Highlights & Stories
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A Day at the “Farm” the ExperiencePlus! Headquarters in Italy by Sylva Florence
by Sylva Florence Aperitivo: espresso. Someone – half awake – spilled espresso grounds everywhere. Waking up just like the rest of us, the little black espresso machine groans and sprays a fine mist on the counter. Soon, it warms up… Read full article
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Dave sees Lance Win 6 in a Row! Race 2004 Customer Report
Dave sees Lance Win 6 in a Row ! Race 2004 Customer Report Bike Trip to Race 2004 or Dave Sees Lance Armstrong win six in a row or Dave Decides to do more Training Next Time by Dave Mabee… Read full article
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Costa Rica / Highlights & Stories
Winter’s Finest Attributes: Snow, Slush, Shoveling
Costa Rica’s Butterflies, Bicycles and Beaches The Choice is Yours: Butterflies, Bicycles and Beaches OR Snow, Slush and Shoveling Pluming volcanoes, lush tropical forests, and spectacular beaches are just some of the attractions Costa Rica offers for active travelers. Join… Read full article
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Three of the Many Faces of Italy
Three of the Many Faces of Italy Bicycle Tours through Tuscany, the Po Valley and Puglia Even the briefest glance at a map of Italy’s long, thin profile — which extends from the snowy Alps nearly to the coast of… Read full article
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Savoring Provence
Savoring Provence Sabrina Moriconi, Tour Leader for ExperiencePlus!, guides us on the Walking Van Gogh’s Provence tour Sometimes I wonder what it is that ties me to France. My father is Italian from a small Tuscan sea town. I… Read full article
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Costa Rica / Highlights & Stories
Family Adventures in Wonderland
Family Adventures in Wonderland A bicycle or multisport tour in Costa Rica is just the thing to get you through this winter. With the fireworks still crackling in the summer twilight, it might seem downright perverse to speak of winter. … Read full article
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Helping with the Olive Harvest
Helping with the Olive Harvest What do a bunch of tour leaders do as soon as their tour leading season is over? Travel, of course! This coming winter, you’ll find our European tour leaders traveling in Argentina (leading mountain bike… Read full article
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Bicycling the Heart of Provence in France
Bicycling the Heart of Provence in France John Giebler, ExperiencePlus! France Country Coordinator, talks about our Heart of Provence bicycle tour as an easier, shorter way of experiencing a lot of the great sites, food, wine, and beauty of Provence… Read full article
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Bicycle Turkey – A Land Bridge from Asia
Bicycle Turkey – A Land Bridge from Asia by Rick Price I’ve found myself referring to Turkey in recent years as having a “split personality.” It’s a Muslim country with deep-seated, conservative traditions, on one hand, and a modern,… Read full article
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Costa Rica / Highlights & Stories
Fifteen Years of Costa Rica
Fifteen Years of Costa Rica My how time flies. This is our 15th year operating tours in Costa Rica, so maybe it’s time for a little reflection. I quit my job directing the Study Abroad programs at Colorado State University… Read full article
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Bicycling Italy with Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Bicycling Italy with Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell: The Earliest American Bicycle Tourists in Italy in 1884? In late June of 1884 Joseph Pennell and his bride, Elizabeth Robins, set sail from New York City on the Steamship Oregon bound… Read full article
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Italian Cycling Culture
Italian Cycling Culture by Sylva Florence So, you’re planning a trip to Italy. A friend suggested riding bikes would be a good way to delve into the secrets of the Italian countryside… sample the wine, feel the warm Mediterranean sun… Read full article
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Bicycling Chile’s Wine Country
Over the years, Chile has built a reputation of development, production and exportation of fine wines. Yet it is uncommon to hear about the fertile lands where these fine grapes grow. Join us on our bicycle tour through Chile’s wine… Read full article
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Bicycling Turkey – A Bridge to the Ancient World
Bicycling Turkey – A Bridge to the Ancient World No other tour offered by ExperiencePlus! provides the wealth of classical history that this tour does. Add excellent food gathered among ingredients from throughout the Middle East and the world, bicycling… Read full article
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Costa Rica / Highlights & Stories
Warblers Wintering in Costa Rica
Warblers Wintering in Costa Rica It’s not clear how many birds migrate to Central and South America every year. Warblers, orioles, tanagers and many small birds migrate during the night and are hard to be recorded. Hawks, falcons and vultures… Read full article
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Emilia Romagna at 19 Km Per Hour
Since coming home last month (May 2007) from the Venice to Pisa ride with ExperiencePlus!, I’ve been telling all my friends it was the best vacation I have ever had. Their reaction is usually undisguised surprise. I am not known… Read full article
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France / Highlights & Stories / Italy
“Merci Beau Coup” Means “Thank You” in Italian, Too
“Merci Beau Coup” Means “Thank You” in Italian, Too The clear morning followed a special evening for our group on the Little Tour of Tuscany; the night before had been pure magic. Following a stunning meal, most of us went… Read full article
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A Taste of Patagonia: Notes from a Biker’s Journal by Linda Hayek
A Taste of Patagonia: Notes from a Biker’s Journal by Linda Hayek Linda completed the 2009 ExpeditionPlus! trip across Chile and Argentina — to read her bio click here. Friday, January 9 6:30 a.m. I was AWAKE. I had been… Read full article