Where the plot thickened: Belfort, France It wasn’t until after I had nailed down all the plans and bookings for this trip that I noticed that Stage 13 of the Tour was finishing in Belfort, France -a nearby town to… Read More ›
The plot thickens We said goodbye to Lucerne and boarded the train for Mulhouse, France. This interesting sculpture was in Basel, Switzerland where we changed trains. The train ride was a short trip of about two hours. Our hotel… Read More ›
Mt. Pilatus On our second day, we had to get up early for a trip to Mt. Pilatus, which is a nearby mountain peak – 6,500-ish feet up. There were a lot of moving parts to our plan for the… Read More ›
Lucerne I think we’ve been getting a little too nonchalant about travel these days. It’s been a long time since we’ve really had any travel drama so we have forgotten to fret about what could go wrong before we… Read More ›
And in the blink of an eye… We’re headed home soon. Travel logistics had us headed to Trogir next because it is the closest town to the airport and we had a very early morning flight booked in a couple… Read More ›
“The warmth of a perfect day can do more for the soul than a hundred plans ever could.” At last…A sunny day! After a quick “breakfast of champions”, we broke camp and schlepped our gear down to the landing and… Read More ›
“If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.” – Loren Eiseley The algorithm works in mysterious ways. While planning the bike + boat trip we just did, up popped a random suggestion for something else I… Read More ›
Shore Leave In Split We were served our last breakfast aboard the Colombo, then politely kicked to the curb -or the Quay to be more specific- at around 8:30 AM, which was the check out time. Our plan of action… Read More ›
All good things come to an end… It was sunnier today when we left for the ride, but still quite chilly. Our route followed a good part of our previous ride in Milna -but backwards. Nothing looked too familiar until… Read More ›
The Show Must Go On It was breezy when we’d arrived in Kućište, but this morning we woke up to a cold wind, a gloomy sky, and being threatened with rain. Mike had been checking the weather for Split… Read More ›