After a day of planning and making decisions regarding our route, I was ready to hit the road this morning. Bree, still a little sore from our alternate activity day, was a little less energetic. We began our long day on the bikes by climbing a massive hill in parts so steep that Bree had […]
Bree: Having had a less than stellar day in Florence yesterday due to the sheets of rain, we were ready for another try today. We hopped on the bus mid-morning and headed back into the city center. Ben wasn’t feeling very well, so first thing upon our arrival we made it back to McDonalds to […]
We packed up camp today, relieved that today would bring only 25 miles into the artistic capital Florence (Firenze). As we were loading all of our possessions onto our overloaded bicycles, our camp-neighbor Edouard came over to talk to us. Eduoard, his wife, and his 2 children were spending some time in Italy when their […]
We turned in for the night as darkness set in, ready for a good nights rest as we had had a long day of riding. Being our first night free-camping, we were a little on edge, but fought our anxiety by telling ourselves that we have a great spot and nobody can see us. Within […]
We woke up this morning not long before the various churches and cathedrals began sounding their Easter bells. The bells, whether sounding various tunes or even just the hour will be something that I miss. Even the smallest towns, which are almost always centered around a church with a bell tower, can be heard from […]
Bree: We woke up this morning and wondered what our second day in Europe should hold. We were pretty positive that there were no campsites within riding distance and we were very concerned about avoiding the kinds of traffic we had encountered the day before. We knew we wanted to head south and we figured […]
Bree: After staying up nearly all night packing (and partly just so that we would sleep on the plane) 6:00 came early. My dad kindly drove us to the airport and helped us lug all of our stuff through the airport. Even with our incredibly small bike boxes, it was quite the load. For some […]
This week marks our trial run of Bountiful Baskets. Bountiful Baskets is essentially a produce co-op. You opt in, and for $15 you get quite literally a basket full of produce. On the appointed day and time, you load all of the produce into your own basket, or in our case, tupperware, and then spend […]
The bikes are finally here! Not a second too soon, either – especially given that we are one day out from seeing our first day in Milan on the 10-day forecast. We even had the chance to take them out on a test ride or two before the snow hit. They ride absolutely solidly – […]
Some of you may have noticed that our site was down a good portion of yesterday. My apologies. In preparation for our trip, we have had come up with a way to do our blogging and journaling offline, since we will not likely have consistent internet access in Europe. In order to get the correct […]
We just so happened to be in Logan tonight. Since we had two or three hours to kill, we brought our skis to give Green Canyon a try. Green Canyon is located just north of the Utah State campus, and is one of the few groomed trails accessible immediately from Logan. The canyon had just […]
Since we both have Monday off for President’s Day weekend, we figured we’d take a little road trip. Bree, with her amazing Google powers, dug up a Winter Festival at Ruby’s Inn just outside of Bryce Canyon. I was a little bit unsure about whether we’d be able to ski at all based on the […]