http://onmilwaukee.com/rss/rss_judysteffes.xml Milwaukee's Daily Magazine Judy Steffes en-us Sun, 6 Jul 2008 18:00:27 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://onmilwaukee.com/images/layout/omc_rssfeed_logo.gif http://onmilwaukee.com 204 67 PRIEN, Germany -- Returned to visit Prien and then Munich during my final week's tour. Christiane, who I met on my second day in Germany, has welcomed me for the weekend. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/prien2.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/prien2.html?15798 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 18:32:00 CST DACHAU, Germany -- OMG ... I've been taken in by the Sopranos of Germany. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/dachau2.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/dachau2.html?15789 Tue, 1 Jul 2008 18:41:00 CST AUGSBURG, Germany -- I bicycled into Augsburg, which is a little seedy from the start. Maybe it's the day, as the weather is overcast and rainy. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/dachau.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/dachau.html?15765 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:10:00 CST ULM, Germany -- It's about 15 kilometers from Blaubeuren to Ulm. I tend to favor the smaller communities outside the bigger cities because they're easier to maneuver, the people are friendlier, and there's just a better hometown feel. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/ontoulm.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/ontoulm.html?15706 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:43:00 CST BLAUBEUREN, Germany -- A beautiful Saturday leaving Lorch and my goal is to make it 60 miles southeast to Ulm. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/alps.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/alps.html?15693 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:24:00 CST STUTTGART, Germany -- Word is, there's a great bicycle trail out of Lauffen that goes straight through Stuttgart. Problem is, if you don't know where it is, it's difficult to get there. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/stuttgart.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/stuttgart.html?15678 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:41:00 CST NECKARSULM, Germany -- In 1956 a brilliant German came up with a bicycle factory in Neckarsulm. Bicycles and motorcycles. In 1986 the biggest bicycle / motorcycle museum opened in the same city to pay tribute to NSU motorcycles and the history of the bike. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikemuseum.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikemuseum.html?15652 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:37:00 CST GUNDELSHEIM, Germany -- I had an 8 a.m. interview this morning with Eberhard Schell. He is a master chocolatier from the small, small community of Gundelsheim. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/schell.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/schell.html?15614 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:34:00 CST GUNDELSHEIM, Germany -- I bicycled south out of Heidelberg and kept to the Neckar River. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/thomasrafter.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/thomasrafter.html?15606 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:31:00 CST HEIDELBERG, GERMANY -- I tried to be a tourist today and explore the sites in Heidelberg. Rather than race from the big cities, I challenged myself with a different approach. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/heidelberg.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/heidelberg.html?15557 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:35:00 CST HEPPENHEIM, GERMANY -- Clocked in with 58 strong miles on Friday as a series of hills made up the distance between Swabisch Hall and Billigheim. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/gruppenrum.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/gruppenrum.html?15514 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:25:00 CST I stopped at a McDonald's on the outskirts of Swabisch Hall. McCafe is much the same as the states except the coffee bar and the food counters are completely separate. It was like having a Starbucks inside the McDonalds. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/mccafe.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/mccafe.html?15513 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:16:00 CST I reluctantly left the wonderful youth hostel in Donauworth this morning. Before going, I was finally able to fix my handlebars. They had slipped a little following the rain in Neuburg. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/buhlertahn.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/buhlertahn.html?15493 Mon, 9 Jun 2008 09:59:00 CST PRIEN, GERMANY -- There are a couple of unique marketing strategies I've seen in Germany. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/germanads.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/germanads.html?15492 Sun, 8 Jun 2008 09:47:00 CST It's only been five days worth of biking but jet lag has finally caught up to me. I'm sure the storm excitement last night has added to my fatigue but I feel a need for a short day and some good sleep. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/donauworth.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/donauworth.html?15467 Sat, 7 Jun 2008 10:20:00 CST Leaving Sebastian in Altdof I scooted west on some spectacular country roads. The area is much like Wisconsin with green fields and rolling hills. It looks like the farmers are already working on their second cutting of hay. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/churchstorm.