Another day where we really felt every muscle in our bodies and lacked any real oomph. Maybe it`s winter setting in, with the days being cooler (about 12C), wetter and shorter, or maybe it`s just all that cake. We`re sure we can feel every piece we ate over the past week! In any case, the […] Read More »
After a week in Germany with Friedel`s relatives, we set off around 10am. The departure was a little hard, as we’d spent the last week getting to know lots of cousins, who are now not just names on a family tree but friends and everyone showed us such good hospitality while we were there. We […] Read More »
On Sunday we had our first full day in Germany, having just crossed the border from the Netherlands and finding a camping spot nearby the day before. Camping in Germany is a different experience altogether from Canada. Most people have little cottages with gardens, television, washrooms — all the luxuries of home just in a […] Read More »
We were under pressure to get to Germany for a family reunion and didn’t think we would be able to cycle quickly enough to get there in time, so we cheated and took a short train journey to Arnheim. We felt pretty guilty about this and promised to make it up to ourselves with some […] Read More »
London`s leaving present to us was a slow drizzle as we eased out of the door in Putney just before 7am. With winter coming on, it was still very dark and we crossed Putney Bridge, onto the Kings Road, feeling slightly vulnerable in the already heavy rush hour traffic.A white van man slowed down just […] Read More »
