After a beautiful nights sleep, we woke to church bells chiming. And chiming. And chiming. Katja had warned us that they rang at random hours and for long periods of time...she wasn't wrong. We heard them starting at 6am, and since the church was right next to our room, we heard them loud and clear. So, we were right on time for breakfast and the route rap.  Anjay and Katja advised that this was the hardest day for riding and also logistically. There ...

After another crappy nights sleep due to jet lag (Ken slept about an hour), we stumbled out of bed and down to breakfast. Not a good way to start the biking portion of the trip! We grabbed a taxi and headed to the Cornaro Hotel the meeting point for our 18 travel partners. After a brief introduction by Katja, one our tour leaders, we walked several blocks to the docks where we boarded our boat for Brac (pronounced Brach).   Once on board, while we lounged...

After a great night sleep, we woke to sunshine and lots of wind. We looked out to the Adriatic Sea and the waves were definitely rolling. Since part of our bike trip will be taking a boat between islands, we were glad we had picked up some Dramamine before we left. Puking my guts out on a boat does not sound like fun and that would be exactly what I would be doing with a few waves. We went down to the main restaurant for our free buffet breakfast. It had the ...

So, yesterday started out sunny, warm and windy. Today...totally opposite. As is the norm for the second night in Europe, we both slept poorly, even with sleeping pills. We had the windows open, which is a nice change from Houston and woke to birds chattering to each other. But, we also woke to fog and drizzle.  We wandered down to breakfast, which was mostly all homemade cheese, sausage and preserves. I truly enjoyed the wild boar sausage and bear garlic ...

Good Morning from Munich Airport, where Ken and I are on a 4.5 hour layover on our way to Split Croatia for another Backroads bike trip. Many of you followed our Tuscany trip last year, (for those that are new to my blogs you can see that blog on my TravelPod home page, along with our other amazing trips...Vietnam, Bruges, France, Austria, etc). and hopefully this one will be as memorable.  We were torn on doing another Italy trip, perhaps along the Puglia co...