Traveling Adventures

Pedal-powering our way through The Netherlands was a joy! Cycle paths lead everywhere and motorists actually stop for cyclists at intersections. Pier never got used to that last one. Every…

When in Rotterdam, one must do a day trip to The Netherlands’ most famous windmills! So despite the clouds, we set out for Kinderdijk, the UNESCO World Heritage Site where…

We fell in love with Rotterdam. From the moment we emerged from the train station, Bromptons unfolded and ready to ride, Rotterdam impressed us with its easy-to-navigate grid pattern streets…

The plan was to spend the morning in Leiden, then cycle to De Hague, Delft and Rotterdam, but after our ride from Amsterdam to Leiden, we decided not to repeat…

I’m new at planning cross-country cycle trips. Day trips in and around a city, no problem! But traveling on two wheels from town to town is something we’ve only done…

When in Amsterdam, this is the quintessential 1/2 day cycling trip all the guidebooks recommend. So we did it! First step was to find the Buiksloterweg ferry behind Amsterdam’s Central…

Before we traveled to The Netherlands, I did a lot of research about cycling there, but none of the websites or travel guides told me the most important thing about…

The first time we ever flew with our Bromptons was to Cuba, and we got a kick out of unfolding our bikes at the airport and just cycling to our…

This is only the third time we’ve flown with our Bromptons. The first time was to Cuba on WestJet, the second was to Washington on Porter Air, and this time…

So Ottawa does this awesome thing every Sunday, from mid-May to Labour Day weekend in September, called “Sunday Bikedays” where select highways (or parkways as they’re called in Ottawa) are…