Saturn Returns

It was a time of political unrest on a campus that held rallies to protest the Vietnam War. Paul was lucky his draft number was in the 100s, but some of their friends with lower numbers dodged by heading into Canada. Gerri lost a dear friend on May 4 and knew others who were killed in combat.

The violence at Kent State started when National Guardsmen ordered the protesters to disperse, escalated with tear gas that was retaliated with students allegedly throwing rocks (Gerri didn’t see any) and concluded with over 60 rounds of ammunition being fired at the students. In 2016 the 17-acre Commons was designated a National Historic Landmark, but Gerri has revised the site of the May 4 Massacre every year. 

The Albergue de Maribel Roncal has been in operation since 1987

Rudï Voller was a legendary German footballer from the ‘80s and here’s the song Ulli sings in it’s entirety

JoNaLu is a German TV show featuring mice and Ludwig the ladybug

Photos of myself with Thomas and Ulli can be found at reginagbeach.com/podcast

Read about Jake’s adventure on his blog at jaketreks.com

Follow him on Instagram @JakeTreks

Jake wrote and produced the horror film Cheap Plastic Mask

Marah and I both went to Ohio University

North Olmsted has a new middle school and high school.

Julie White is a professor at Ohio University who advised Marah’s project on Home and taught her in Umarkhed, India.

Bhumi is Marah's mentor and yoga teacher.

Marah refers to this blog post in the episode.

Follow Marah on Instagram: @Marah_Beach or check out her pottery @MarahBeachCeramics

Stephanie is earning her Masters in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.

Divvy is Chicago’s bike share program.

Indego is Philadelphia’s bike share program.

Vipassana centers around the world teach free 10-day meditation courses to anyone who is interested.

In case you were still wondering how glitter was invented

Ruth Bader Ginsberg is arguable the most bad-ass Supreme Court Justice our country has ever seen.

Young Life is a Christian organization Stephanie was a member of in college.

Phi Alpha Delta is the pre-law fraternity Stephanie was involve with as an undergrad.

Division Street Chicago

Follow Stephanie on Instagram @shearcheer or send her an e-mail at [email protected]

Harry Potter and The Golden Compass trilogy are some of Kate’s favorite books. She also loves Stephen King’s novels.

Should Adults be embarrassed to read young adult fiction?

Brad Pitt’s Make it Right foundation built houses in the 9th ward post-Katrina.

The Second City is Chicago’s premier place to see and study improv comedy

The iO Theater runs comedy classes and shows in Chicago

The next Fear Experiment show will be March 18th in Chicago. Check it out if you’re around, you won’t be disappointed.

Teach for America is an organization tacking educational equity and through it Kate and I both got out start in teaching.

Craig and I visit Krka National Park, the Sibinek Falconry Center and visit Dubrovnik. We end the trip with a flight through Germany, a bus through Bosnia and a return day in Milan.

Krka National Park 

Falconry Center

Milan Crazy Cat Cafe

Game of Thrones in Dubrovnik

Split Camping Village

Yoga retreat Gea Viva on Brac Island

Krka National park had great cycling and hiking.

A German film crew was filming a TV show at the Falconry Center.

Black Water Bay from Game of Thrones was filmed in Dubrovnik.

Gea Viva Yoga retreat was an incredible off the grid facility.

We stayed at the Split Camping Village bar.

On the third installment of my month-long cycle journey Craig and I set up camp on the edge of a minefield and on another night have a private observation tower. We visit Zadar and listen to the sea sing and investigate an abandoned hotel on Krk Island.

Elderflower radler is my favorite Croatian beverage.

Cres Island is famous for it’s sheep, that lounge in the the olive groves.

We set up camp on the tennis court of an abandoned hotel on Krk Island.

We drank coffee in an observation tower outside of Pula.

Week two brought us into a better rhythm, bigger hills and more camping. Craig sees Venice for the first time and most of it is under water. We cross two international borders and see first hand how awesome the European Union’s free movement of people is, experience some rain, hills and beautiful vistas.

London to Paris bike routes

Naviki route planing app

maps.me mobile offline maps

Google Maps is a tried and true classic

Venice is Flodding

Couch Surfing is a Web site for community and finding free places to stay

Sofar Sounds puts on secret house shows all over the world

Mushroom Bar in Trieste had a good vibe and great tunes

Visitors bought plastic boot covers to walk through the flooded streets of Venice.

Craig opted to run around Venice in bare feet.

We dressed up as zombie pirates for halloween.

Slovenia had excellent bike infrastructure.

About 6 Croatian Kuna equals one US dollar.