Norrie Matthews

We’re in Amsterdam right now and just hours away from catching our flight home to Halifax. These past 2 days have been a chance for us to prepare for our trip home, but also an opportunity to reflect on the amazing journey which has now come to an end. Following are some...

A few weeks ago we sold our tandem touring bikes, and recently we’ve been thinking about some of the things we loved about our three months cycling in Europe. We decided to post a few thoughts and highlights from the road…. Navigating through different countries Every...

We’ve been keeping a close eye on the weather while cycling recently because things can change very quickly from beautiful sunny autumn conditions to cold and wet winter storms. We know that our days are getting numbered for enjoying cycling in northern Europe and we will have to...

After two weeks of carbo-loading on incredible bread and cakes in Norway we felt ready to hit the road for Denmark and start our tandem bike journey through Europe. It was sad to leave Norway and all the family we had visited. Thanks to everyone for treating us so well and...

Our departure from England was a crazy experience with Ryan Air! We flew out from a small airport north of London called Stansted that serves mostly discount airlines – which we were definitely on!!! Although we thought that we had plenty of time to check in and go through...

We’ve had some long flights between countries so far in our trip and every time we safely arrive at our destination we’re very thankful. Our flight from Capetown to London via Dubai was the longest we’ve had to date with more than 20 hours total flight time. Luckily we were able...

Not many people know exactly where the Mauritius Islands are located – and to be honest, we didn’t either until we spent time with our friend Malini MacDonald to hear about her wonderful family heritage growing up there. The Mauritius are a small group of islands off the coast of...

One of the best parts about travelling in Southeast Asia is the amazing prices on flights. We flew Air Asia from Surat Thani in the South of Thailand to Bangkok for only about $25 each! This is ‘no frills’ travel – but definitely not much different than what we get on...

Flying into Singapore Changi airport was like arriving at Disney World! Our overnight here at the airport before our next day flight to Thailand was a breeze compared to a few of the airports that we’ve stayed in the past (like Christchurch!). At the last minute before going...

For our last week in Japan we activated our rail pass and decided to explore some of the rural areas of Japan after being mostly in the big cities of Osaka and Kyoto. The JR Japan Rail Pass is only offered to tourists and visitors to Japan and you need to purchase it before...