Blogs from Bolton, Ontario, Canada, North America

So here I am, in Guelph, ON! Whopee! I arrived in Bolton, ON, after 6 days of frosty biking, riding about 350km. Man, I must have been going slow. Ive never been this cold, for so long, on a bike ride before. Definately puts a new.. spin, on touring. But life is well. I've adapted to the cold, the first nights of my trip were hellish, but I quickly realized what a fun time I could have camping in this season. It gave me a new challenge, and made me appreciate hot meals over an open fire that much more. In Bolton, my friends and I ran an awesome theatre workshop at a Peace Conference. From there, Anna (a tour member I rode with this summer) and I rode to Guelph, were Ive been staying in ... read more

So, we have been city hopping. After we left Barcelona, our host fell through for Marseille, so we decided instead to try a city we had heard of from uncle Tim, Toulouse. We arrived in the evening, in a light drizzle to cool air and pink streets. After the thick heat of Barclona, we welcomed the coolness. Our little budget hotel pulled out of a guidebook, turned out to be lovely. up a twisty spiral staircase to the second floor was a little foyer decorated with antiques and antiquarian art. The tall french windows of our room, opened into a tiny courtyard below and layers of slanting red tiled roofs above. We had a big old armoire in the corner and big comfortable bed and a shower right in the room. They man knocked with breakfast ... read more