EuropeRides.com - your free motor travel consultant
We've been helping motorcycle riders (but also other visitors) TOUR EUROPE ever since 2005. But yours truly has been traveling Europe and the US for ever, starting at the age of three back in 1955. Haven't stopped since, although I LOVE to take the speed and hassle down a little now.This informational website is all about our services, our travels, and our love for motorcycles. 'US' means myself and Nina my lovely and supportive wife. You'll get to know us through this site... and you can also find me on many other places on the Internet.
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Our various travels
The Netherlands
Riding through France
The D-Day Beaches
The Italian Dolomites
The United States
Umbria and Tuscany
Blogging news and stuff
Below you'll find the latest of my blog posts, news items and interesting links. Yes, I am usually more active on Facebook these days than on my own blog, but still... I try to keep up.
If you're new to EuropeRides, you may want to browse the blog further down and read some of the history. I have changed the site regularly, even lost it once to hackers, and just recently re-started it again.
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Dutch Guided Tour
A series of pictures taken in May 2007, when Tom and Joyce from South Carolina visited The Netherlands and had a day to spare. I arranged a rental bike for them and took them out to see some of the sights of the northern part of Holland. Of course including the inners of a windmill, our more than 600 year old towns along the old Zuiderzee, the main dikes and some good Dutch food ! First thing that needed to be done was to inspect the rental BMW for scratches and such. And note the mileage of course. We…
D-DAY Beaches and other famous places
Here is a collection of pictures of some of the famous places you will just HAVE to visit when you are in Normandy. This small piece of Europe is still filled with the remnants of one of the largest military operations in man’s history and when you have any knowledge of what happened there in June 1944 you will be as awed as I am….. EACH time I visit. Above is a picture of the (new) Pegasus bridge. Can you imagine that people landed with huge glider planes on that bit of green you see there !!?? They did !…
A Kingdom for my castle
… some famous man must have said this at some point in history….. or so the legend goes. Here’s one of my ride tales posted on the US BMW SportTouring forums quite a few years ago. This week the weather forecasters announced us the remains of Rita and Phillipe…. and sure enough, today it is windy and raining. So I figured I’d better charge the old RT battery and get it running before it is too late. But where to go? I think I’ve shown you just about everythi9ng around here…. ah! But wait ! Did I show you ‘our…
Pegasus Bridge, Normandy
Part Three of our Normandy Trip Report….. One of the things I wanted to see this time ’round was the famous Pegasus Bridge in Bénouville, captured by Major John Howard and his paratroopers. This was one of the many daring missions…. landing near the strategically important bridge, in the middle of the night with three gliders, on a piece of land that would hardly be big enough for a modern day single seater….. It is awesome reading about it, seeing the film…. but nothing beats standing on that same place and imagining how scary it must have been that one…