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/churchstorm.html?15466 Fri, 6 Jun 2008 10:11:00 CST I spent Sunday night camping in Sebastian Gabler's backyard. He was a tall, lean man who wore Jacki'O blue jean shorts, a Wittmann beer advertisement bicycling T-shirt and hid his age well -- but probably was probably close to 70. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/neuburg.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/neuburg.html?15465 Thu, 5 Jun 2008 10:05:00 CST I was treated to an elegant breakfast overlooking the Alps this morning. It's day three of my tour of Germany and feel like I'm living the high life. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/prien.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/prien.html?15463 Wed, 4 Jun 2008 09:56:00 CST Here are just a couple profiles of people I've met on in Germany so far. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/peopleingermany.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/peopleingermany.html?15436 Tue, 3 Jun 2008 17:44:00 CST Day two in Germany and I'm already getting a severe education in everything. The first awakening came checking out of the Hotel Pension Schmellergarten in Munich. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/severegerman.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/severegerman.html?15447 Tue, 3 Jun 2008 10:07:00 CST I'm taking a one-month bicycle tour of Germany with the incentive of seeing the Carl von Marr painting "The Flagellants" displayed at the Haus der Kunst in Munich. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/flaggellants.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/flaggellants.html?15435 Mon, 2 Jun 2008 09:50:00 CST Lithia Beer makes its public debut today, Friday, May 9, at the Riverside Brewery in West Bend. http://onmilwaukee.com/bars/articles/lithiabeerdebut.html http://onmilwaukee.com/bars/articles/lithiabeerdebut.html?15203 Fri, 9 May 2008 11:37:00 CST In an era where recycling is en vogue, grocery stores are encouraging cloth bags and plastic bags are taking over landfills, it’s interesting to note Office Max's marketing campaign. http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/brownpaperbag.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/brownpaperbag.html?14535 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:51:00 CST In the 1940s and '50s, Lithia Brewery in West Bend unveiled a popular Christmas brew. http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/lithiabeer.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/lithiabeer.html?13708 Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:05:00 CST Have you seen the tall bikes around West Bend? Like the elusive Big Foot some people have spotted them. Tall bikes, which raise the rider nearly five feet off the ground and are made of two conventional bicycle frames welded one atop the other. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/tallbikes.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/tallbikes.html?13592 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:23:00 CST Another rain delay. Strong storms moving through Chicago and Indiana. Lightning and thunder and some local flooding. My goal is to bike through Chicago to Kenosha, about 114 miles today ... and, possibly make it to my sister’s house in Franklin. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter081307.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter081307.html?12365 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:13:00 CST I’m having less luck securing church hotels. It’s probably because I’m pulling into my destination city later and later in the evening and don’t have a chance to work the community. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter081007.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter081007.html?12354 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:59:00 CST Five showers on Tuesday and I’m still not clean. Split most of the 67 miles today on the road and in the rain. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter080907.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter080907.html?12347 Thu, 9 Aug 2007 10:04:00 CST small town. First priest who let me in the door sat and talked for a while. Catholic, retired ... his main topic was the abuses in the church. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter080807.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter080807.html?12332 Wed, 8 Aug 2007 09:13:00 CST Hit the road from Conneaut, Ohio early Sunday morning. Back to back 100-mile days have left me a little spent, and I’m looking to take it a bit easier today. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter087072.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter087072.html?12316 Tue, 7 Aug 2007 18:38:00 CST Made it 102 miles on Saturday and biked from New York, through Penn to Ohio. Got in about 6 p.m. and secured a church for the night. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter08707.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter08707.html?12315 Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:28:00 CST Got into a bit of a fix on Wednesday. Hot weather and hills sapped my strength quickly and I bummed a ride over the final mountain of Massachusetts. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter080607.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter080607.html?12303 Mon, 6 Aug 2007 08:49:00 CST Got in about 95 miles on Friday from Churchville to Gowanda, N.Y. The temperature was 98 degrees most of the day, with high humidity. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriteraug3.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriteraug3.html?12294 Sat, 4 Aug 2007 15:51:00 CST It's come to my attention, after nearly a week on the road, that I have a pair of biking shorts that are see through. