Bye bye Verdun apartment

First Day of Spring = Decision Time

We chose the first day of spring (March 20, 2009) as a deadline to make a final decision about our world tour by bicycle: To go or not to go?

We decided ... drum roll please ... TO GO!

And we decided that we would start pedalling on our Dream Bicycle Trip in June 2010.

Here is a rough itinerary of what we'll be doing in preparation for our departure:

• Move out of our apartment. Reduce our belongings to what we'll need for cycling and for one more year in Montreal.
• Take a summer cycling trip to Newfoundland for 6-7 weeks. Test out new equipment along the way.
• Move in with friends at the end of the summer. Continue to work and save $$ until we leave.

A Possible Route

One way that we could go on our "world tour" by bicycle, destination New Zealand. In Europe, if we had all the time at our disposal, we'd like to pass through Scotland, England, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, France, Italy and Spain (especially the village of Alaejos, Spain, the antipode of Wellington, New Zealand).