Coastal Bike Trip
Today was a pretty relaxed day. I explored a lighthouse, caught up with some friends/family who are living in normal life, bike 20 miles, saw a beautiful sunset, and met a new friend Max in the campground. First and foremost though, a huge shout out to the Oregon park
Coastal Bike Trip
It’s T-1 (day) until the trip starts! And as I sit writing this in a warm hotel room, it’s raining outside, the window is shivering in the windy, and wouldn’t be described as nice. I’m definitely thinking twice about my decision to camp... The drive up
Coastal Bike Trip
The days are speeding closer and closer to my bike trip! As a final pre-trip, to make sure all my gear is in working order and I’m in good enough shape to do this, I biked out to “Coast Camp” in Point Reyes. I had a gigantic burrito along
It's been a fun week since the last post! Lots of food, plenty of work, and sight seeing on the weekend. The weather this trip has been just about perfect for exploring the city. The leaves are changing colors, the sun is out most of the time, and
Bucharest
Today was a whirlwind tour of Bucharest. We tried to see the remains of a sorcerer, turned Catholic saint, turned actually not a Catholic saint, but being Sunday, there was Mass and we didn't go. We ended making it to the National History Museum, however, as well as
Bike Trip
Today was rather uneventful, so I'll keep this brief. We woke up this morning at 8:30 at Michiel's and Maureen's with Matt saving us for oversleeping in the wonderful bed we had. We had a breakfast of bread, cheese, and juice, said our
Bike Trip
Today was the final day on the bikes, and I think we're all ready for it. We woke up to pouring rain, but luckily we were in the hotel and it didn't bother us. We ate breakfast at the hotel and waited in the room for
Bike Trip
Today we allowed strong winds to push us all the way from Domburg to Leiden. It was another windy day with the forecast calling 25 - 35 mph winds with gusts up to 50. When you are biking with the wind at your back it's quite pleasant. We
Bike Trip
Today we decided to stay in Domburg when we learned the hostel had an opening for all three of us. The hostel is in a castle so we couldn't turn that down. We had a lazy morning and left our mini-camping spot around 10, for a short bike
Bike Trip
The wind today was unreal. It was consistently 25-35mph with gusts up to 50mph. Unfortunately, there's not protection from the wind here, so most of the day was spent battling through the wind (that was accompanied by pelting rain from time to time) north from Ghent to a
Bike Trip
Today we used the Knooppunt system to navigate from Antwerp to Ghent. You basically follow a graph of numbered nodes from one number to the next, stringing the numbers together for which ever path you want. The trip started out great. Everything was well signed and the route took us
Bike Trip
Today we left the wonderful country that is Holland and entered Belgium. No offense to anyone from the country but our best experiences have not been here. To make it to Antwerp in a reasonable distance (or unreasonable if you're Nate) we had to follow a large shipping