Half of Holland on Dutch Day

Ok, so maybe it was a bit less than 'half', but today we organized two special tours for a group of sixty-one students and teachers from a school in Culemborg in the Netherlands. This was the school's second visit to the bike tour after joining us for the first time last year. A special thanks to Mike, Marco & all the teachers for helping us to make sure no one got lost along the way. Thanks again & see you next year!

First Kiwi of the year, first Russians ever...

Split personality weekend, with a beautiful sunny Saturday and a rainy & cold Sunday. One day we needed sunglasses, the next we needed umbrellas. Over the two tours, we met Seattle (lots of Seattle so far this year), two from Wales (lots of Wales, too...), and four from different places in New South Wales, Australia. We also met our first Kiwi of the season, from Aukland, and our first ever Russians on the tour, from Moscow. Thanks again to Sunday's group for being tough in the rain - hope it didn't take too long to dry out & warm up....

Back on track

A surprisingly nice day today for a tour & a great group of people to ride with, with two each from Belfast, a small town in California and Norfolk, England. It was nice to be back on the trail after four days of getting rained & snowed out...

Spring apparently cancelled....

Two more days lost to the weather - this time because of snow and a very cold wind. Things are going the wrong way here... We're thinking about adding Krakow Sled Tours - bring your parka!

Here comes the rain again

Rained out for the second straight day today. Technically this is Spring time now but it doesn't feel like it at all... This coming weekend is when we set our clocks forward an hour, so that will help a bit to give us some more daylight. The forecast for next week says temperatures should finally be above ten degrees (wow....), so maybe THEN it will FINALLY feel like Spring.

A hint of blue sky...

The last week has been a tough one on the tour. We've been snowed on three times & had to stop the tour early once because everyone's hands were frozen blue... Yesterday, however, things looked like they were changing for the better at last ( I know we've said that before....). We even had bits of BLUE SKY for the first time in more than a week. Since our last post, County Mayo, Ireland, Montrose, Scotland, Belfast, Dublin, Paris, Toronto, Frankfurt, Copenhagen, Vancouver, Seattle, Boston, a small town in Kentucky (don't think we got the name...) and Verona, Italy have all been tough enough to brave the weather. Thanks again to all of you & we hope you enjoyed your stay here in Krakow.

Warming up.....slowly

The last signs of winter are (maybe) disappearing and we are ready for the Spring. Let's hope the worst is behind us. The tour is still making its way through the early stages of the 2009 Season & we've met Galway, Zurich, Santiago, York, Ottawa, Perth, Seattle, Cardiff (twice in three days!), Minneapolis and Sao Paolo since our last blog entry.

Starting slowly in the snow...

Our 2009 Season is underway earlier than any season before, with our first tours ever in the month of February. Birmingham, Cork, Sydney, Milan, Leeds, Belfast, Oregon, Houston, Cardiff, Berlin and Eindhoven were all represented among our early visitors. The snow makes it a bit difficult to get around in some places, but on the other hand we have the bike paths all to ourselves....