Back from a short holiday from the blog here. While we were out the tour kept running, with Spain, Holland, Italy and lots of different cities in England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, America, Australia and New Zealand joining us for the ride. Today, we met groups from London and from Australia under cloudy skies as we go into the weekend.

We somehow escaped the rain that was forecast for today. Turned out to be a nice day with 2 from Birmingham, 4 from the US, 2 from Australia & two from Ireland joining us for the tour today. Hopefully, we will be lucky tomorrow as well...

Mexicanos en bicicletas

Four from Mexico on our tour through sunny Krakow today. We also met three from Scotland, two each from Australia and New Zealand and others from San Diego and Toronto.

Last few days have seen lots of English & Germans here on the tour, with Essex, Brighton, Birmingham, Sunderland, Munich, Koln & Dusseldorf all represented. We also met Seattle, Cork, Brisbane, Perth & Wellington as well.

Indian Summer, Wagga Wagga back...

Someone from Delhi on the tour today, making six Indians this summer - not a lot of people, maybe, but more than we've ever met in one season before. Also along for the ride in the heat today were two from Leipzig, two from London, a family from Essex, and others from Oxford, Armagh, Brisbane and our favorite Australian city, Wagga Wagga.

Channel Islands & Japan - Geography lesson

Fantastic day on the tour with a family of four from Kent, two from Vienna (that's four in three days), two from London, two from Waiouru, New Zealand, two from Windsor, and others from Surrey, Canberra, and one each from Manitoba and Alberta, Canada. We also met two others from places that we rarely see on the tour - Nagoya, Japan and the Channel Islands. Eighteen people from four continents.

Australia returns

More England today with six from Manchester and Norwich. Australia was also back to the tour after a long absence with four from Sydney & Adelaide. We also met five from Ireland - Cork, Waterford & Dublin - and two Germans from a small town outside of Munich ( sorry - forgot the name....)

Big City Day

After getting cancelled due to heat yesterday, we got rained on today, after a spectacular hail storm last night. Lots of big cities represented on the (wet) tour today, with 4 from London, 2 from Vienna and others from Paris, New York City, Los Angeles and Boston. We also met a few from not-quite-so-big-cities like Sheffield, Hamburg and two from San Antonio, Texas. The picture from today's tour looks like it was taken in October or November weather, not in August...

Too hot to ride...

In the past we've had tours cancelled because of cold, snow, ice and storms, but today we were cancelled because of ..... the heat. Seriously. It's 'only' about 32 degrees outside, but it's extremely humid and just standing still is enough to make you sweat. In conditions like these, it's better to just stay indoors & have a drink or jump in the fountain.....

54 wheels on the road

27 people on the tour today. Six from Ireland, four from Holland, thirteen from all over England (Newcastle, Wimbledon, London, Bristol, Bournemouth & Norwich) and others from Edinburgh, Kuala Limpur, Banglore, & Adelaide made their way over the streets together today.

UK Day

Lots of British on the tour lately, and more today with Aberdeen, London, Wigan, Birmingham and two from Swindon as well as four from San Diego, California.

Bring your suntan lotion

Very hot & sunny today but still rather quiet in town. It was so hot, in fact, that we actually had several people decide to go with us tomorrow instead of today in the hope that it will cool down a bit. Braving the heat today were 2 from Belgium, 2 from Perth, and one each from Philadelphia, Manchester, Vancouver, Barcelona and Swansea, Wales.

Quebecois night

Quiet Monday here in Krakow but a nice sunny day. We met 2 from County Monaghan, Ireland, two from London, and one from Holland during the day. At night, we met a group from Montreal.

Back on the road

Back on the trail today after lots of rain the last two days. We met five from Dublin, two from Melbourne and one from New Jersey on our first day back.

Rained out

It has been raining for about eight straight hours now with no end in sight. We will try again tomorrow....

Dark clouds & orange skies

Very quiet the last couple of days in town with small crowds in what is usually a busy center. The weather hasn't helped, with lots of rain. On today's night tour, the weather went from clear to extremely dark & cloudy in about 5 minutes before an intense storm started. After the storm, there was an amazingly bright, brilliant orange sky for the rest of the tour (the picture doesn't do it justice, believe me...). In addition to six from Dublin and London on the tour tonight, we have met others from Cincinatti, Cork, Oslo, a small town in Sasaktchewan, Canada called Biggar (motto "New York is big, but this is Biggar") and someone from the Free State in South Africa - nice talking to you, Lou, and good luck to you

Female perspective

About 2/3 of the people that we meet each season are women, but it's unusual to have an all-girl tour as we did today. Five from Dublin, two from Western Australia & one each from London and Athens, Georgia joined us on a perfect day for a ride around town.

When bikes & horses collide (not literally...)

Gorgeous day for a bike ride today. Bright sunshine and a breeze for the whole tour today. Along the way, we ran into a military parade & had to wait for about 30 or so horses to pass us before we could continue (picture). Watching the horses pass by were 2 from Leeds, 2 from Adelaide, 2 from Auckland, 2 from the Hague and one from London.

Summer Storm & more Scotland...

Another sunny day at the beginning of the tour, another rainy day at the end. Luckily, this time we didn't really get rained on because we had good timing - passing under a bridge as the rain started. We met Scotland for the 4th straight day, this time from Greenock, as well as Baltimore, Kent, Cape Town, two from Edmonton, Canada, and four girls from Ireland (they always travel in fours...). I took this picture as we were hiding under the bridge.

Scotland Forever (at least 3 days, anyway...)

Another day with Scots on the tour today - the third day in a row - this time three girls from Glasgow. We also met two from Quebec, Canada and two from Lund, Sweden.

First from Bolivia

Another 'first' today, this time from La Paz, Bolivia. Nice & sunny when we started but we got caught in a storm at about 4:30 and had to hide under a bridge for a bit. Also getting wet today (picture taken just after the storm) were Copenhagen, Michigan, 2 from Brisbane, a small town in Western Australia (can't remember the name - sorry!), Brighton, Aberdeen, Melbourne, Wellington and County Sligo, Ireland.

Belgians on bikes

Great start to August today with a group of eleven members of a Belgian youth group here on holiday. We were also joined by New York, 2 from Miami, Glasgow, Manchester, Cambridge, and 3 from Tempe, Arizona.