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Self-Supported in the snow: Cross-Country Skiing Through Finnish Lapland

Miguel — Sun, 11 May 2025 16:14:25 +0000

In 2014, inspired by an article in the Swiss Alpine Club magazine, we travelled to a place called Kiilopää in Finnish Lapland to do cross-country skiing. It was cross-country skiing heaven: dozens of different slopes including so-called nature tracks (prepared only for classic style), a vast choice of rental gear, and a small skiing resort … Continue reading Self-Supported in the snow: Cross-Country Skiing Through Finnish Lapland

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Travel with recumbent bicycles on trains

Miguel — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 16:34:21 +0000

On our trips we collected quite some practice on traveling with two recumbent bicycles on trains. It was never a problem, even though in several situations we were happy to be two of us to help with narrow doors and couloirs. From what we have seen, the places are made for bicycles up to two … Continue reading Travel with recumbent bicycles on trains

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Cycling across the Alps to San Marino and Venice

Miguel — Sun, 07 Jun 2020 12:24:07 +0000

Three-week cycling tour with recumbent bicycles from Bern to San Marino, over the Gothard pass. Cycling through Lombardy, Emiglia-Romana and Venice regions just before the Covid-19.

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One Week, Four Countries: An Autumn Cycle Tour

eva — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 16:00:36 +0000

This October we spent a few days in Austria on a long-planned family holiday. As this included crossing all of Switzerland, we thought we might as well continue the vacation a bit longer and do a short cycle tour from there. We had a week to spend, and we ended up cycling in four countries … Continue reading One Week, Four Countries: An Autumn Cycle Tour

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Touring on a recumbent bicycle: Everything you need to know

eva — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 14:40:29 +0000

Why would you ride such a weird bike instead of a normal one? And what would you need to know before buying a touring recumbent for your next trip? If you’ve already had the chance of talking to a recumbent rider, you may have noticed that most of them say that they love their recumbent … Continue reading Touring on a recumbent bicycle: Everything you need to know

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So, how was it? – Two recumbents in Portugal

eva — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 07:56:33 +0000

We took this picture almost exactly a year ago. We had just come up a seemingly never-ending uphill in baking heat, and were making our first pedal strokes in Portugal. Little did we know at that time that we would cycle well over 2000 kilometres in this country, spread over the whole year. Summer, winter, … Continue reading So, how was it? – Two recumbents in Portugal

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Tips & tricks: How we got in and out of Lisbon by bicycle

eva — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 10:45:18 +0000

Most cycle travellers come across the question at some point: How do I cycle into and/or out of the capital city? How do I plan my route without ending up on the city highway? Where are the back roads? Many roads lead into Lisbon, there are cycle paths and big roads and highways and back … Continue reading Tips & tricks: How we got in and out of Lisbon by bicycle

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Where did we sleep for one year?

Miguel — Sun, 09 Jul 2017 13:31:16 +0000

We left home cycling on the 20 june 2016 and arrived back on the 21 june 2017, that is 366 days. We counted 200 days of them as cycling days and the remaining we spent with our families (most of it), friends and resting.

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When you just wanted to avoid a hill…

eva — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 15:23:51 +0000

Sometimes, you’re just tired of climbing yet another hill in the hot sun, and you choose a flat road that looks all right on the map… …and you end up here: Ah no, that doesn’t work, let’s try on the other side: Wait, I’m coming too! Hmmm, anyone feeling like cleaning a bike?

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Back home

eva — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 08:29:54 +0000

We are back home. We arrived to Geneva on the 21st of June, after one year and one day travelling by recumbent bicycles. We ended our trip with a little extra tour up the Jura mountains and camping on top of a hill with a view of Geneva, the lake and the Alps. Time is … Continue reading Back home

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