Category: Europe

  • How to Bike Across Wales in 4 Days

    How to Bike Across Wales in 4 Days

    That’s right, we decided to take on another adventure to bike across Wales this September! I’m sure your first question is why?!? One reason is because It’s fun! Some of you may know we attempted a bike across Iowa last summer as part of RAGBRAI, which didn’t finish as I’d hoped so I might also…

  • Lewis and Harris, is it one island or two?

    Lewis and Harris, is it one island or two?

    This week we’re headed to the Isle of Lewis and Harris. While it is geographically one island, it is considered to be two separate islands. The southern third is Harris while the northern two-thirds is Lewis. We spent five days exploring both parts of the island, before heading back to the Isle of Skye to…

  • Our Winding Journey to the Isle of Skye

    Our Winding Journey to the Isle of Skye

    As we made our way north from Glasgow, we had marked several places we wanted to stop in this area, but it wasn’t exactly a straight line to Isle of Skye. Although, I don’t think there are any roads that are in a straight line in Scotland. It did help us avoid some of the…

  • Remembering How to Cook….and Drive in the UK

    Remembering How to Cook….and Drive in the UK

    After 12 new countries we finally arrive back to a familiar country, the United Kingdom! We visited both England and Scotland but only spent time in places we hadn’t visited before, so no London or Edinburgh this time. Our first week we headed to York for some chores and to see if we remembered how…

  • Making Our Way Westward to Qatar and Cyprus

    Making Our Way Westward to Qatar and Cyprus

    After our big Nepal Adventure we planned about 5 days at a resort in Cyprus for nice warm weather to relax a bit. Kathmandu is a relatively small airport, so to get to Cyprus we would have to do a layover. Since it was one of our longer flights of the year we looked again…