Above is our final map of our 2018 journey. The blue blocks are the number of nights we stayed in each location. Select the links below to view our detailed maps from the last two years. Click here to view the 2018 map in detail Click here to view the …
The summary of our trip below was written in November 2017. It is now the beginning of March and we are finally …
We leave in 1 ½ days and we are not ready. How did the time disappear in the last few weeks. Apologies …
Back to our second home again! We left Canada 10 days ago. We stopped in London to visit my Aunt who is …
It is Friday afternoon and Mike and I are driving away from Budapest and I feel awful. Our very generous hosts where …
Lake Balaton, also known as the “Hungarian Sea”, is a huge tourist resort area. It is a couple of hours drive from …
Mike and I are still in the Lake Balaton area. We are now in a campground on the north side of the …
For those that aren’t interested in electric bikes you can skip this long article. I plan on covering the two main variations …
First let me start by saying the Mike and I love our electric bikes!!! Most of the kinks have been worked out, …
After seven days we are leaving the campground in Harkány which is half an hour south of Pécs, one of the larger …
As I write this, Mike and I are once again driving in our RV. We have just left our first campground in …
This is our first day in Transylvania and we are staying in a fairly rural, but not remote, area. It isn’t uncommon …
We had a busier day than normal planned, with a lot of driving around in the car to different sites and villages. …
40+ years of working long hours was worth every second given that it led to this phenomenal retirement experience for both Mike …
I wanted to start this post off with an explanation of what “moving slowly” really implies on this trip. Last year we …
Mike and I love Transylvania. It is a mixture of the Swiss Alps, Bavaria and New Zealand 50 years ago, but much …
Sighișoara, more than any other town we have visited, gives one the feeling of being in a real medieval city. It was …
Our lovely hosts at our current campground, Nico and Lucia, had offered to cook up a large batch of Romanian Goulash for …
Let’s start with what we don’t like about Romania – THE DRIVER’S. We actually avoid taking our bikes on roads with a …
Although Mike and I have just left Transylvania, we have not left Romania. We are now in the northern region of Romania …
It is June 21 and Mike and I are still in Romania. And on June 21, Happy Birthday Mum. Mike and I …
Before I start tearing up and saying good-bye to this wonderful country let me tell you a bit about one of the …
I am sure how many of you know about geocaching, Mike and I didn’t. I had heard the term on TV a …
Mike and I have just spent 10 days in a couple of towns in southern Hungary. These are towns that we drove …
It is a good job that Mike and I aren’t married to our schedule. We had expected to spend March and April …
What a different week for Mike and me. In our trip so far, we have been staying at campgrounds in very rural …
Mike and I left Zaton Holiday Resort around lunch time on Monday, drove 70 km (almost 3 hours) to the campground we …
Mike and I left Samobor, Croatia heading north. We would have have stayed longer if the Sava river had been deeper in …
Mike and I are back in a hotel in Budapest for two nights, but one of our suitcases isn’t. It is our …
What luck to be in Budapest for St. Stephen’s Day. There weren’t as many areas with kiosks and games and things like …
We have just spent our first week in Slovenia. Before I introduce you to Slovenia I want to finish off some of …
Mike and I have just spent the last 10 days in a National Park on the Drava River, 5 km from Slovenia’s …
Sorry but this is a very long article. A lot has happened since I last wrote. Mike and I have just spent …
We have only been in Bled for 2 ½ days and I can’t wait to tell everyone about this jewel. I can’t …
For those that enjoy nature I can’t think of a better place to spend some time. Triglav National Park and the surrounding …
Mike and I left Lake Bled and Triglav National Park heading for three well known tourist sites, Predjama Castle, Postojna Cave and …
Mike and I are now visiting the Istrian Peninsula which is split between three countries Italy, Slovenia and with the majority of …
The picture above is quite appropriate. Mike and I have been in and out of Italy and Slovenia for the last couple …
Mike and I have just left Slovenia after a 51-day visit. Just as a reminder, Slovenia is less than ½ the size …
It is really hard to know what to say about this part of the world. It is lovely. It is historic. Towns …
Mike and I haven’t taken much advantage of being in a part of the world filled with wineries, olive trees and lavender. …
Yesterday Mike and I headed to Pula, a town about one hour south of us. I had bought another app for my …
Mike is getting a little claustrophobic. We have had multiple days of rain in a row. We are nowhere near a large …
We had a great trip this year. Our weather was better than last year which was nice. Our expectation was that after …
