Isn’t it funny how two paths can cross unexpectedly and then never quite diverge from one another? On February 1st, 2017, I received a routine message on Warmshowers. Paul was, unsurprisingly, looking for a place to stay in Austin, Texas. He and his friend had embarked on a bicycle trip across the US and …
A Family Bike Trip with 23 Nights with Warmshowers Hosts We recently returned from an 11-week family bike trip through Korea and Japan with our 4 and 5-year-old daughters, and our love affair with Warmshowers is stronger than ever. During our family bike trip we stayed with 9 Warmshowers hosts for a total of 23 …
Turkey Shortly before noon, I arrived in the small mountain village of Camardi (pronounced “chah MAR duh”) nuzzled deep in the protective arms of Aladaglar National Park in Turkey. The name “ala-daglar” (crimson-mountains) comes from the rusty color of its hills in the sunset. This region is known as the “Alps of Turkey”, home to …
Share Your Touring or Hosting Story for the Newsletter and/or Blog! Call for Stories From the Road If you have a story related to your journey or hosting that our Warmshowers community would enjoy, find inspiring, informative etc. please submit it for consideration in an upcoming newsletter. We want to share stories of our community …
