With our side trip to Rome under our belts, we went to bed not quite sure where we were going to go next. After a lot of research, a lot of discussion, a lot of “I don’t know… where do you want to go?”‘s, and finally an arbitrarily contrived decision, we have decided to train […]
We began our day bright and early with plans to catch the 8:00 train out of Pisa. We go to great lengths out here to avoid actually committing ourselves to anything, so we hadn’t actually bought the tickets, but we were planning on making the train. We were packed up and on the road by […]
Having spent our last night in Italy and having spent a few days off of the bike, we woke up ready to ride. we broke down our camp after eating a breakfast of leftover pasta and olive focaccia, and set off toward the French Riviera. Yesterday when Bree spoke with the attendant at the train […]
One thing i did not expect when embarking on this adventure was that we would see awesome beaches. After setting up camp in our site which was only 14 euros (yay), we convinced ourselves to get off of our stools (which appealed after a long, hot day of riding) and walk the 400 meters to […]
As always, we were up quite early, although we whiled away a good bit of the morning hanging out in the tent, procrastinating the inevitable packing up process that begins pretty much every day. We are getting faster at our daily routine, but still it can be a bit of a slow process by the […]
When we finally got around to dinner last night, I sent Ben off to take a few pictures by the harbor while I cooked our cheesy potatoes. We had finally tracked down our long awaited bottle of locally grown grape juice (since we are non-wine drinkers) which was actually pretty difficult for as many vineyards […]
A couple of nights ago Bree made me a deal: she would make dinner if I went to the dock accessed off of our campsite to take a few pictures in the evening light. Of course, it was a pretty good deal on my end, so I accepted. Having visited the dock earlier in the […]
The weather reports here are often quite unpredictable which is a bit of a problem for two people very bent on avoiding the rain. As we have been somewhat concerned regarding the weather for the next couple of days, we have paid very close attention to various sources for forecasts. We rolled into camp last […]
As we gratefully watched the clouds roll out, we had high hopes for improved weather tomorrow. Instead, I laid awake most of the night listening to the wind howl through town and across our little campground. With everything making so much noise, I just wanted it to be morning so that I could get up […]
Monday morning we awoke to what might have been the best sound ever heard. Silence. The wind had abated in the night, so we counted ourselves as fortunate and hit the road as early as we could. We had anticipated a stiff climb into the gorges today and were glad to know we had a […]
After a very long night without a single breath through my nose, I was ready for the day to start. Sitting up did not prove a better position to clear my sinuses, though, so I headed off to take a shower at the block that actually WAS functional but nowhere near our tent. I was […]
Today began with 2 croissants, a baguette, and some cheese from our favorite mini market just outside of our campsite. When I checked in at reception, I failed to note that we couldn’t check until after 9:00 am, which completely thwarted our plans to get on the road early which seems to be working out […]