December 11, 2025: Kumejima - 12 km day ride - EN Resort December 12, 2025: Kumejima - 29 km day ride - EN Resort - Total distance cycled: 144 kms Ruth: It's hard to leave. Today we once again let the morning ferry depart without us and booked another night. We think we will leave tomorrow, but it's such a lovely place to be. Just ...
December 4, 2025 - Hotel at Haneda Airport, Tokyo December 5, 2025 - Chura Gahna House Tsubogawa Naha December 6, 2025 - 8 kms city ride - Chura Gahna House Tsubogawa Naha December 7, 2025 - Naha to Kumejima by ferry - EN Resort - 10 kms (trip total: 18 kms) Gord and I are in Japan. We are here for a 7 week island ...
After two nights and a day in Krakow we are now at the gate for our first flight of three. We should be home in Victoria in roughly 24 hours. Travel days are always interesting. I handle them much better than I used to however. I know there will be great moments, boring moments, and yes, a few problems along the way. Imagining problems that ...
First day out on the Vistula Ruth: We have completed our journey and cycled 3200 kms in Poland. It's now time to weigh in on the experience of cycling in Poland. Years ago I did a search about cycling in Poland and encountered reports that complained of either aggressive drivers and traffic, or worse, deep sandy tracks. Two years ago we talked to a cyclist ...
July 17, 2025 - Dukla to Gorlice - 47 kms (in the rain) - U Schabińskiej - Pałac w Gorlicach July 18, 2025 - Gorlice to Tarnów - 59 kms - K2 Apartment Ruth: The small cities of Poland are the places to be. Far from the crowds of Krakow, Tarnow is my new favourite city. Some describe it as a mini Krakow, with its ...
The Church at Nowe Brusno was just one of the churches we stumbled upon along our route. We visited UNESCO listed Saint Paraskevi Church in Radiz, the oldest wooden Church in Poland. It was build in the Gothic carpenter tradition at the end of the 16th century. UNESCO listed Saint Paraskevi Church in Raduz. The bell tower Intact fortified Walls Saint Paraskevi July 11, 2025 - ...
Synagogue in Tykocin June 30, 2025 - Augustów to Tykocin - 85 kms - Przystanek Tykocin Apartamenty Gościnne July 1, 2025 - Tykocin to Supraśl - 55 kms - Zacisze July 2, 2025 - Supraśl to Jezioro Siemianowskie - 65 kms - Żubr Nad Zalewem Ruth: The Podlasie region in northeastern Poland has long been a multiethnic and multireligious crossroads, where religious tolerance, though not ...
June 16, 2025 - Krynica Morska to Gdynia - 80 kms - Urban Jungle June 17, 18 and 19, 2025 - Gdynia - Urban Jungle June 20, 2025 - Gdynia to near Elbląg - 90 kms - Zabytkowa Drewniany Dom Z 1887 Roku Before leaving Canada I read an article in the Guardian by Jarodław Kuisz and Karolina Wigura about how Americans can learn from ...
Morning light on Malbork Castle as we set off. June 15, 2025 - Malbork to Krynica Morska - 99 kms (including a 30 km side trip to near the Russian border) - Willa Łysica GPS always works, even without cell. So why did Gordon and I suddenly lose the ability to find out where we were on both our phones? Are we too close to ...
June 9, 2025 - Plock to Wloclawek - 56 kms - Apartament Rena June 10, 2025 Wloclawek to Torun - 64 kms - J&J Apartments June 11, 2025 - Torun - J&J Apartments Ruth: We are mostly following marked bike paths on every surface imaginable from occasional deep sand!?*!? , hard packed clay and beautiful ribbons of asphalt. Our progress is slower and 50-60 kms ...