We hauled ourselves out of bed before the first light hit the skies and by 7am we were speeding down the hills of Le Marche towards the town of Pedaso, where we caught a train to Ancona and then boarded our ferry for Greece. We briefly considered retracing our steps to Ancona by bicycle but […] Read More »
Archive | Cycling Trips
On the road again… with butterflies
After a month in the beautiful rolling-hilltop region of Italy called Le Marche, it’s time for us to move on once again. We have truly had a wonderful time staying with the Wills family, earning our keep by doing lots of painting and household chores for them, while sampling the local wine, swimming in the […] Read More »
Trip to Mirabilandia
One of the fun jobs we’ve had over our time here in Italy has been taking the Wills’ kids to an Italian theme park. For two days, we all rode the roller coasters and splashed on the water rides. You can click on the picture to see all the shots from Mirabilandia or check out […] Read More »
With lots of time on our hands at the moment here in Italy, we’re doing plenty of idle web surfing and in the process we’ve seen some really cool bikes! Maybe when we settle down again we’ll fashion a grocery cart bike to do the shopping with (as seen on EcoGeek)?? And if that isn’t […] Read More »
A year on the road
[agallery name=”imagebox-oneyear”] It’s hard to believe a year has passed since we set out on the road with our bikes and four bags each: 15,774km later — the equivalent of cycling from Yellowknife to Saint John’s and back again — we’ve seen 14 countries, spent two out of every three days on the road and […] Read More »