Most of the time we are tied to nobody’s schedule – we truly go where we please when we please. In fact, I rarely know what day it even is, much less the time. Today, though, was different. Today was the day that we left Italy once again in order to begin the Eastern European […]
Last night, after dinner was cleaned up, photos were processed, and we were closed up in the tent preparing to sleep, an enormous storm broke loose. Perhaps to make up for all the missed storming in the day, the rain fell heavier and faster than we’ve ever witnessed on this trip and lightning lit the […]
One of the great things about the campsite that we are currently staying in is the super-easy access to public transportation into Venice. This allows us to camp outside of the busy and bicycle-unfriendly city, while still being able to enjoy it with a 15 or 20 minute bus ride. Today we took advantage of […]
After the busy, dull ride yesterday, it was refreshing to roll out of camp to blue skies and very quiet farmland. The silence would have been almost perfect except for our new constant companion as of late- a headwind. With the gusts whistling by, we made slightly slow, but pretty good time. With no traffic […]
Let’s face it – we are really bad at bicycle touring. Between being a little bit too type A to sit still for 5 minutes, nervous about offending people, or unable to communicate (gesturing aside) from a majority of the population outside the large cities, this has been a stretch for us. We keep thinking […]
Before we had even been in Verona for a full hour yesterday, and actually before I had ever laid eyes on our campsite, Ben had already suggested that we stay another day and check it out. The very little bit of the city we had seen while dodging traffic yesterday was lovely and another day […]
We woke up to the steady drizzle in our drafty room this morning, glad to be indoors. The temperature has dropped significantly since our first arrival in Switzerland to a high of something in the neighborhood of 50* Fahrenheit and a really chilly overnight low. The weather was steady and inclement, as expected. People keep […]