Comments on: Drivin N Cryin https://the-ramble.net/2023/07/17/drivin-n-cryin/ Lisa and John and the world. Sun, 08 Oct 2023 18:52:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: John https://the-ramble.net/2023/07/17/drivin-n-cryin/#comment-748 Sun, 08 Oct 2023 18:52:14 +0000 https://the-ramble.net/?p=2466#comment-748 In reply to Becky.

(sorry for the slow response – on the road and all…)

e-bikes are definitely on our radar. Sadly (I mean, not a crisis or anything buuuut….) we haven’t managed the super-light packing yet. We evolved to the carry-on sized roller bags, and usually do well with those, but we’re hoping we can find even more elegant packing solutions – or maybe simpler itineraries so we don’t need as much. Maybe in ’24! 😀

]]> By: Becky https://the-ramble.net/2023/07/17/drivin-n-cryin/#comment-739 Tue, 26 Sep 2023 21:13:50 +0000 https://the-ramble.net/?p=2466#comment-739 Agghh I feel your pain here! Driving anywhere in Europe always feels like the “roads” are quite optimistic to say the least that two cars traveling separate directions can actually fit in the space… !
From my experience I definitely recommend e-bikes for getting around and touring areas. If you can limit your baggage to just what you can carry in a couple panniers, it is a wonderful way to experience new places — and MUCH easier to fit thru those small spaces and even get across UNESCO sites as needed!

]]> By: John https://the-ramble.net/2023/07/17/drivin-n-cryin/#comment-561 Mon, 31 Jul 2023 09:40:55 +0000 https://the-ramble.net/?p=2466#comment-561 In reply to Bill Womack.

LOL. I empathize with this on a visceral level. Actually, one of our small blessings in all of our driving escapades is that we’ve never pissed off the locals.

Er, mostly. There’s the time I merged on to a highway in Italy and, while I checked my mirrors, I guess didn’t keep a close enough eye because a fast-moving car was barreling down the right most lane. They went “whoosh!”-ing past us having swerved to the left but I will *never* forget the guy in the front passenger seat who was hanging out of the window, like from the waist up(!) so as to make sure I could see the two-handed gesture he was emphatically throwing my way.

]]> By: Bill Womack https://the-ramble.net/2023/07/17/drivin-n-cryin/#comment-552 Fri, 21 Jul 2023 20:22:20 +0000 https://the-ramble.net/?p=2466#comment-552 These stories remind me so much of the time I ended up backing down a three-block long stretch of alley that was barely wider than my Ford Escort in Tijuana while a local, who was driving the opposite (correct) way down the one-way venue gestured wildly for me to get out of the way. I was like, “El Dude-arino, there’s only one way out of here, and it’s behind me!” Good times, good times.

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