MICHAEL WARNER KOPP

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My name is Michael Kopp.  Over the next year or so, I'll be riding my bicycle from the Atlantic
coast of Portugal to (hopefully) the Pacific coast of Vietnam.  I decided to do this trip for three
reasons (listed in no particular order):  (1) to have the opportunity to spend some time on a
bicycle, (2) to see foreign lands, and (3) to attempt to grow a beard.**

Abbreviated Life History:  I was born in the swamps of New Orleans, Louisiana, and grew
up on the tornado-scarred plains in Columbia, Missouri.  My childhood passed in the manner
typical of that of my peers in the lower Midwest.  Several years later I majored in German at
Truman State University, and thereafter attended law school the University of California,
Berkeley.  After taking the California bar exam I cycled in Europe for three months until lack of
available funds ended my trip.  Upon my return I worked as an attorney at a corporate law firm
in San Francisco for five years and became vegan.  During most of those years I thought about
returning to Europe and making this trip.  I'm excited to begin riding.

I can be contacted during the trip at mike@mikesbiketrip.com

**of non-Amish dimensions.