I’ve wanted to visit Australia since receiving postcards of koalas and kangaroos from my dad as a kid. In fact, Claudia and I liked koalas so much we even had a koala cake for one of our birthday parties, with…
Whirling Dervishes (with video)
Seeing the Whirling Dervishes wasn’t something that we set out to do whilst in Turkey, but we were in the right place at the right time. The ceremony is four parts, and only one of these parts features the Dervishes whirling. …
Pool party
Two days and two of Turkey’s most famous (yet completely different) sites. We’re quite spoiled! The best way to see the ancient calcite pools of Pamukkale is by walking up the hardened white surface with the hot spring water trickling…
Turquoise Turkey
Our days along the beautiful Turkish coast weren’t super “blog-worthy” – waking up with turkish coffee and freshly squeezed pomegranate juice, hopping on bikes over to the beach, going for long ocean swims, rehydrating with Turkey’s beer Efes and more…
Istanbul with a little help from our friends
Istanbul is a fun city, but with friends it’s even more fun. We all knew each other one way or another: Claudia, Dan, Rachel and Craig from London, Rachel’s sister Jocelyn from Vancouver, and our recently relocated to Toronto friend…
London: Take Two
Last time we were in London, we were enjoying time with Claudia and friends and relished in the delights and conveniences of a Eurpoean country, celebrated two very important birthdays, and madly prepared for four months on our bikes. That’s not to say…
Because I’m Happy… (we’re famous!)
Remember last month when we mentioned that we were going to be in a promotional tourism video for a town in France? If not, let me jog your memory… we showed up in Mantes La Jolie after a night camping in…
One day in Istanbul
We had a one day layover in Istanbul before catching our flight to London. We knew we were coming back, so weren’t seeing out to see anything in particular, just wandering around with the main objective of getting a proper…
Trip update from the road – farewell Greta and Winston
Total kilometers: just over 4000 – we tipped the scale on our ride from London Gatwick airport back to Claudia’s! Total elevation gain: way too much to count Flat tires: 5 Thunderstorms: 12 Countries: 9 Here’s our final route map – clicking…
Eastbound and down to Montenegro and Albania
We loved visiting Montenegro and Albania – friendly people, relatively untouristed and a completely different experience than everywhere else in Western Europe. And some good stories too! We had four days to get to Tirana, Albania from Dubrovnik in order…
Dubrovnik is wally great
Dubrovnik is the cherry on top for a fantastic time in Croatia. We had so much fun in Croatia we couldn’t fit all our pictures into one post, so here’s a shorter one on the city. One of the fun things…