Cycling Gozo for Auntie Lou

Are you afraid of the reaction you'll get when you return home from your European vacation without hitting everybody else's hot spots? There must be many of you. Perhaps you imagine a scenario like this:

You didn't see Michelangelo's Davide in Florence? What kind of pathetic, misinformed tourist are you anyway? Don't you know nothing about what you have to see? I cried when the minute David came into view! Everyone cries! I read it on the Internet! Tears are practically required! Those big, misshapen hands and head! OhMyGosh! How could you have missed it? I'm writing you out of the will!!! I'm calling Auntie Lou! She'll have a stroke!

There. That should scare you into never planning to leave your country of origin without seeing what the Travel Nazis want you to see.

Want to fix 'em? Be a contrarian. Tell them you're bicycling Gozo. Watch the incredulous looks. Watch lips quiver as they supress the question, "What the heck is a Gozo?" See them edge toward the phone and start to dial the funny farm...

Don't worry. You don't have to do this alone. Breakaway Adventures has just announced a fully-supported, independent Gozo Cycling Trip. Besides, lots of movies have been shot nearby. Even Brad Pitt has been to Gozo.

By the way, Gozo is a European island near Malta and part of the Maltese Archipelago.

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