Mike and I have just spent 10 days in a couple of towns in southern Hungary. These are towns that we drove past on the way to Romania and came close to bypassing on our way to Croatia. We are really glad we stopped and took our time. We spent …
I am sure how many of you know about geocaching, Mike and I didn’t. I had heard the term on TV a …
Before I start tearing up and saying good-bye to this wonderful country let me tell you a bit about one of the …
It is June 21 and Mike and I are still in Romania. And on June 21, Happy Birthday Mum. Mike and I …
Although Mike and I have just left Transylvania, we have not left Romania. We are now in the northern region of Romania …
Let’s start with what we don’t like about Romania – THE DRIVER’S. We actually avoid taking our bikes on roads with a …
Our lovely hosts at our current campground, Nico and Lucia, had offered to cook up a large batch of Romanian Goulash for …
Sighișoara, more than any other town we have visited, gives one the feeling of being in a real medieval city. It was …
Mike and I love Transylvania. It is a mixture of the Swiss Alps, Bavaria and New Zealand 50 years ago, but much …
I wanted to start this post off with an explanation of what “moving slowly” really implies on this trip. Last year we …
40+ years of working long hours was worth every second given that it led to this phenomenal retirement experience for both Mike …
We had a busier day than normal planned, with a lot of driving around in the car to different sites and villages. …
This is our first day in Transylvania and we are staying in a fairly rural, but not remote, area. It isn’t uncommon …
As I write this, Mike and I are once again driving in our RV. We have just left our first campground in …
After seven days we are leaving the campground in Harkány which is half an hour south of Pécs, one of the larger …
First let me start by saying the Mike and I love our electric bikes!!! Most of the kinks have been worked out, …
For those that aren’t interested in electric bikes you can skip this long article. I plan on covering the two main variations …
Mike and I are still in the Lake Balaton area. We are now in a campground on the north side of the …
Lake Balaton, also known as the “Hungarian Sea”, is a huge tourist resort area. It is a couple of hours drive from …
It is Friday afternoon and Mike and I are driving away from Budapest and I feel awful. Our very generous hosts where …
Back to our second home again! We left Canada 10 days ago. We stopped in London to visit my Aunt who is …
We leave in 1 ½ days and we are not ready. How did the time disappear in the last few weeks. Apologies …
The summary of our trip below was written in November 2017. It is now the beginning of March and we are finally …
Mike and I have spent the past 10 days racing to Budapest while also doing some running around before leaving our RV …
Our first full day in Krakow started with a city tour bus. It might be the worse city tour that we have …
Mike and I are currently in Warsaw, Poland. We had a few problems finding somewhere to stay as we arrived on October …
I am afraid that Mike and I travelled through Lithuania faster than we wanted to but the weather really wasn’t conducive to …
After Moscow and St. Petersburg Riga was said to be the third most important city in the Russian Empire. It was also …
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 WOW!!! The buildings, the churches, the architecture and the art WOW! Mike and I would have really liked three weeks …
Rain, rain and more rain!!! For many hours every day and all night the rain pours down. This has been Helsinki. Until …
From rural Sweden to Stockholm and I haven’t written a word. All together Mike and I have now spent one month in …
Mike and I have left Norway and are now in Sweden. I thought this would be a good time to just …
We have been told that Norwegians are really serious about their rules with hefty punishments for things like drinking and driving, speeding, …
Mike and I are now travelling around the area we most wanted to see this summer – the western coast of Norway …
Bergen is Norway’s 2nd largest city and its wettest city and this year has been their rainiest year in a very long …
When Mike and I stayed in a campground in Oslo we met a few families that were there with their children for …
Preikestolen / Pulpit Rock Climb For 4 or 5 hours yesterday I kept saying to myself “I am a senior citizen. I …
For this entire trip I have been trying to be extra polite, extra friendly and extra rule and law abiding i.e. not …
We had been told to visit the small picturesque town of Risor on our drive through the south. It was quite a …
Let me start by saying that in our first week in Norway we have met a lot of super nice and friendly …
After aiming for Norway this entire trip we have finally crossed the border. Recently Mike has been getting a little restless waiting …
I am writing this in the pouring rain and severe winds in a marina near the small town of Ängelholm. Thanks to …
Mike and I are currently driving from Denmark into Sweden. We will soon be on a large bridge that connects the two …
Castles, Palaces & Gardens Denmark has a lot of fascinating castles and palaces, called “slots” and many of them seem to have …
Happy Birthday Mum! Hopefully you think a surprise visit home by Mike and I is a good birthday present. To ours friends, …
Mike and I have seen many very different sites over the last few days. We spent a great day at the Egeskov …
Instead of talking about what we have seen and what we have been doing I thought that I would dedicate this blog …
Northern Denmark – Mike and I are currently in Skagen which is the northernmost town in Denmark. Skagen is the most “touristy” …
We have visited various Danish attractions in the last few days. We spent some time in Ribe which is Denmark’s oldest town. It …
