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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This morning we decided to do something pretty much unheard of for us on this trip and sleep in, and then use the rest of the morning to get a few things organized and taken care of before we headed back into Rome. We’ve quickly discovered that being full time travelers doesn’t exempt us from […]
We woke up this morning, grateful to be in such a nice, clean, quiet campground. Although it was a little bit chilly as the sun had not come up over the terraced hill on which our tent is pitched, we were excited to have a day to explore Rome. Up for today was the Vatican […]
Since we have been gone, my little brother, Colton, and his girlfriend Miara have taken on the task of tending to our garden. When we initially planned our trip, one of the things I was the most sad about was that we wouldn’t be home to get the garden going and I am so thrilled […]
After our very long day walking around the Vatican and strolling the streets of Rome, the night had pretty much gotten away from us before we had time to make any dinner. Ben was still determined to eat good wood burning oven pizza and we’d seen the cool ovens at our campground restaurant, so we […]