While we fell asleep to the sound of rain pattering gently on our rain fly last night, we were awakened in the middle of the night by the beginnings of the thunderstorm of all thunderstorms. It all started with rain falling more and more heavily, which we have experienced before. We have even had some […]
We pretty much sealed our fate for a disorganized day today when we went to bed last night without any kind of plan. We don’t do well when we wake up not knowing what we want to do in a given day, and this morning we had a lot to figure out. We could go […]
After puttering around camp and brainstorming some ideas of where to go next, we decided to head off for a day trip (as most do) to Vintgar Gorge. We started by pedaling around the lake, and found a local tourist business to ask for directions. The directions were clear and simple – follow the main […]
The day was sunny and blue as we hit the road out of Ljubljana this morning. We were expecting a long bit of riding through suburbs and industrial areas to get us out of the city, but within 5 minutes, we were on an unpaved farm road that wound us through cornfields and forests until […]
This morning brought clear skies and some of the coldest temperatures that we have seen since the beginning of our trip, clear back in mid-April. As we have learned, though, it always feels better to leave early in the morning, so we didn’t wait for the sun to warm us up – beside, we had […]
Despite our near perfect riding day yesterday, neither of us were feeling all that great once we set up camp and decided that another day in our beautiful campground to check out a cave would be a well needed break. It rained hard during the night and drizzled all morning, giving us exactly the excuse […]
Thankfully after the blow-up toys were deflated and the sun went down, the small army of children at our rec-center/campground dispersed and we enjoyed a quiet night. Morning came too early, though, and I had a hard time dragging myself out of bed. Considering how well our last “on the road early day” went, we […]
Knowing that our ride today was going to have just as many busy roads and steep climbs as yesterday, we though we’d get on the road as early as possible when the traffic is quiet and the day still cool to help things go as smoothly as possible. We were rolling out of camp by […]
Before we left our mega-luxury campground this morning, we tried one last time to download our Kindle guidebook for Slovenia onto our laptop – of course failing once again. I’m not sure why, but Amazon apparently doesn’t love laggy connections. The fresh pastries and a yogurt drink from the campground’s onsite bakery and market made […]
With a few overnight showers and some morning sprinkles, we hung around camp this morning for a long while waiting for things to dry out a bit. Unfortunately, we were out of breakfast food entirely so we snacked on a bag of cookies and looked at some options for Ben’s graduate school coursework from inside […]
There was no rolling out of camp today since today was beach day! We have thus far very much enjoyed the beautiful city of Rovinj, and thus decided to stay another day. Rovinj is an absolutely beautiful city set on a narrow peninsula that rises out of the Adriatic Sea. It used to be an […]
As we’ve traveled for longer than we’ve ever done before, we’ve quickly discovered that Ben’s ability to run at a really fast pace day after day really outlasts mine. On a normal, 7-10 day vacation, I can usually make a noble attempt at keeping up, but as the weeks come and go, I’ve found myself […]