Chasing Snowy Peaks
February 13, 2024Amalfi Coast: a terrific week on foot
It was this time last year that we returned to Campania almost 16 years after our first visit. Then we cycled from Naples to Sicily, with me pulling my then 4-year-old son in a baby trailer. Now we had a week on foot to take another look at the gems of the Amalfi Coast from…
Ancient and new trails with dizzying vistas
We walked the oldest known “road” of the island on the second day of our hiking trip and had a beautiful wild beach all for ourselves. On the third day we followed a much younger road that was never used as originally intended. Then on the last day we did two days’ distance in one.…
Springtime hike on Lanzarote
Let me show you the cheerful springtime face of Lanzarote with lush vegetation and flowers as we saw it on our 4-day carneval hike in late February. The end of February is carneval time in the Canaries and a week-long school holiday. In 2020 it was the last festival people could celebrate freely (though we…
Twin towers in Hungary and Basque Country
What connects Miskolc, one of Hungary’s largest cities, and a port town in the Basque Country in the north-east of Spain? Well, both used to be much dirtier than they are today – Miskolc used to be (in)famous for its heavy industry while Pasaia’s main source of income was its sea port. Today both of…
Sunflower fields forever
Four days through rural France between two generous host families The dry facts:Route: Lerné – Vouillé (70 km), Vouillé – Villefagnan (81 km), Villefagnan – Baignes-Sainte Radegonde (96 km), Baignes – Gauriaguet (43 km)Mostly secondary roads + dedicated cycling route (around 40 km)Challenges: 2 (see below)Detailed map at the end of the post The morning…
Warm Showers
We spent a pleasant night under the mulberry trees of the campsite in Muides and around 9 we were ready to go. A bit too fast perhaps because we only noticed in the afternoon that we left our solar charger there in the grass… The Loire Valley is famous for its palaces or chateaux and…
Cycling along the Loire
Although our plan is to get to the Spanish border without too many detours, we definitely wanted to pedal our way by the Loire river and see some of its famous chateaux… We bought some snacks for the day and said goodbye to the lovely couple who shared their home with us the previous night…
Paris to Porto on six wheels – the first day
Two years ago we enjoyed our long-distance cycling trip through the Balkan so much that we wanted to do it again. The question was where to go and how to get the bikes there. We love the Mediterranean and Spain is an old favourite for all three of us. Then I found out that Flixbus…
Poland and Belarus by bike
Enormous bisons and much more My son has always been intrigued by remote, weird countries, especially those led by dictators. So you can understand how excited we became (because I share his interest) when we found out that it’s now possible to visit Belarus without the hassle of the visa and the invitation letter (see…