alana goes away

The first of probably many many many petrol top ups THIRSTY So yes straight on in to the updates, mainly because where we are staying tonight has wifi and we aren't sure where we'll be tomorrow aaaaaand did I mention I was just so excited? Imma start back in London... Sam was determined for us to take the panniers on my bike, me not so much. One, I wanted to keep the amount of stuff we were taking to a minimum. Two, panniers make you wider (obvs) and I'm only juuuust used to how wide Hobs is - yeah I named it, and Three, I knew I'd end up with everything but the kitchen sink strapped to me. Hello, I'm still learning...anyway, so the panniers happened and somehow I'm the packhorse...we brought a bunch of food with us, like easy just add water stuff cos we are planning on doing a lot of camping just wherever and not being in big towns, so I guess we will free up space as we go.... It's SUCH a nice upgrade to get going with though the n...

Hey! So Sam and I are about to embark on a little trip... I am fairly new to the motorbike transport option, with less than a years riding under my belt. Sooooo why not grow that experience by doing a two and a bit week bike trip into Europe haha I actually got my 'learner' licence last August, after sort-of joking to some friends and Sam that for his 30th I should get MY licence so he has a pal to do trips with...fast forward to two weeks before his actual birthday, we are out for dinner with Sam's brother and his girlfriend and she asks me if I'd ever get my licence...in my head I'm like shit, I have step 1 out of 4 booked in a weeks time, and if I tell now then fail, I cannae just sweep it under the rug and not tell anyone it ever happened haha...but I am also terrible at thinking of literally any other sentences when I have a real answer so I spilled the beans...no going back once people know it is happening eek...to be honest thank god she asked, I w...

So, a new way to share maps n pictures. It's an interactive travelling app that sorts phone pictures onto a map etc etc, so you can see the 'wheres' way easier.  It would be cool if I could add the map separately to this page, but for now ya'll can click this wee link... Polarsteps Map + Pictures Megan and I went on a mini break to Menorca for four days at the end of June. We flew out in the morning and hired a wee car, which turned out to be one of them weird 'padded' sides cars. We lovingly nicknamed it the armoured car. It was a tad rainy when we landed, but cleared up enough in he afternoon to go to this place called Lithica, which is an old quarry turned into some orchards and gardens. It was really rather cool, it cost €5 to get in but was good for an afternoon of wandering. Es Mercadal in basically in the centre of the island and if you go to the lookout up El Toro (the tallest hill on the island) you can basically see a 360 degree view. Probably t...

Skipping forward to present day awesomeness, we went to Norway for a 5 day holiday with Simon and Ellen. Sam being pensive socks and sandals for life motorhome advert view off the Naeroyfjord boat sightseeing trip the beginning of the track we cycled down, after going up on the Flam railway train, another excellent choice of activity more team shots a lovely little spot for the night and a fire too! nice Sam and Simon trying to toast brownies on the fire early morning fog a nice road on the Hardanger Plateau wouldnt be a group trip without an out of sync jumping shot! pat the lil house greasy   the final night bonfire the still lake lookin like an arrow I'll be brief, because it will just be paragraph after paragraph of things like, 'it's so stunning', 'beautiful vistas', 'so similar to NZ' etc etc etc... We hired a camper van/motorhome and it was ...

Well well well look at me, not leaving this one whole year between posts. What a champ. touchdown Lake Bled howl to the moon mega atop Mt Vogel loving the forest time in the Castle in Austria explorer times Onwards to: Slovenia So Greer, Megan and I booked a wee girls trip to Slovenia, and just about missed the flight due to just-your-average-sleep-in *cough* definitelydidntgetsuperwasteythenightbefore *cough*...Lucky I thought ahead and booked us priority boarding. We got to the airport just on time to skip the huge line. The only downfall of priority boarding is ya know who else gets priority boarding? People with children. Ya know who shouldn't get priority boarding? Either super hungover people who can't handle noise, or people who completely and utterly ignore their children and let the little shits do what the hell ever. Anywho. Suck it up Alana. We hired a cute lil red renal car from Ljubljana Airport and started on th...

It's stressing me out that I completely gave up on this for a while. Mainly just because I was reading random posts the other day and boyyyy was it nostalgic as. And also I can't believe, family or whoever, that you managed to understand half of it. Sometimes I was re-reading paragraphs n sentences trying to figure out what the hell I meant. I guess the one of the downfalls of a diary type blog. But anyway, dusting it off, once again. I think I might have to re-cap poor old 2015. I did heaps of exciting things that year, and I'm sure when I'm old and dottery it'll be a good time to look at... Starting with: Copenhagen Shitballs what a long time ago, lets find some pictures to refresh my own memory... Ok, So there is our trip. The best bits: Getting bikes and biking literally the whole city, a nice way to see the sites. Nyhavn with its colourful buildings (the sideways photo), the lil mermaid on the harbour, the crazy star ...