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A Rain-Soaked Journey from Monforte de Lemos to León: Discovering the CaminoOctober 21, 2024 - 4:24 am
Are You Deep or Superficial? Thoughts From A 9th Century Benedictine Monastery In SpainOctober 19, 2024 - 4:45 pm
Returning to Portugal: The Journey ContinuesOctober 4, 2024 - 2:28 pm
13 Rules To Live By—From A Life On The RoadMarch 15, 2023 - 8:19 am
Lost & Lucky—The Continuing Saga of My Greek Tragedy—No Bags Or Bike— Limbo on ParosMarch 8, 2023 - 11:09 am
A Greek Tragedy: My Motorcycle Is In Pieces & My Luggage Lost.March 2, 2023 - 7:05 pm
How’s Doc? The Original WorldRider Motorcycle.
/0 Comments/in Travelogue /by allanBefore I landed in Greece on July 5, 2022, the last time I saw my motorcycle, the BMW F650GS Dakar (Doc), was in October 2019. I had just completed a three-month journey circumnavigating the Black Sea visiting Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Turkey before returning to Greece. I parked Doc in the […]
While Waiting For Checked Luggage…To The Islands: Paros With Family & Friends
/2 Comments/in Travelogue /by allanWhile Aegean Airlines and Goldair Handling tried to find and sort getting my luggage to me, I took a ferry (sans motorcycle) to the Island of Paros. It’s on this idyllic Cycladic island I planned to meet my brother and his family along with our mutual friend Paul Freitas and family. On the nearly three-hour […]
Seventeen Days In Athens: What Do You Do?
/0 Comments/in Europe, Greece, Travelogue /by allanIt wasn’t my plan, but as the adage pointedly goes, from Lemons we must make Lemonade. So I made the most of my time. Enjoy the video below as I share with you my whirlwind of finding fun, food, wine, people, and love in the capital city of Greece, wild Athens—while living in a fog […]
Post Pandemic Adventure Travel: My Baggage Flight-Mare & Apple AirTag
/2 Comments/in Travelogue /by allanIt’s Thursday afternoon, July 14th, 2022, in Marina Zea in Athens, Greece. It’s 87 degrees, and the humidity dampens my shirt; this, along with the tiny beads of sweat forming on my brow, is barely uncomfortable. However, what truly is taxing my comfort and patience is the state of my two-month journey in Southeastern Europe— […]
IS IT IN MY HEAD? My Deal With Vertigo—A WorldRider Challenge!
/1 Comment/in North America, Travelogue, USA /by allanIf you haven’t watched my Journeys Webcasts, tuned into the WorldRider.tv YouTube Channel, or listened to the WorldRider podcast, you may have missed my whacky and humbling fight with vertigo. It started June 13, 2020, amid the pandemic and still challenges me two years later. It’s often depressing. Vertigo kills the motorcycle urge. That night […]
Tinos Island & The Cat Wearing My Riding Jacket—Another Day In The Cyclades
/0 Comments/in Europe, Greece, Travelogue /by allanMy motorcycle journeys have taken me all over Greece. From the Peloponesse to Zagoria, Thessaloniki, Athens, the Adriatic, and of course, the intoxicating islands of the Cyclades. In this short video, I share the experience of my explorations from the seat of my motorcycle, Doc. This is another classic WorldRider Moto Vlog where I share […]
My Ukrainian Ride—With My Cry For Help
/0 Comments/in Europe, North America, Travelogue, Ukraine, USA, Videos /by allanLast week marked the 100th day (June 3) since Russia started an unprovoked war by bombarding Ukraine. And, Wow! It’s been some time since I’ve posted on the WorldRider travelogue. It’s no secret why. “Life In The Time of Corona”. Yeah, it’s the pandemic, dammit. Before we were locked down in early 2020, I shared […]