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The Balkans by Bike: Mountains, Magic, and One Year on the Road
Contributor: VAEGABOND (Melli & Dani) Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, Bulgaria — 15 countries in, and the Balkans have been delivering everything we could have hoped…
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A Bicycle in the Desert: Carrying My Brother’s Story Across Borders
Contributor: Gianpaolo Imbriani My name is Gianpaolo Imbriani, and I come from Benevento, in southern Italy. Since 2013, I have been travelling around the world,…
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COVID-19: Wrenches, Waiting, and Back on the Road
Contributor: Vaegabond (Meli & Dani) **COVID-19: Wrenches and Waiting** The coronavirus took the world by surprise. We never imagined it could spread so fast or…
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3 Months Cycling Morocco: From the Atlas Mountains to the Sahara and Everything In Between
Contributor: Vaegabond (Melli & Dani) Our Start in Fascinating Morocco Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France and Germany again. Those were the countries we’d already…
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Music Meets Adventure: The Inspiring Cycling Journeys of Singer & Songwriter TOZ Antonio Piretti
Contributor: TOZ Antonio Piretti What happens when you pack your entire life, your live-performance equipment (including a speaker and cables), and an acoustic guitar onto…
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When the Route Becomes the Destination — Start of our World Tour by Bicycle
Contributors: VAEGABOND (Melli & Dani) We’re Melli and Dani, two adventurers from Bavaria who quit our jobs, gave up our apartment, and set off to…
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The Road Less Traveled: An Ode to Warmshowers
Contributor: Karen Carter Often on road trips, my husband and I like to turn on Google Maps’ “no tolls” feature. We prefer the less direct…
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5 Years, 55,000 km, 27 Countries – From Germany to the World — Meet VAEGABOND
Contributor: VAEGABOND (Melli & Dani) We’re Melli & Dani — long-distance bicycle travelers, storytellers, and the people behind VAEGABOND. Since 2019, we’ve been cycling around…
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Aussie Mid-50s Woman Takes a Gap Year For Her First Bicycle Tour
Contributor: Tiffany Sharp I have one week to go, and I will have completed a 14-month ‘Gap Year’ in Europe/UK. I started out with a…
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Spokes and Oms
A reflective travel memoir by Joel Schaefer Edinburgh to Paris (2 Aug – 2 Nov 2025). The first push on the pedals always began the…
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