September 2025 — Back to Europe by bike
Travelling slowly, as a family, at the pace of the pedals.
Our travel stories, day after day: cycling routes, trains caught at the last second, playgrounds found for Clémence and the people we met along the way.
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Solid lines are our GPS traces by bike and on foot. In between, the trains, coaches, cars, boats and planes described in the stories link the stages. Click a dot on the timeline to go back to a journey.
Our latest journey
Back to Europe by bike
From Zagreb to the Mediterranean, through Slovenia, the Julian Alps and the Po plain, mixing cycling with Italian regional trains.
September 20255 stories
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September 26, 2025
From Veneto to PiedmontWe have two options today. From Mogliano Veneto, we can pick up a cycle path or take a shorter route inland. Italian drivers have earned our trust since we crossed…
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September 23, 2025
Crossing Italy
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September 19, 2025
From Slovenia to Italy over the Alps
Read the story →The big journeys
One journey, one journal. Each reads like a book.
May – September 2025 · by bikeKorea by bike
Seoul, then the road to Busan, the east coast up to Sokcho, Jeju island and the rivers of the west: four months of family cycling, with Clémence's trailer behind us.
33 stories
July – August 2025 · by bikeKyushu by bike
One month, 624 kilometres and a trailer across southern Japan: Fukuoka, Karatsu, Nagasaki, Amakusa, Kagoshima and Kumamoto.
10 stories
September 2025 · by bikeBack to Europe by bike
From Zagreb to the Mediterranean, through Slovenia, the Julian Alps and the Po plain, mixing cycling with Italian regional trains.
5 stories
October 2024 · by trainSwitzerland by train
Six days, from Lake Neuchâtel to the Bernina Express.
1 story
Autumn 2024 · by bikeThe Belle Via and the Vercors
A family week on bikes, from the Isère valley to the cliffs of the Vercors.
2 stories
Two years in Avignon
The Rhône, the ramparts, the playgrounds and getaways in Provence.
Photo bookAlso: The Tarn gorges by bike · The Passa Païs · Toulouse to Bordeaux by bike · Cycling getaways in France · A year in Australia · Bali · New Zealand road trip · American West road trip · First trip to Japan · Autumn in Québec · Canadian summer: Ontario and the Rockies · Bogotá · Short trips
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Every journey becomes a photo book.
The blog stories, laid out again with the best photos of each trip.
About us
Three travellers, two bikes, one trailer.
Stéphane writes, Cassandre runs and rides, Clémence picks the playgrounds. Since 2015 we have been telling our travels here: a year as expats in Australia, road trips, autumn in Québec and, since Clémence was born, slow journeys by bike.
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