Stories from the Road

Nordic Dream

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Contributor: Nicola Inversi I have had a big dream since I was a child: Reaching North Cape. From Rome, where I live, to North Cape, the northernmost point of Europe—from the Mediterranean Sea to the Arctic Ocean, crossing almost all of Europe. It’s not an easy journey. But I made it even more challenging because

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Stories from the Road

Jimbo On The Road

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Contributor: Chris Petrikoglou aka Jimbo Hello there! My name is Chris Petrikoglou, aka Jimbo! It was a 12-day journey (1,300 kilometers and 10,000 meters of elevation), which, honestly, without overselling it, changed my life! It was psychotherapy for me, and it made me love myself more than ever! I was already living the life I

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Stories from the Road

Small World

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Contributor: Timothy Dale Beginning June 1, 2023, I crossed the U.S. via the Great American Rail Trail and various ACA routes and had the opportunity to be hosted by eight different Warmshowers hosts.  My third hosts, Kevin and Lisa McDonough, lived in Ennis, MT, high on the mountainside overlooking the town and valley below. During

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Host's Corner

A Winter Visit

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Contributor: John & Anne Toomey We’ve been Warmshowers hosts for 6 years and have thoroughly enjoyed it. We’ve hosted approximately 25 parties, although it was slow during the pandemic. Riders come through in June if heading for the west coast, and those cycling from the west coast to Maine start to appear in late August

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Bike Packing

Sleeping in a Water Tower: an Incredible First Warmshowers Experience

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Contributor: Whitney Wright In June 2019, my friend Kate and I cycled 1,700 miles from outside of Seattle to San Diego. We had been lucky enough to mostly camp at hiker/biker sites at campgrounds through Washington and Oregon (with a couple of nights at a hotel when we both had a stomach bug) and had

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Stories from the Road

Cycle Touring in NZ: Dos and Do Nots

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Contributor: Peter Mitchell A post primarily for European cycle tourists. New Zealand does not have a viable railway system like Europe. Successive governments have preferred roads over trains, so the roads are busy with heavy trucking and private cars. Why is this important to know? It means that roads between major towns or small provincial

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Stories from the Road

Cycling Through the Monuments in the Valley

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Contributor: Michael Elmore Topping a rise, I look down the other side at the long ribbon of black bitumen through the red rock. About half a kilometer on, cars are pulled off the road, and people are milling about two-lane U.S. Route 163. You’d be excused thinking there had been an accident, but I know

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2023 Italy & Switzerland Cycling Adventure

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Contributor: Barry Ridout In August 2023. I started my 10-day European cycling adventure in Bergamo, northeast of Milan, Italy. The aim was to do a loop east from Bergamo, around Lake Garda, head north through the Trento Valley to the Alps, climb Stelvio Pass and get to Bormio by day 5. From there, I head

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Cycling Together: Warmshowers and EuroVelo Story Winner

Our Cycling Nomad Life Started on the EuroVelo 1

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Contributors: XPLORid Cycling Nomads, Ben & Linda Ben and Linda call themselves XPLORid—Cycling Nomads. In the summer of 2019, they went on a 30-day test ride in Ireland. This ride was meant to prepare them for their tour around the world. Little did they know that by getting rid of all their belongings and renting

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Cycling Together: Warmshowers and EuroVelo Story Winner

A Dad and a Boy Creating Memories on the Road

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Contributor: James Simpson Two years ago, I left on a 3000km adventure with my 2 year-old son through six countries, from Finland to Denmark through the Baltic states and Sweden. We did this journey alone. (Each summer we cycle for a few weeks on regional or Eurovelo routes. Eurovelo shows the diversity of Europe whilst

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