2019 Highs, Lows & Surprises
Major surprise: Mike and I are back in Canada and our RV is still in Europe! Our original plan was for a …
Austria: Bits and Pieces
Mike and I left Vienna fairly quickly as we are coming home earlier than originally planned this year. We travelled very quickly …
Vienna – Just Gorgeous
Mike and I are really hoping/planning/expecting to be back in Vienna next year. We only made a couple of short trips into …
Around Linz
Mike and I are camping near Linz on our way to Vienna where we hope to pick up our new e-bikes. We …
City of Mozart
Mozart is everywhere. There are Mozart bridges, Mozart cycle routes, Mozart roads, Mozart buildings and much more. If it isn’t Mozart, it’s …
Salzburg Area
We are back near a good-sized city for a change. When we first got to this campground we biked into Salzburg and …
Grossglockner High Alpine Road
We are now in Austria and have seen some gorgeous sights but let me start at the beginning and talk about the …
A sad good-bye to Slovenia and Italy
Mike and I have returned from our 10-day trip back to Canada. We had a busy time visiting family and friends and …
Still Near Triglav National Park
One month! That is how long we have been in this one location where we thought that we might stay for four …
Gorgeous Area: Triglav National Park
One day, instead of bike riding, Mike and I went touring in the mountains. We ended up on the highest road in …
Most Spectacular Bike Path Ever
“Unexpected” best describes our first week in the northeast corner of Triglav National Park. We came here to do quite a bit …
Ljubljana cont’d
We have just spent a couple of weeks exploring the area around two capital cities that we visited last year; Zagreb, Croatia …
Ljubljana
Mike and I love Ljubljana and the surrounding area. Ljubljana is a very attractive city. The buildings and architecture, the pedestrian areas, …
Zagreb: Much better this year
Although we visited Zagreb on three different days last year, I really didn’t appreciate it as Zagreb was in the middle of …
Last Stop in Bosnia
Like much of the rest of Europe gasoline boat motors are not allowed in much of Bosnia. Europeans are much more careful …
Sarajevo
Mike and I have just spent 10 hot days in Sarajevo. Sarajevo has a strong Muslim culture. It is interesting that in …
One Country; Three Presidents, Two Prime Ministers and many more
Below is a summary of the most unusual, weird and somewhat fascinating political system that I have ever heard about. You can …
Hello Bosnia and Herzegovina
We are now visiting the country with the most unusual, strange and confusing political system in the world. I wanted to discuss …
As We Leave Montenegro
As you know by now Mike and I did get our camper out of the tiny village of Virpazar at 8 PM …
The Durmitor Ring
The panoramic Durmitor Ring, what a spectacular route. Montenegro’s Tourist Department has identified five “panoramic” routes throughout the country. They are slowly …
TOO BIG FOR HERE: Virpazar Montenegro
HELP! Mike and I are famous, or should I say infamous here in Virpazar because we basically shut down the entire village …
Tivat & the Bay of Kotor
Montenegro has its own alternative version of the Creation myth. Apparently, when God was busy creating the world, he carried a large …
Trine’s Confirmation in Norway
As many of you know, Mike and I were invited to visit Elin and Helge and their family in Norway this last …
Beautiful Montenegro
Let me start by saying that Montenegro is mountains, sea, stunning fjords, medieval towns and walled cities and is just gorgeous. While …
Dubrovnik, Pearl of the Adriatic
George Bernard Shaw, visiting Dubrovnik in 1929 said: “If you want to see heaven on earth, come to Dubrovnik.” Lord Byron coined …
Close to the Edge
This short note was basically written by Mike. I stole an e-mail that he wrote and have reproduced it almost verbatim. Our …
Pelješac Peninsula and Korčula
Mike and I have just spent the last 9 days on the Pelješac Peninsula next to the tourist island of Korčula. Although …
Around Split Croatia
As always, Mike and I think that we can do more in a day than we actually can. We recently visited the …
Split Croatia and Diocletian’s Palace
Mike and I have been staying near Split for the last week. It looks like we will be here even longer. The …
Krka National Park area
Croatia has quite a few national parks that Mike and I are enjoying visiting. We have just spent five nights in the …
Island of Pag
Mike and I are staying next to the Island of Pag. It is the 5th largest island in Croatia and it has …
Plitvice Lakes and Surrounding Area
Plitvice Lakes National Park The two most visited places in Croatia are the city of Dubrovnik and Plitvice Lakes National Park. Mike …
Islands of Krk and Cres, Croatia
Mike and I have just spent the last 10 days on our first of the many islands we will explore in Croatia. …
Rijeka’s Carnival finale
