This is one of the best castle tour books available. Kids and parents will also appreciate it as a definitive multi-modal (bicycle and train) travel and tourism book, the second in a series of children's travel books by Jamaican American author and journalism educator Raymond F. Quinton. It's an adventure parents and kids can enjoy. It can also double as a travel planner for your first or next bicycle tour of the Rhine and Loire River. Quinton's persona, Bus Driver Raymond, parks his bus and takes his folding bicycle to Europe for an amazing summer tour of castles along the Rhine river in Germany, Switzerland and along the Loire River in France. He spends three months traveling by folding bicycle and train visiting family and friends along the way. Ever seen an Alp horn? See Raymond playing one in Switzerland in this book. These amazing pictures were taken in the Summer of 2018 and include an easy-to-read narrative outlining the tour. Join Quinton on this fascinating journey. This book is perfect for early to advanced readers ages seven to ten and for ESL adult language learners. This is the second book in the Best Ride Ever! series. The first is one of the most popular early reader book about a popular Portland, Oregon amusement park, Oaks Park. Quinton is an accomplished writer, editor and publisher from Junction City Kansas. He is a journalist, arts and literacy advocate and is a best-selling restaurant guide author, newspaper publisher and successful marketing executive.Quinton promotes "art" as common culture and as a lifestyle and reads and lectures regularly on his theory. When Quinton is not writing, he is a Trolley motorman, Class 2, a professional CDL licensed bus driver and student newspaper program coordinator and faculty adviser for a large college, and during the summer he reads his books to urban kids during the summer lunch program in the park.