We can hardly believe we have officially been on the road for a year! Last year we set out on August 18 to begin our world tour… and we have seen and experienced so much in one year’s time. We wanted to devote this post to attempting to summarize our first year on the road!...
Months ago, we realized that the time we wanted to be in London would be at the same time as the Olympics. Now, this was not planned strategically… in fact, we were warned that it might be a miserable time to go–loads of traffic, lots of tourists, crowded streets, and increased prices. But as soon...
We only spent one day riding through Flanders fields on the Belgian coast, but a lovely day it was! Belgium is split into different regions, and Flanders is the Flemish part of the country. Of course, the highlight of our time there was that we met up with our friend Siska, a fellow cyclist we...
The Netherlands has been one of our FAVORITE countries that we have visited! It wasn’t necessarily the landscapes, although we did very much enjoy riding over flatlands, along the coast, and past old-fashioned windmills. It wasn’t even the cycle paths, although those were plenteous and for the most part easy to navigate (we barely used...
We rolled into the Netherlands on July 23, and into its beautiful capital a couple of days later. We had two lovely days in Amsterdam, where we got to hang out with some other cyclists we met in South America (more on that in a later post). One of our favorite things about Amsterdam is...
We spent about two weeks riding across Germany, from the Baltic to Berlin, and from Berlin to the Dutch border. We rode through many forests and lots of farmland, and we enjoyed passing through charming rural towns. Although much of the scenery reminded us of the US. the architecture is slightly different. Oh, and of...