It’s been a few days since I posted a note so this one might jump around a little. My apologies if the …
Mike and I have spent the last two weeks in northern Germany. Our thanks go to Clemens, our friend from Hamburg, for …
Hamburg Miniature Wonderland Wow, it is no wonder that this Miniature Wonderland is considered Hamburg’s number one tourist attraction. It is said …
It has been almost a week since we left Mike’s family in Holland. I feel like we have really started our …
Antwerpen, Belgium: It worked. The shipping company got our motorhome and our car from Halifax to Antwerpen. Our agents in Antwerpen had …
A very strange beginning to our trip. Our plane was due to leave Toronto for Reykjavik at 7pm Sunday night. When I …
Mike and I have spent the last week traveling through the northern US: Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and now upper New York …
Mike and I spent almost two weeks on the island of Cape Breton. What a glorious time of year (ignoring hurricanes!). The …
October 22, 1976 to October 22, 2016. A happy 40th anniversary to my best friend and husband. My love and my thanks …
Mike and I left Newfoundland a little quicker than we wanted so that we could get to the Celtic Colours festival in …
Yet again does a hurricane far off-shore affect our trip. The remnants of Hurricane Matthew have given us an extremely “interesting” Thanksgiving. …
I don’t want to write this entry because it means that our time in Newfoundland and Labrador is over for now. Mike …
Slopes and Hills – not great for the Lincoln or the RV. Both the RV and the Lincoln have each run into …
I am sitting here in our RV living room with my feet up in my recliner looking out the window. What is …
We just spent two nights in Cupids and it was super. Everything went great: our camping location, the hospitable people we met …
Mike and I have spent three days so far on the western arm of the Avalon Peninsula. On Monday we drove …
We have just spent 5 days on the Bonavista Peninsula. Other than worrying about running out of propane we had a super …
This entry is just a quick test to see how a very wide panorama photo works. If you click on the photo …
We have just spent five nights on Fogo Island. It is a barren rock with lots of ocean and a really super …
We arrived on Fogo Island last night along with Environment Canada’s warnings about really strong winds and tying campers down. Apparently Hurricane …
This note was originally going to be titled “Newfoundland: Music Everywhere” but I just realized that Mike and I have spent the …
Newfoundland is amazing. You would expect an important site like Gros Morne to have a lot of good walking trails. What you …
We have just spent almost one month on the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland and had a great time. Lots of well marked …
SUCCESS! Exactly one month ago today (note: this was written a week ago) Mike diagnosed a problem in Labrador City with our …
We are having a great time in Gros Morne and went on a superb boat ride tonight. We weren’t sure that it …
Mike and I are staying in the northern section of Gros Morne National Park for a few days. We will then move …
Nowhere in Newfoundland and Labrador have we seen houses and decorations in the somewhat dull earth tones that we see in Southern …
This website started because whenever Mike and I traveled I would send letters home. Friends started asking for me to copy them …
Have a look at the pictures here. They all have one thing in common, a door that leads to nowhere. Well in …
We are at the tip of the Northern Peninsula in L’Anse aux Meadows, home of the historic Viking settlement. After two days …
We have spent the last day and a half around St. Anthony in the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland and we are having …
Here is our final entry for Labrador. This was the one area that we planned to visit on this trip where Mike …
Paved roads and intermittent cell phone coverage, my new idea of civilization :-). Some great times and a few not so great …
For more than two weeks now we have been boondocking or, more correctly, dry camping. Boondocking is basically camping without services such …
Well our plan to visit Happy Valley – Goose Bay for a couple of days turned into a full week. I am …
This might also be called “A Parcel that has more air miles than I do”. You may remember that we were having …
The good news is that the road between Labrador City and Goose Bay looks to be excellent. They have just finished paving …
This is our last night in Labrador City before we leave on the Trans-Labrador Highway and the unknown. For those that want …
Just a quick note so that no one feels too sorry for us. We have just arrived in Labrador City. The people …
Before we started out this morning Mike took the garbage across the road to a forestry campsite. He encountered a red fox …
After we left Quebec City region we started driving and encontered some of the steepest climbs and descents we have ever had …
Walmart parking lot – what a great place to meet interesting people 🙂 In Quebec City we decided to stay in a …
Mike and I both really like old Quebec so we couldn’t miss a chance of visiting it again. Actually we spent quite …
July 1, Canada Day on Parliament Hill. As we finally arrived in Ottawa it was only right that we spend Canada Day …
We were again heading for Ottawa when we stopped for lunch in Perth. The waitress told us about what they hoped would …
On our last big RV trip one thing we quickly learned was that we missed our boat. It seemed like every campground …
When we purchased our RV one of the marketing features was that our model had the largest single windscreen in the industry. …
For those friends that we haven’t seen recently here is a quick update of the major changes Mike and I have seen …
