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As Easy As Falling Off A Bike

February’s not the best time to visit Copenhagen — too cold and windy — but at least the last couple of days have been dry ones. Today was nice and sunny, so we decided to hire bikes. The only place … Continue reading

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The Road To København

Here we are in our hotel room in Copenhagen. I’m staring at the bed in the darkened room and looking forward to creeping between its sheets. It’s been a long day. We didn’t start out on the journey anywhere close … Continue reading

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Hitting The Road Soon

We have a long day ahead of us tomorrow. I’m hoping to get out of here close to nine o’clock in the morning. Eight hours on the road, plus a ferry crossing, will see us travel from Amsterdam to Copenhagen, … Continue reading

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New Bikes

Our new bakfiets has been ordered and will be ready by the end of March. In the end, the order went to WorkCycles. The shop is up in Zeeburg, which isn’t exactly our neighbourhood, and that’s the reason we hadn’t … Continue reading

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Breaking The Silence

When Fenella asked me why the dining-room had no music source, it suddenly occurred to me that my Bowers & Wilkins wall-mount M-1 loudspeakers, lying in a box in the cellar, didn’t have to be mounted on the wall. They … Continue reading

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