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I’m DC RAINMAKER…
I swim, bike and run. Then, I come here and write about my adventures. It’s as simple as that. Most of the time. If you’re new around these parts, here’s the long version of my story.
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My Paris Journey
We’re moving to Paris… tomorrow!
Yup, that’s right, we’re packing up shop and moving over to the land of …. and of chocolate macaroons! Actually, rather, we’ve already packed up shop – over three weeks ago. The stuff is slowly plodding it’s way across the Atlantic (just off the coast of Newfoundland as of tonight).
Moving into the apartment in 40 seconds
Last week, we showed you our final apartment selection with the House Hunters style series. However, getting all of our stuff into our apartment was probably even more fun.
Going to the farm and picking fresh produce!
One of the things we both really enjoy doing is going to u-pick farms and picking our own fruits and vegetables. In the past, we’ve primarily picked apples, blueberries, and strawberries. Given it’s fall (crazy, huh?), we figured it was time to go out and pick some apples.
The Beaches (Paris Plages)
Let’s make this clear up front – Paris is nowhere near a beach. The closest oceanesque body of water with sand is roughly 200 kilometers away – and the water there isn’t terribly warm either (the nice stuff is down south). So what do the Parisians do in the hot summer months (aside from close up shop and leave)? They truck in a boatload of sand and setup a beach right in the heart of Paris on the Seine.
My Paris Swim/Bike/Run Resources
Are you coming to Paris? Looking for places to swim, bike and run? Or just simply want to see where I swim/bike/run? Well, here’s the skinny on all my favorite training locations – complete with maps and downloadable routes.
Cool – it is nice to read, that you visited Vienna!
Your first time to vienna and you already were at the running hotspot of Vienna 😉 – The endless road you are talking about is the Prater Hauptallee. It is probably the most frequented running track and a lot of competition from 7km to Marathon events take place on that road!
ben
Ray, don’t let the girl read the part about the flight attendants and you just might have a great weekend too……
The Fly Niki girls really do look better than of many other airlines.
Next time you can run around the Lainzer Tiergarten, but expect to get muddy 😉 link to gps-tour.info
The founder of that airline was F1 legend Niki Lauda…
come to serbia 🙂
I read this line […]And six minutes after that I was down in the lobby area headed into a taxi […] and was wondering if those six minutes were used to take a shower. I’m sure the other airline passengers were hoping so….. 🙂
Yes, I’m very efficient in the shower when missing a flight is on the line…
It’s a shame you did not see the real Vienna, we in Europe do not call it the most beautiful city in Europe for nothing… and X-mas time it is especially beautiful
Indeed. Trust me, I’ll be back!
The horsedrawn carriages are for tourists only. 🙂 Next time you are in Vienna, take a run in the gardens of the Imperial Castle. You won’t regret!