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Makiko gives you a tour of Paris and Sado Island blindfolded! Actually, she flicks through her iPhone photo album trying to remember what she did on two different trips, and I coax her to get as much information about her trips as possible.

Photo by Makiko: Picnic dans le Jardin de Luxembourg.

Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, gypsies, gitans, ciganos, gitanos, nomads, wanderers, global, travel, business trip, vacation, holiday, Paris, France, Sado Island, Sadogashima, 佐渡島, 新潟県, フランス, パリ

Direct download: gypsy_life_5.mp3
Category:places -- posted at: 8:42 AM

It's been a woeful long time since the last podcast in this series, and it hasn't been for lack of adventures!

Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, makikomo, Mt Fuji, Wakayama, Kyoto, Shiga, Osaka, Nara, Shirahama, Mt Ikoma, surfing, camping, tent, sleeping bags, hiking, Tanzawa hills, barbecue, hike

Direct download: our_gypsy_life_4.mp3
Category:places -- posted at: 2:06 PM

If you're talking to me on Skype, assume you are being recorded. NFTOS is the Watergate of podcasts and I am Richard M. Nixon. Of course, I give paticipants the option to opt out in part or in whole. In this episode, Hans and I talked about some non-racing stuff, including a few things I assumed he wouldn't want to share which got censored. The next episode has already been recorded and will be uploaded late, better than never.

Photo: Rob running down Mt Fuji in late summer, over the fine lava of the "Suna-bashiri" / Gotemba Track.

Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, Bicicleteiros, Hans, Rob, small talk, cycling, weather, Sangenjaya, Tokyo, Japan, Louisiana, La Place

Direct download: off_the_record_edit.m4a
Category:bicicleteiros -- posted at: 3:22 AM

Makiko joins me and we talk about going to a wedding in Ebisu, shopping for camping gear in Shinjuku and going to a natsu matsuri (outdoor summer festival) in Nakameguro.

Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, Panic Living, Ikusabata Staion, Mitake, Tokyo, T-shirt of the day, Tanzawa san, wedding, Ebisu, shopping, camping gear, Shinjuku, natsumatsuri, Nakameguro

 

Direct download: panic_living_93.m4a
Category:tokyo panic living -- posted at: 5:12 AM

We're already well into the Vuelta, but with Hans moving a time zone earlier and me going on vacation, well, circumstances have not allowed for us to combine for a show. This one was an ill-prepared now or never kinda thing. Here it is for what it's worth.

Photo by Andrew.

Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, Bicicleteiros, Vuelta a España, Worlds

Direct download: bici_tour_wrap.mp3
Category:bicicleteiros -- posted at: 1:47 AM

This podcast is about hiking in Japan. More details will follow (I hope), so stay tuned.

Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, Japan, hiking, Tanzawa-san

 

Direct download: panic_living_92.mp3
Category:tokyo panic living -- posted at: 2:24 PM

Photo: Sumo wrestler mounted on 'Ordinary' highwheeler bicycle.

Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, Panic Living, Tokyo, Japan, cycling, travel, visit, food, lemur, Carrot Tower, Sangenjaya, A-Bridge, Senta Honten, izakaya, tachinomiya, Sula, eat, Japanese, restaurant, dining, Tamagawa, Tama River, Suitengumae, Narita, Express, train, bus, T-CAT, airport, omiyage, souvenir, Sancha, Fussa, Hamura, path, trail, Akihabara, Rose, bar, English pub, Handeda, Kanagawa Prefecture

 

 

Direct download: Panic_Living_91.mp3
Category:tokyo panic living -- posted at: 12:56 AM

*(Until we come up with a better title for it)

Links and show notes coming soon.

Photo: Tea on the Super Hitachi train to Tokyo by Ady.

Posted by Rob

Tags: NFTOS, Ady san, Ibaraki, Tokyo, Pune, India, Los Angeles, California, USA

Direct download: ady_san_1.mp3
Category:talk show -- posted at: 6:43 AM

Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, Tokyo T-Shirt of the Day, poem, Patrick Widdess, poetry, poet, life in Tokyo, Kanagawa, cycling, hiking, Tanzawa San, Tou-no-dake, Tou-no-toge, Zenpukuji River, Tsurumi River, Nomikawa, Tokyu, Kaldi, Niku-no-Hanamasa, supermarkets, food, imported, Japanophile, gourmet, global nomad, world traveller, India, California, California rolls, Fig Newtons, cheese crackers, mango juice, iPhone, GPS, Google Maps, camera, keitai, cell phone, mobile phone, apps, Tour de France, FIFA World Cup, jet lag, insomnia, rain, summer, soccer, France, Spain, Korea, Fiji, New Zealand, Trans-Siberian Express, history, cradle of civilization, manifest destiny, out of body experience, Shirley McClaine, How to Catch an Octopus, podcast, audio

Direct download: panic_living_90.mp3
Category:tokyo panic living -- posted at: 1:38 AM

Bicicleteiros podcast #83, Tour de France podcast #2, recapping stage 9.

We didn't expect such a long gap between Tour podcasts, but here we are ten days in with two clear race favorites in Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck.

Photo: Orange t-shirt and Heinneken in honor of the defeated Dutch World Cup football squad.

Tags: NFTOS, bicicleteiros, Tour de France, Bicicleteiros, Hans, Rob, Jorge, El Gringo, Alberto Contador, Andy Schleck, Sanchez, LL, Samuel, Lance, Levi, Basso, Cadel, samurai, Pernod, Greyhound

Direct download: tdf_2_bicicleteiros.mp3
Category:bicicleteiros -- posted at: 5:42 PM