The Great Bicycle Expedition: Freewheeling through Europe with a Cockamamie Family, a Potted Plant, and Bicycleseatus [NOOK Book]

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Overview

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Hell-bent on adventure, the unconventional Anderson family delighted readers when they fought traffic across North America in a travel trailer (The Two-Ton Albatross), and braved the currents of the Mississippi River (The Headstrong Houseboat), and even when they took on construction of their own A-frame home on the shores of Lake Arrowhead (Roll Up The Wallpaper, We're Moving!). With The Great Bicycle Expedition, they're at it again with a rollicking new tale of their most recent caper - bicycling across Europe.

Naturally, the family embarks sans any ...
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Overview

From the Original Book Cover:

Hell-bent on adventure, the unconventional Anderson family delighted readers when they fought traffic across North America in a travel trailer (The Two-Ton Albatross), and braved the currents of the Mississippi River (The Headstrong Houseboat), and even when they took on construction of their own A-frame home on the shores of Lake Arrowhead (Roll Up The Wallpaper, We're Moving!). With The Great Bicycle Expedition, they're at it again with a rollicking new tale of their most recent caper - bicycling across Europe.

Naturally, the family embarks sans any serious bicycling experience, with mishaps and hardships coming all too frequently as these four cyclepaths try to master their brand-new ten-speed racers. After a wobbly beginning in Denmark, where Dortha finds herself more often on the pavement on the bicycle seat, the group plots a course through Sweden. Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, where they nearly meet disaster when Dortha's bicycle and pocketbook suddenly vanish, and France.
No European trip would be complete without a touch of romance, and each of the Andersons' two college-aged offspring, Scott and Holly, is in turn smitten with the love bug. Even Andy and Dortha succumb readily to the magic of moonlight boat rides and fine wines. And the fun starts when les parents find themselves booked into two different "respectable" hotels in the same city, where fate seems determined to separate them.

Sandwiched in with the fun and adventure are many practical tips about the rapidly expanding sport of bicycling - and about low-cost travel in Europe. Guiding us intimately through the back-roads of Europe, Anderson treats us to a valuable travelogue that includes anecdotes, lessons, and observations about everything from Low Country cuisine to the house where Rembrandt lived.

Warm, witty, and delightfully funny, The Great Bicycle Expedition will be welcomed by the millions who are discovering or rediscovering the joys of cycling as well as lovers of fine family adventure.

Editorial Reviews

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Pedal Spinner, 2009 -

"The light-hearted account of a journey made by a new-to-cycling couple in their fifties and their young adult children from Copenhagen to Calais in the summer of 1972."

Product Details

  • BN ID: 2940013106130
  • Publisher: Waking Media
  • Publication date: 7/26/2011
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Sales rank: 1,123,140
  • File size: 229 KB

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  • Posted August 1, 2011

    Bike / Family Humor

    Anderson does a great job of squeezing the funny out of every moment of this family trip. And there's some interesting insight into how Americans felt traveling abroad after 1971. Anderson carries "Europe On $5 A Day" with him, but the cost of trip is more like double that.

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  • Posted July 27, 2011

    Fun and funny

    I'm working my way through Anderson's series and this one is hilarious.

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  • Posted July 30, 2011

    Hell-bent on adventure

    A 1972 family of four make their way across Europe on bicycles. This book is silly, fun and uplifting.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 3, 2011

    Mr. Anderson takes his family on a grand tour of Europe - very funny!

    I too am re-reading my way through Anderson's family adventures -- these books are like old friends. Anderson wrote several of them that told of his adventures in houseboats and driving RVs -- I'm very pleased to see they're being turned into digital versions.

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