After one night in the charming seaside city of Cefalu we cycled along the coast to Palermo. We have spent the last two days exploring this diverse city. Palermo is simultaneously gritty and magnificent, and the transitions between can be shockingly quick. Some parts of... Read More

Gord: Another item ticked off the bucket list: climb an active volcano and watch it erupt at night. Last night we went up Stromboli as part of a small guided group (guides are required to go to the summit). It’s about a 3,000 foot climb... Read More

Warning: The contents of this blog could inspire feelings of jealousy and even anger. Proceed with caution.Ruth: I love islands. Even though I grew up far away from the ocean, as an adult I have become an island woman, living on a large island and... Read More

We have broken our uninterrupted  bicycle route with a train and ferry so that we can explore Sicily for our last three weeks in Europe.We crossed over to Sicily today and then biked up and over the north end to Milazzo, the departure port for... Read More

Matera is a place to see! The cave cut homes and rock buildings melt into one another and it is hard to determine where the natural rock  ends and the stone structures begin. The tufa grottos have been cut and modified into homes since the... Read More

We left the beautiful Adriatic today and climbed up to Alberobello. it was a short day and we stopped  halfway along our route to see the Grotte de Castellana. I do not like small spaces so this type of spelunking was perfect for me because... Read More