Mike and I have just left Rijeka and Opatija a couple of days earlier than we wanted. We lasted 9 days wild …
Carnival: Rijeka’s 5th Season
I ended the last article telling you about our hassles trying to find somewhere to park our camper for a week or …
2019 Begins
I am afraid that there are no interesting historical facts or information about interesting towns in this entry. This is just an …
2018 Final Route
Above is our final map of our 2018 journey. The blue blocks are the number of nights we stayed in each location. …
Summary of our Great 2018 in Europe
We had a great trip this year. Our weather was better than last year which was nice. Our expectation was that after …
Pula and Eastern Istria, Croatia
Mike is getting a little claustrophobic. We have had multiple days of rain in a row. We are nowhere near a large …
Our Time is Running Out
Yesterday Mike and I headed to Pula, a town about one hour south of us. I had bought another app for my …
Truffles, Olive Oil, Wine and Lavender
Mike and I haven’t taken much advantage of being in a part of the world filled with wineries, olive trees and lavender. …
Istria region, Croatia
It is really hard to know what to say about this part of the world. It is lovely. It is historic. Towns …
Slovenia: Istra region
Mike and I have just left Slovenia after a 51-day visit. Just as a reminder, Slovenia is less than ½ the size …
Aquileia, Grad, Gorizia Italy
The picture above is quite appropriate. Mike and I have been in and out of Italy and Slovenia for the last couple …
Trieste, Italy
Mike and I are now visiting the Istrian Peninsula which is split between three countries Italy, Slovenia and with the majority of …
Slovenia Continues
Mike and I left Lake Bled and Triglav National Park heading for three well known tourist sites, Predjama Castle, Postojna Cave and …
WOW!
For those that enjoy nature I can’t think of a better place to spend some time. Triglav National Park and the surrounding …
Triglav National Park, Slovenia
We have only been in Bled for 2 ½ days and I can’t wait to tell everyone about this jewel. I can’t …
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Sorry but this is a very long article. A lot has happened since I last wrote. Mike and I have just spent …
Maribor, Slovenia
Mike and I have just spent the last 10 days in a National Park on the Drava River, 5 km from Slovenia’s …
Introduction to Slovenia
We have just spent our first week in Slovenia. Before I introduce you to Slovenia I want to finish off some of …
St. Stephen’s Day and Bye-Bye Hungary
What luck to be in Budapest for St. Stephen’s Day. There weren’t as many areas with kiosks and games and things like …
Back to Budapest
Mike and I are back in a hotel in Budapest for two nights, but one of our suitcases isn’t. It is our …
Lake Balaton: NO POWER BOATS!!
Mike and I left Samobor, Croatia heading north. We would have have stayed longer if the Sava river had been deeper in …
Northern Croatia
Mike and I left Zaton Holiday Resort around lunch time on Monday, drove 70 km (almost 3 hours) to the campground we …
Zaton and Zadar with Friends
What a different week for Mike and me. In our trip so far, we have been staying at campgrounds in very rural …
Entering Croatia
It is a good job that Mike and I aren’t married to our schedule. We had expected to spend March and April …
Southern Hungary: Szeged and Baja
Mike and I have just spent 10 days in a couple of towns in southern Hungary. These are towns that we drove …
Geocaching
I am sure how many of you know about geocaching, Mike and I didn’t. I had heard the term on TV a …
Good-bye Romania and Good-bye Transylvania
Before I start tearing up and saying good-bye to this wonderful country let me tell you a bit about one of the …
Maramureș and West
It is June 21 and Mike and I are still in Romania. And on June 21, Happy Birthday Mum. Mike and I …
Good-bye Transylvania
Although Mike and I have just left Transylvania, we have not left Romania. We are now in the northern region of Romania …
Transylvania: Turda and Cluj-Napoca
Let’s start with what we don’t like about Romania – THE DRIVER’S. We actually avoid taking our bikes on roads with a …
The Paprika Night
Our lovely hosts at our current campground, Nico and Lucia, had offered to cook up a large batch of Romanian Goulash for …
Sighișoara
Sighișoara, more than any other town we have visited, gives one the feeling of being in a real medieval city. It was …
Transylvania: Rasnov and Mediaş areas
Mike and I love Transylvania. It is a mixture of the Swiss Alps, Bavaria and New Zealand 50 years ago, but much …
Transylvania from Sibiu to Brasov
I wanted to start this post off with an explanation of what “moving slowly” really implies on this trip. Last year we …
Transylvania: So glad we came
40+ years of working long hours was worth every second given that it led to this phenomenal retirement experience for both Mike …
WOW What a day!
