Since the house renovation cannot start until September, Silviu and I have decided to treasure the rest of our summer holidays and make a road trip to visit his home town, Sebes, Romania. After staying only five days in our new home, we put down our mops and rags, declare a moratorium on the battle …
On our first full day in Feissons-sur-Salins, we decided to do a warm-up hike before our two-day-one-night trekking trip in two days’ time. The plan was to explore the mountains just behind our chalet which would save us from driving to trailheads. We planned to do a shortish easy hike which would lead us towards …
The second part* of our summer starts today, 31 July 2020. We have booked a chalet at Feissons-sur-Salin, a tiny village located at an altitude of 1260m in the Savoie department in the Alps mountains for 2 weeks. Our plans were in limbo until about two weeks ago. We were initially thinking of taking a …
A week after our return from our Alaska trip, we set forth on our first camping trip in France. We would be based in Kruth, a village nestled in the Regional Natural Park of Ballons des Vosges, northeastern France. It was our second time in this Regional Natural Park; the first trip was for our first trail running …
Never thought that I would have an opportunity to visit Alaska, USA. But, there I was in Anchorage, Alaska, after more than 20 hours of flying and transit time from Paris, France. Date: First week of August. Local time: 9pm. Venue: Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. Itinerary: Anchorage – Denali National Park – Kenai Fjords …
Like most French, we planned to make use of the Ascension weekend, end of May, to take a Road & Bike trip. The religious holiday always falls on a Thursday. We wanted to “Faire Le Pont” or “Build the Bridge” as what a French would say. That is, to extend the holiday by taking the …
Sighisoara is a pretty little town in Transylvania, Romania that you should not miss out. I went with my in-laws from Sebes, and it took us 5 hours by car (1.5 hours departure from Sibiu). The drive is a good way to explore the Transylvanian rolling hills and its villages. History Sighisoara, designated as a …
To compensate for all the eating and sleeping in the summer, we incorporated some vigorous physical activities in our 5-week stay in Transylvania, Romania. One of these activities was to pay another trip to the Retezat Mountains in the Retezat National Park. Let the photos show why the Retezat Mountains is one of the hidden treasures …
30 December 2017. Just finished an hour of cycling on my home Tacx Home Trainer. The floor was splattered with drops of my perspiration as I pushed myself to finish the series of intervals. Recovery from injury The trainer was my exercise staple for the last month of my 3.5 months of non-running period (end August …
I am tying up summer with this post. We have been back for three days. It was a productive summer with lots of activities, mainly involving me juggling on the two wheels. I got to push my physical and mental limits through the two wheels while exploring Transylvania. Fractured metatarsal I have safely survived all …