I'd like to start this post with a shout-out to the friends who have reached out to me recently because they hadn't seen any activity on this page in almost two months and wanted to make sure I wasn't dead in a ditch somewhere. I'm resolved to catch up now, so obrigado y gracias! It's…
Three weeks in Spain - hard to believe. Time, as is its wont in such circumstances, has adamantly declined to be constrained by such paltry measures as calendars or clocks, and is proceeding in whatever manner seems to appeal in any given moment, without regard for how behind I am on my blog posts. Oh,…
It will not be news to anyone who knows me that I have a slight predilection towards doofusdom when it comes to planning complex moves, a sort of ‘missing the trees for the forest’ phenomenon. This was emphatically demonstrated in 2017 when, in planning a trip to Asia, I focused all my attention to detail…
Well, things did NOT go to plan, precisely, but I certainly can’t count that as a total loss. Atop Évora Cathedral. I spent two nights in Évora, which proved to be a perfect amount of time in a perfectly-sized city. Big enough to merit the title of city and contain plenty of points of interest,…
I’m getting quite good at sitting alone in restaurants. Like so much of adult life, it’s all about attitude. There is a certain self-assurance with which one can say “table for one, please,” that will leave everyone else in the establishment wondering why on earth they came accompanied. I’ll preface the Lisbon section of this…
I must apologize first-off for the slight lag between this post and the last, especially considering how my previous entry seems to have offered a rather convincing portrayal of everything going tits-up. Rest assured that, as prophesied, day one was by far the hardest day I’ve had yet! Me! Still doing fine. The road from…
A quick PSA: While I am having a wonderful time seeing new places, meeting new people, and having new experiences, it must be said that this intense style of solo travel is also stressful and isolating at times. So if you’re reading this, my request is just this: Reach out to me on occasion when…
Last night, I dreamt of lemons. Hanging tantalizingly just out of my reach, emanating the faintest olfactory hint of the piquant wonders within, brilliant yellow against a heavy, overcast sky. After a mercifully relaxing and convivial time with family in Edinburgh, and having weathered the markedly less relaxing ordeal of an night bus to London,…
Big ol’ place. It feels kind of silly to write about this period, since the whole point of this blog is cycling and guess what I’m NOT doing here? I keep thinking of things to write though, so here we goooo! This is my second visit to Londinium, and my first as a human with…
Some beautiful climatic conditions from last trip which I will be intentionally avoiding this time around. The moment when I decided to cycle alone across Europe was not an entirely joyful one. It was late March of 2023, and I had just received an unequivocal rejection of my appeal for voluntary service with the Peace…
She's Gone Off Again 