Hills Entries
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Manic
Sunday, May 30th, 2010Today was one of those days when the weather was so manic it was almost baffling. One moment it was sunny, and we were happily riding through quaint small towns... (...while eating really delici...
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Farewell, Rainy Romania
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010With cartoon clouds, pixels as raindrops, and yellow, zig-zag bolts of lightning featuring heavily on the internet's forecast all week, we were less than enthusiastic about visiting the UNESCO World ...
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Volterra and the Sea
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009A brilliant golden light filtered through the trees this morning but I was far too comfy in our tent to get up and take a picture. I will just have to commit the morning splendor to memory. Quickly...
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The Higher Road
Monday, August 17th, 2009This morning we had a satisfying breakfast (the first one, it seems, in days) of cooked muesli, jazzed up with cinnamon and sugar. Afterwards, as we were packing we got to talking with our campsite ...
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Gorgeous Climbs
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009After sleeping in rather late this morning we packed up our river-side free camp and carried our belongings over to a steep embankment leading to the road. Once we were mostly prepared, we took the ...
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Mountain Climbing
Sunday, June 28th, 2009I am getting pretty good at hill-climbing these days. The sight of a looming hill is demoralizing at times, but at least it's familiar. After all, it isn't like we're in the mountains... right? I ...
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Resupply
Saturday, June 27th, 2009After our non-stop adventuring yesterday, I was ready for something simple and familiar. On our way out of camp we both commented that we were looking forward to an uneventful day of pedaling. Our ...
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Early Camping
Friday, June 19th, 2009Sometimes the hardest part of cycling around the world can be simply getting up in the morning. Actually, I think this is true for accomplishing just about anything in the simple sense that you must...
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Perfect Roads
Sunday, April 19th, 2009We started the morning by trying out our popovers recipe as pancakes. We wound up with hot, doughy crepes that were really, really good. Tara tossed some Hob Nobs (our new favorite snack) into the ...
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Hilly Day
Saturday, April 18th, 2009After a very relaxing evening in our 2-pound-a-night field, we munched on buttered hot cross buns and some leftover sandwiches as we packed up camp. We started our day cycling back to Rothbury by cl...
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Hills & Re-Organization
Friday, April 10th, 2009We decided to sleep through a rainy early-morning, which proved to be a wise choice since the rain soon stopped and the wind dried our tent. We packed up in record time (we're getting better at it) ...