Blogs from Connecticut, United States, North America - page 2

Preface: We stayed in Lebanon/Willimantic, Mansfield Center was just the closest city listed on here :) After getting up and prepped for the day and eating a delicious host breakfast, I realized that the center of town across the street looked just like Stars Hollow!! For those of you who don't know what that is, its the town in Gilmore Girls (and also Pretty Little Liars-both mild obsessions of mine!). I was freaking out a little as I took pictures and shared with my fellow GG fangirls. We had route meeting and Carly and I decided to ride together for a date day. Honestly, I don't remember much about this ride day in particular and may have to come back and add in more details later. I believe we had lunch in a park right near ... read more

Another hard wood floor wake up with lots of alarms going off all at once echoing through the high ceilings of the gymnasium walls. This is Bike & Build life. Since it was laundry night last night, I have the fun task of being sure all my clean clothes are folded and packed away efficiently in addition to packing away the normal sleeping bag and thermarest. This morning I get to slip into comfy shorts and tank top, rather than wiggle myself into my shams while in my sleeping bag. We eat left over pizza for breakfast, and though I usually am picky with left over pizza, I don't hate it this morning. I do thoroughly enjoy sitting in a circle while eating breakfast all together. We have route meeting a ways away from where we ... read more

Musings and observations. The weather these last 24 days has been amazing. When I left CT it was sunny but with a fresh chilly breeze. That continued from Rome to Athens which didn’t encourage sunning by the pool but was perfect weather for touring. Some mornings were a bit overcast but before long the sun was shining bright. I enjoyed a full moon, some brilliant sunsets and cloudless star filled nights. On the day we sailed into Venice there was a slight drizzle. As we passed the crowds at ST. Mark’s and the Rialto Bridge I decided to stay on board and nurse my lingering cold. Late May seems like the peak season in the Med even through I know it gets worse in summer. Crowds everywhere. Standing room only on the water busses and when ... read more

September 4th The weather is still warm and sunny here in Piedmont, so we found a few swimming holes and cooled off in the clear water. I wish I could tell you where these wonderful little spots are. But then they would be so crowded that no one would be able to enjoy the peace and privacy. What I will say is that I really liked Sam Baker State Park and the Black River. September 5th-6th Loaded up now and headed out, first going east to get to the Highway 67 and turning south toward Poplar Bluff. The weather was a bit on the muggy side with high humidity. But we stayed comfortable with the air conditioning, which we ran mainly for the comfort of the cats mind you. At Poplar Bluff, we changed direction to ... read more

Hello Everyone We have been in Connecticut nearly a week,feels like we've been here for longer,it's so lovely here,the trees are amazing,a lot of English look and names,we have our meals most nights outside.when we arrived we had a auzzie flag ceremony,I brought my flag here and they hoisted it up ,Ruth played on her phone the National anthem and we drank to it it was fun.A guy was passing by and saw the flag and spoke to Kevin,when he was in the garden,and He has a daughter going to Canberra in the near future and working for StromI'll,They have invited us all to go for a meal before we leave,small world!! We have been to the beach about 30 mins away,and yesterday we went to see beautiful building on the banks of the Lietenant river, ... read more