We had a busier day than normal planned, with a lot of driving around in the car to different sites and villages. …
Rural Romania, Love It!
This is our first day in Transylvania and we are staying in a fairly rural, but not remote, area. It isn’t uncommon …
Entering Romania
As I write this, Mike and I are once again driving in our RV. We have just left our first campground in …
Pécs and Harkány, Hungary
After seven days we are leaving the campground in Harkány which is half an hour south of Pécs, one of the larger …
Hévíz and Kaposvár, Hungary
First let me start by saying the Mike and I love our electric bikes!!! Most of the kinks have been worked out, …
Electric Bicycles
For those that aren’t interested in electric bikes you can skip this long article. I plan on covering the two main variations …
Lake Balaton area Part 2, Hungary
Mike and I are still in the Lake Balaton area. We are now in a campground on the north side of the …
Lake Balaton, Hungary
Lake Balaton, also known as the “Hungarian Sea”, is a huge tourist resort area. It is a couple of hours drive from …
Leaving Budapest
It is Friday afternoon and Mike and I are driving away from Budapest and I feel awful. Our very generous hosts where …
We are Back and in Budapest
Back to our second home again! We left Canada 10 days ago. We stopped in London to visit my Aunt who is …
2018: Next Leg Starts
We leave in 1 ½ days and we are not ready. How did the time disappear in the last few weeks. Apologies …
2017 Europe is Finished, 2018 Europe is Next
The summary of our trip below was written in November 2017. It is now the beginning of March and we are finally …
Intro to 2013 Baltic Trip emails
In 2013 Mike and I spent 16 days in the Baltics where we rented a RV and travelled across Latvia, Estonia and …
Racing Home
Mike and I have spent the past 10 days racing to Budapest while also doing some running around before leaving our RV …
Krakow, Poland
Our first full day in Krakow started with a city tour bus. It might be the worse city tour that we have …
Warsaw, Poland
Mike and I are currently in Warsaw, Poland. We had a few problems finding somewhere to stay as we arrived on October …
Lithuania into Poland
I am afraid that Mike and I travelled through Lithuania faster than we wanted to but the weather really wasn’t conducive to …
Riga, Latvia
After Moscow and St. Petersburg Riga was said to be the third most important city in the Russian Empire. It was also …
Tallinn, Estonia
Well here are Mike and I in Estonia. Not what we expected when I last wrote an entry but luckily, we aren’t …
St. Petersburg, Russia WOW!
St. Petersburg WOW!!! The buildings, the churches, the architecture and the art WOW! Mike and I would have really liked three weeks …
Helsinki, Finland
Rain, rain and more rain!!! For many hours every day and all night the rain pours down. This has been Helsinki. Until …
Mid Sweden and Stockholm
From rural Sweden to Stockholm and I haven’t written a word. All together Mike and I have now spent one month in …
Good-bye Norway
Mike and I have left Norway and are now in Sweden. I thought this would be a good time to just …
Moving North in Norway
We have been told that Norwegians are really serious about their rules with hefty punishments for things like drinking and driving, speeding, …
Norway’s West Coast Fjords
Mike and I are now travelling around the area we most wanted to see this summer – the western coast of Norway …
Bergen
Bergen is Norway’s 2nd largest city and its wettest city and this year has been their rainiest year in a very long …
Huge Thank-You to Elin & Helge and family
When Mike and I stayed in a campground in Oslo we met a few families that were there with their children for …
We are Senior Citizens. We are Insane.
Preikestolen / Pulpit Rock Climb For 4 or 5 hours yesterday I kept saying to myself “I am a senior citizen. I …
Norway Southern Coast to Stavanger
For this entire trip I have been trying to be extra polite, extra friendly and extra rule and law abiding i.e. not …
Norway after Oslo
We had been told to visit the small picturesque town of Risor on our drive through the south. It was quite a …
Introduction to Norway and Oslo
Let me start by saying that in our first week in Norway we have met a lot of super nice and friendly …