Parents’ Visit: Slovakia

After about four hours of driving out of Romania, we arrived in Kosice, the second biggest city in Slovakia.  It is a beautiful city with a huge downtown and a beautiful church right in the center.  The church also has a little brother church next to it.  Once while Burke was staggering along taking photos  read more

Parents’ Visit: Romania

Burke and I had Friday, Monday and Tuesday off from school, so of course as the travel planner I made sure we went to a country I’d never been to before: Romania.  On the agenda was Timisoara and a quick stop in Oradea.  Burke and I know an adorable Romanian family living here, and they  read more

My Parents’ Visit! Part one.

Well, my parents have been gone for a whole week now.  It actually feels like a lot longer than just seven days.  I guess life without the excietment of visitors just drags a bit more.  I just finished writing this monster post about their entire trip but I’ve decided to spare you, dear reader, and  read more

Life Update

Hi everyone! I feel so free now that I am no longer constricted to writing about our bicycle trip. Sure I could have gone out of order, but really, who does that? Now that I have this newfound freedom, I will give you a little update on our lives.  Upon returning from our bike trip, we  read more

Vilnius to Poland

Vilnius is beautiful.  We arrived in the morning and went right to the square.  It reminded me a little bit of the square in our city, Banska Bystrica, but more grandiose.  At the top of the square there was a beautiful church from the 1200’s, but the inside was gutted.  After World War II it operated  read more

Goodbye Estonia, Hello Latvia

Feeling rested from the previous half-day, we woke up in Hapsalu, Estonia ready to go. The morning was uneventful, well-paced riding recessed with a lunch break outside of a city called Lihula. Back on the road as soon as possible we rode for another 35 km until the sprinkles we’d been riding with since lunch  read more