美國78歲老奶奶騎車14年環遊世界

At 65, most people are thinking about getting a senior citizen bus pass. But for Montana woman Ethel MacDonald, that's when she took up tour cycling.

大多數人在65歲的時候都在考慮拿到一個老年巴士通行證了。但是對於美國蒙大納州的埃塞爾·麥克唐納德來說，這正是去騎行的好時候。

Fourteen years later, the retired French teacher has covered more than 10,000 miles across Europe and North America and she's not stopping yet.

這位退休14年的法語老師已經在歐洲及北美騎行超過一萬英里，並且現在還在繼續。

CNN spoke to her by phone in Galway, during her recent tour of Ireland's coastline.

與CNN記者進行電話採訪時，她正身處蓋爾偉，沿着愛爾蘭的海岸線騎行。

'I like what I like to do without having to wait for someone else to be ready', explains the 78-year-old woman.

這位78歲高齡的老人說道：“我最喜歡的事，莫過於在無需遷就他人的同時隨心所欲。”

The appeal of biking alone on the open road, she says, is "just feeling like I'm my own boss."

當談及在開闊的公路上獨自騎行的感受時，她表示，“感覺自己纔是自己的老闆”。

She began tour cycling in 2003, beginning with France's Atlantic coast.

她從2003年開始騎行，法國的大西洋海岸線就是她的起點。

Aside from trips round her native United States, she's wheeled her way through the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Scandinavia and beyond.

除了在自己土生土長的美國旅行之外，她更是走過了荷蘭、德國、斯堪的納維亞等國家地區。