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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I was excited today to finally get back into the Alps. While even the site of them makes Bree a little nervous, the route we have chosen through Switzerland should have few to no hills. First, though, we had to ride along the coast of Lake Geneva. The ride along the coast was fairly quiet, […]
Having been somewhat disappointed with our lack of pictures from the old part of Annecy yesterday evening, the first order of business as we rolled out of our campsite this morning was to roll through the old town in hopes that we might get some pictures that I could live with. When we arrived to […]
Wanting to spend a little more time with the Oudet family and explore the region a little more, we planned for a “real” French lunch on the shore of Lac D’Aiguebelette, per Edouard’s suggestion. We have thus far not experienced much in the way of true French cuisine, as we keep our budget low and […]
We knocked on Edouarad’s door after wrangling our bikes into a contorted position that would prevent them from rolling down the sloped gravel driveway. After a short time, Edouard answered the door with a smile on his face as usual. Aude came to the door shortly after, with their two children alongside. The graciously helped […]
Having had little in the way of camping options the last night, we woke up on the side of a mountain which for once required not much more than a descent to arrive back in the river valley that we so enjoyed yesterday. We rolled out of our campsite to the sound of the sheep’s […]