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Wednesday Night Skate New York

	Why aren't you blogging??? At some point with doing this blog, I came up with an informal set of rules, one of which was to never write anything negative. It produced a big delay on my blogging as I sorted out what I was capable of saying about WAR, the Washington Area Roadskaters as a club, both positive and negative. I enjoyed discovering the club. I enjoyed joining and contributing my time and resources as a board member. It was great fun promoting the club and rebuilding the membership records from scratch. I also enjoyed leaving the club. It was very liberating. Now I can go skate and not have to worry about making all the people who kept placing their demands on me happy. My free time is finally my own again.

Photos from the Skate to Annapolis

t was a warm, sun drenched day with no humidity, making for a perfect setting to skate to the Annapolis waterfront and back to the Marley Station Mall.

ou can find a writeup on the route here and here.

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Skate to Coney Island -- Part One -- The Manhattan Side

his year, Ed led a masterful skate to the beach. Here are some photos from the start of the skate, the West Side bike path and all the way to the Manhattan Bridge.

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Skate to Coney Island -- Part Two -- The Brooklyn Side

d led a plethora of skaters through Brooklyn back streets like a native. These photos cover the Manhattan Bridge, Prospect Park and of course, Coney Island.

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The Final Paris Mix

hat's it, the last of the Euroroll photos for the blog. Many many thanks to everyone who let me pick through their photos!

o pyx from the dinner and cruise night. For some strange reason, they were all too blurry. (At least that's the story I'm sticking with.)

esides, I have no memory of that event so it must have never really happened.

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A Eurorollers Guide to Paris (Part One): Getting There, Getting Around

t's a semi organized look at the first couple of days in Paris! Thanks to the many Eurorollers who contributed photos.

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A Eurorollers Guide to Paris (Part Two): Things to do Near the Eiffel Tower

ere is another mix of photos from a mix of people, all about skating in Paris.

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Mo's Pyx Part One: No Skating in the Lobby

aureen offers her photo perspective on the Euroroll.

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Mo's Pyx Part Two: Making Faces, Skating Places

russels and Bruges get the Maureen picture treatment.

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Mo's Pyx Part Three: Paris and a Crepe

aureen photographs Paris with the proper priorities.

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Mo's Pyx Part Four: Pari Roller Edition

aureen does the Friday Skate with a special police escort.

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The First Skate in Brussels

urorollers got to Brussels by plane, train and bus -- then we skated.

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The Atomium and Other Destinations

ur first big Euroroll skate was to some out of town places.

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Pictures from the Pari Roller

ne of the high points of the Euroroll was the Pari Roller. We met at 11pm on Friday to take over the streets with 3000+ of our closest friends.

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Mixed Up Brussels Part One

ere are some photos from the Euroroll in Brussels that I just couldn't organize.

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Mixed Up Brussels Part Two

ere are some more photos that I just couldn't organize.

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