus was a f...
Friday, August 29, 2025

June 28: Trafoi to Livigno (with bus transfer from Santa Maria Val Mustair)

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  Late in the evening, Arturo had asked me what alternatives to Bolzano there were for getting back to Munich, as all the trains from there...
Thursday, August 28, 2025

Review: Novelist as a Vocation

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 I enjoyed Norwegian Wood enough to check out what Haruki Murakami thought about his career as a novelist. Novelist as a Vocation is an ori...
Wednesday, August 27, 2025

June 27: Pfunds to Trafoi

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  It was clear and beautiful in the morning, perfect for our climb up from Pfunds. We rode up the road a bit and then descended to the Pfun...