Week 5: Police Escorts Route: Pamplona – Zaragoza – Madrid 160 kilometers Bob’s Spanish has come in quite handy both times we’ve dealt with the police our first full week in Spain. One evening, we ended up cycling on a freeway by mistake, and some nice motorcycle policemen pulled us over and pointed us in [...]
Week One: April in Paris We arrived at our hostel in Paris on April 3rd, exhausted after a long flight from Seattle and a frantic week of packing, moving, cleaning, more packing and a lot of goodbyes. The location was perfect – in the heart of the Latin Quarter, the hostel was close to the [...]
Jennifer Colvin BootsnAll Author The day after I graduated from college I left for a solo backpacking trip through Europe. At the end of three months, I wanted to sleep in a real bed, wear a different shirt every day, see my family and spend time with my boyfriend. After a couple weeks at home, [...]
Week 3: It’s raining, it’s pouring Route: Tours – Limoges – Sarlat 344 kilometers The cold and rain continued. We heard BBC reports that this has been the worst weather France has had in 100 years. One evening, we camped in a stand of trees on the side of the road in rain that must [...]
