I'm in the same exact boat as you are. My girlfriend of 6 years and I have never been to Europe, and we are planning to go sometime next year. She knows I'm absolutely dieing to ride my bike over there. She occasionally rides with me here in the States, but she doesn't take it seriously enough to where she would even have a chance of keeping up on mountainous European terrain. She says she doesn't care if I bring my bike, but I'm worried that all I'll want to do is ride! I don't want my first time in Europe to be anything less than special for the both of us. I'd feel bad leaving her alone while I ride for 6 hours. She says she wants me to ride in Europe since it's all I talk about, but I can see her getting really sick of it after 2 rides. I don't even want to bother bringing my bike if I'm only going to go on 2 rides.

What's a brother to do? I'm thinking maybe go for 3 weeks instead of only 2, so that way I can ride plenty and still give her all the attention she needs.