this book is about my solo bicycle trip from Florida to California.
Right from my childhood I was attracted to the United States. In 2006, I decided to leave everything in The Netherlands behind and cross the United States by myself: a bicycle ride from Florida to California. During my trip it appeared that I was one of the few who'd decided to ride the route, the Southern Tier, from east to west, into the wind. Despite of the steep hills, the extreme differences in temperature and the low budget I dealt with every day, and inspite of the infinite hospitality of all the Americans I encountered, it was an experience of a lifetime.
"The statues of Savannah's Monument Square are silent. The statue of the solemn girl in Bonaventure Cemetery—made famous in John Berendt's blockbuster book, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil—can't speak. Only Savannah's literary monuments can g
