Hello Europe
Our world has sure changed in the last two weeks. We had a lovely 10 days in Rio de Janiero, and managed a few of the standard "tourist" activities while we were there. A cycle and hike up Cristo Redeemer, a cruise along Copacabana beach. An attempted hike to the summit of Sugarloaf Hill, and a few walks in and around lovely parks and gardens. We visited the science museum, did laps at Maracana, and in general had a terrific time. One last solid walk of 20km was complete at the nearly right on 2.0km loop at Maracana on 7 May. That was nicely under 7:30 per kilometer pace, and felt comfortable. Our flight with Portugal Airlines to Amsterdam in the Netherlands happened without much fuss. The first flight was delayed an hour, but once moving, everything went like clockwork. We arrived on the tarmac at 2pm, and had received our baggage, reassembled our tandem bicycle named Happier in the parking lot, and cycled 40km to our home for four nights in Woerden, to the east and slig