Worst Moments Entries
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Sick in Lapland
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010It must have been the questionably old chicken I had on my sandwich. Or I suppose it could have been the sweet, tangy addition of lingonberry sauce (like cranberry sauce). Either way, not long afte...
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Where is the Wallet!?
Thursday, July 8th, 2010Why, do you think someone is going to leap in through our window while we sleep? That was Tyler's response to my concern about opening our street-level hostel window last night. I eyed the two-foot-...
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No Bikes Allowed: A Train Story, Part Two
Wednesday, May 19th, 201012:29 AM Four hours since our train left us behind, we're back on platform three, waiting. A train whistle sounds in the distance, and people start filing across the rails to join us. The station a...
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The Universe Provides
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010There are times on this trip when I question my abilities. Am I really capable of doing this? What are we even doing here? Why am I doing this? What is the value of this? These thoughts generall...
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Mud
Thursday, April 15th, 2010I spent the bulk of the morning giving our bikes a rare and thorough cleaning. The muddy excuse for a bicycle path we'd pushed and ridden along yesterday had left them several pounds heavier, compre...
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Bad Day to Belgrade
Friday, April 9th, 2010While Tyler was completely zonkered out this morning, I cooked breakfast. It was a last-resort sort of meal, using the remains of an age-old bag of rice. While I cooked the white grains, he slept p...
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Wet and Cold
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010A sickly drizzle of freezing rain patiently waited to receive us this morning. As we stuffed ourselves during our last continental breakfast at the Grand Hotel in Potenza, we were blissfully unaware...
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Sandstorm
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010In central Tunisia this morning, it felt like spring was in the air. Tara was excited, snapping photos of the delicate little buds in celebration of the coming season. Here is her first "flower hou...
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No.
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009It is good to be on the road again. Everything has quickly fallen into sync: we had crepes for breakfast before breaking from our secluded free camp this morning, saw a giant spider and then made ou...
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The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009Most of the day wasn't bad. We narrowly escaped some rain while packing our olive grove free camp and then had a lovely uneventful ride along the coast. Cycling just feet from the crashing waves, w...
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Tuscan Thunder
Monday, September 14th, 2009The morning began with a series of short but brutal hills; a not-so-gentle reminder that the Po River Valley is well behind us. The moment we reached the top of our first 200 meter climb the Tuscan ...
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Ascending & Descending
Saturday, August 22nd, 2009We said farewell to Chur under overcast skies, thankful for the gray cloud cover that would hopefully stick around and protect us from the sun. A long sweaty day of climbing is a lot more enjoyable ...
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Logistics
Monday, May 18th, 2009This morning was really, really trying. The sky looked promsing as we hauled everything out of our wooded free camp into the field we had sneaked into last night. Things quickly took a turn for the...