by timshazz | Aug 5, 2015 | Bicycle Touring, Cycling through Europe
We were very excited to be heading to our first new country on this trip. Both of us were really looking forward to the Baltic States. No-one we’d talked to had a bad word to say about them, and Tallinn, Estonia was high on the list of everyone’s favourites. We loved...
by timshazz | Jul 23, 2015 | Bicycle Touring, Cycling through Europe
I’m digressing a bit from the sequence of the trip to highlight a powerful lesson in hospitality. Mother Nature has continued her challenging ways and the actions of one small guesthouse, in the middle of rural Latvia, turned a grumpy, potential complainant into...
by timshazz | Jul 17, 2015 | Bicycle Touring, Cycling through Europe
We were finally reminded what sunshine looks like on our arrival in Helsinki. It was only fleeting, but its warmth helped justify our decision to get on a train in Kokkola and leave behind the coldest Finnish summer since 1987. Three weeks later and we are still...
by timshazz | Jul 2, 2015 | Bicycle Touring, Cycling through Europe
Even after 2 weeks of challenging our intestinal fortitude, the weather in Finland wasn’t done with us yet. On the day we were ready to ride out of Rovaniemi, the weather gods let us know just who was in charge of this trip. When we got up at 7am it was literally...
by timshazz | Jun 15, 2015 | Cycling through Europe
The weather has been cold wet and windy interspersed with bright, sunny clear spots. That was what we’d expected. That was why we’d bought a whole heap of new warm and dry clothes. It wasn’t til the locals started passing comment on how unusually cold and wet it was...
by timshazz | Jun 8, 2015 | Cycling through Europe
We’re back and rolling! It seems such a long time since I posted on this blog. A year in Ho Chi Minh City certainly consumed most of our energies and attention. But, thankfully, we’re on the road again. This time our adventures will see us Bicycle Touring...
