Contributor: Dylan J. Cole I had just arrived in Rochester, New York, and my Warmshowers hosts and I were sitting around a home-cooked meal, swapping stories from the Erie Canal Trail. One host shared a story that I found most memorable: One day, close to downtown, she had been unicycling along the canal while juggling […]
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Contributor: Jeff Balch Twenty minutes of comfortable pedaling on Monday, Aug. 27, brought me four miles from south Evanston to Wilmette, where I met Megan Routbort and Thomas Polo – a pair of adventurers who, at that point, had pedaled roughly 750 times farther than I did that day. They were easy to spot near
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On a side street in the heart of Shkoder, Albania, through a door next to an unassuming two-car garage, you could easily miss the entrance to a unique and wonderful Warmshowers hosting experience. Warmshowers hosts play a vital role in creating a sense of community and connection among cyclists from all over the world. Today,
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Contributor: Bruce Nikolai During our 2,400-mile ride across Europe on the EV6, we had two wonderful Warmshowers stays that stood out. Our first was in Romania. I reached out to our host, who happened to be living in Belgium, and he arranged for us to stay with the woman taking care of his home. She
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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
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
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
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
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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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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