This week, I invite you to enjoy another sea story on my author’s blog.
Next week, we’ll continue up the Po River. Please join me.
Smooth roads and tailwinds,
JT
Come on over: Shaka, bra!
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Author Archives: JT Hine
The Po River: Bologna to Cremona
Friday dawned sunny and cool, but warmed as I rode the Piana Padana to Modena and then to the little town of Rolo near the Po River. I wore my short-sleeved Camino de Santiago pilgrim’s bicycle jersey, but long pants. My hosts would not be home until 18:30, so I had time to stop in Modena at the Enzo Ferrari Museum, a modern complex built around the famous car designer’s birthplace. Continue reading
Come on over: Charlie
This week, I invite you to enjoy a new short story from the world of Emily & Hilda on my author’s blog.
Next week, we’ll start riding along the Po River. Please join me.
Smooth roads and tailwinds,
JT
NOVELS ON SALE!
Many of you have enjoyed the travel and the languages in this blog. Many also enjoy bicycles and bicycle travel. There are two special events this week close to those activities: Continue reading
Books, Books, and More Books!
On Saturday, April Fool’s Day, I shut off the water, closed the gas bottle under the sink, opened the main power to the flat, and locked the door. After dropping the key in the mailbox, 
I rode to World Bike Formia for a final farewell to Vincenzo and Benedetta, and to pick up the WBF cap that they had waiting for me. Then I stopped by Tempo Prezioso for another quick farewell. River Run 2017 was about to begin. Continue reading
Come on over: Valencia oranges
This week, I invite you to enjoy another sea story on my author’s blog.
Next week, we’ll start a new travelogue. Please join me.
Smooth roads and tailwinds,
JT
Shall we ride by the rivers?
With travel still restricted, the Freewheeling Freelancer is riding in circles around the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, ready to take you on another tour. While we wait for borders to open up for Americans, I propose to take you back three years to the tour I called River Run 2017. It features a ride along the great rivers of Europe, and certainly qualifies as armchair travel for a pandemic.
Come on over: silver at the “cruiser Olympics”
This week, I invite you to enjoy another sea story on my author’s blog.
Next week, we’ll start a new travelogue. Please join me.
Smooth roads and tailwinds,
JT
Ronda, Mallorca, and Barcelona, then home.
On a Wednesday in mid-October, the sky was turning from black to indigo then to blue. We got up too early for the hotel breakfast, and rode into Ronda. By now the train station in the capital of the Pueblos Blancos was familiar, but the day was not off to a good start. The ticket agent, backed by the various personnel in the station, did not want us to take the train to Granada. It turned out that the train station in Granada was being renovated, and that there was a substitute bus service for the last three stops on the line. They insisted that the buses would not take bicycles. Continue reading
Come on over: riding on the Riviera
This week, I invite you to enjoy another sea story on my author’s blog.
Next week, we’ll ride around Mallorca, continuing our tour of Iberia.
Smooth roads and tailwinds,
JT