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/sheerexcitement.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/sheerexcitement.html?12284 Fri, 3 Aug 2007 08:58:00 CST Westborough, Mass to Westfield; 84 miles and the Westfield Fire Department took me in for the night. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter080107.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter080107.html?12265 Thu, 2 Aug 2007 07:49:00 CST Made it about 15 miles down the road Monday. Travel stress, a time change and beautiful Westborough forced me to stop about 55 miles out of Boston. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter0731072.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter0731072.html?12263 Wed, 1 Aug 2007 12:21:00 CST Another year, another bicycle tour. This year I’m biking from Boston to Milwaukee. I have about two weeks to complete the mission. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter073107.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter073107.html?12253 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:31:00 CST I spent the weekend bicycling around Chicago. Threw the bike in the car and headed out. Weather was sunny and in the 70s. I exited Tower Road, pulling into a parking lot near a bike trail and with no particular plan I followed another biker named Don. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/steffes101006.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/steffes101006.html?9912 Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:02:00 CST In an effort to prepare for September’s bicycle tour I mixed in a bit of unconventional training this weekend pedaling a tandem, alone, from West Bend to Milwaukee. I bought the bike for my parents, and it’s a bit of an antique. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter100606.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter100606.html?9872 Fri, 6 Oct 2006 09:06:00 CST It’s been more then a week since I’ve returned from my recent bicycle tour from South Carolina to Wisconsin. Taking the bus from Indiana to Wisconsin wasn't exactly how I planned on ending my cross country journey, but it sure made the final miles go fast. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter100506.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter100506.html?9870 Thu, 5 Oct 2006 09:26:00 CST Reluctantly leaving my fabulous lawn chair in Mary Bush's garage I continued muddling north to Logansport, Ind. My speedometer, slowly clicking toward 90 miles while, sadly, my stamina and spirit were diminishing. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter092706.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter092706.html?9808 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:29:00 CST Leaving Anderson, Ind. with every intention of putting in back to back 100-mile days. Have to make time as rainy weather is forecast and the closer I can get to Wisconsin the better. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/steffesblog092506.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/steffesblog092506.html?9777 Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:56:00 CST Another installment from writer/biker Judy Steffes. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/steffesblog092306.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/steffesblog092306.html?9770 Sat, 23 Sep 2006 18:37:00 CST Another installment from biker Judy Steffes, who is working her way back toward Wisconsin. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter092106.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter092106.html?9753 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:27:00 CST I feel like I’ve been bit by a jackrabbit because I’m really making time. I crossed over from Kentucky to Ohio early Monday morning. I wasn’t sure how I was going to make it across the river because bicycles aren’t allowed on the Interstate, but the boys at the Florence Fire Department steered me. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter092006.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter092006.html?9726 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:53:00 CST Left Pikeville, Kentucky around 7 a.m. and headed west up Highway 23. The Kentucky roads are fabulous. Huge shoulders with rumble strip, I feel like I’ve finally got a room of my own. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter091906.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter091906.html?9725 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:58:00 CST Another episode in the adventures of OnMilwaukee's bikin' blogger Judy Steffes. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/steffesblog091706.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/steffesblog091706.html?9718 Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:42:00 CST OnMilwaukee.com writer/rider Judy Steffes continues with tales from the road. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/steffesblog091506.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/steffesblog091506.html?9705 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:40:00 CST Mother Nature and the mountains sucked out my Supergirl status today. The day started overcast and misty, 60 degrees and one dog chase after another. Judy Steffes reports from the road back to Milwaukee. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter091406.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter091406.html?9689 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:08:00 CST Contributer Judy Steffes is taking a bike ride from North Carolina back home to Wisconsin. Here are some of her experiences from the road. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter091306.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bikewriter091306.html?9680 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:00:00 CST