[YEAR 7!] Quit our jobs, sold our home, gone riding...
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lightcycle
Nomad
Thanks for all the comments and concern + the warm welcome-backs, guys!
We hit that 5 year mark and fatigue hit us like a ton of bricks. So we just dropped everything - travel, blogging, etc.
Back now with more stories! :wings:
We hit that 5 year mark and fatigue hit us like a ton of bricks. So we just dropped everything - travel, blogging, etc.
Back now with more stories! :wings:
lightcycle
Nomad
We're currently back in Toronto visiting friends and family and relaxing. We'll get back to the bikes and on the road soon!
lightcycle
Nomad
Updated from http://www.RideDOT.com/rtw/357.html
Liverpool. Liverpool.... This city is famous for something. I can't quite remember what it is.
I think somebody well-known was born here. Or maybe it was a band that came from here.
Pretty sure it was Nirvana.
We arrive into Liverpool in the late afternoon after another quick drive on the British motorways
Despite the short jaunt, we are exhausted. Maybe not physically, but mentally. I feel like we should be sleeping like a log.
It's been over half a year of non-stop travel since our last long break and we're suffering from intense travel fatigue. Travel fatigue has to be one of the least sympathetic ailments on the planet. So why on earth should I moan, when it seems to everyone that we're on a permanent vacation, it's not like we've been working like a dog.
Neda found us a great AirBnB just across the River Mersey from the downtown core. We can literally ride across the bridge and visit Liverpool anytime we want. Maybe tomorrow though. Or the next day. Or the next... Oh well, nothing to get hung about.
Our AirBnB host is very friendly. She showed me our room, isn't it good?
Neda gets busy with her cross-stitching. See the scissors in front of her? She named them Billy Shears.
Liverpool. Liverpool.... This city is famous for something. I can't quite remember what it is.
I think somebody well-known was born here. Or maybe it was a band that came from here.
Pretty sure it was Nirvana.
We arrive into Liverpool in the late afternoon after another quick drive on the British motorways
Despite the short jaunt, we are exhausted. Maybe not physically, but mentally. I feel like we should be sleeping like a log.
It's been over half a year of non-stop travel since our last long break and we're suffering from intense travel fatigue. Travel fatigue has to be one of the least sympathetic ailments on the planet. So why on earth should I moan, when it seems to everyone that we're on a permanent vacation, it's not like we've been working like a dog.
Neda found us a great AirBnB just across the River Mersey from the downtown core. We can literally ride across the bridge and visit Liverpool anytime we want. Maybe tomorrow though. Or the next day. Or the next... Oh well, nothing to get hung about.
Our AirBnB host is very friendly. She showed me our room, isn't it good?
Neda gets busy with her cross-stitching. See the scissors in front of her? She named them Billy Shears.
lightcycle
Nomad
From our top-floor window, we can see Liverpool across the river. Nice skyline.
We don't leave our little apartment at all for the first two days. Just waiting at the window all day, wearing the face that I keep in a jar at the door. Just watching the tides of the river go in and out twice a day. Every day the same: woke up, fell out of bed, dragged a comb across my head. Nothing else. I really needed this.
The river at high tide. There beneath the blue (and grey) suburban skies, they sit
The river at low tide. That's the famous Royal Liver Building across the river in the background. It's a UNESCO site.
lightcycle
Nomad
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind
Our AirBnB host must think we're nuts. We only leave our room to come down and make meals. I guess we've very much unlike her regular tourist guests who spend most of the day out sightseeing around the city.
One of our meal breaks. We found our way downstairs and had a cup (or two)
One of our favorite beers is Hobgoblin Ruby Ale. Hard to find in Canada, but it's made right here in England! We also noticed some other beers from the same brewery that never made it across the pond. King Goblin, a more stronger ale and Black Wych, a stout. So delicious!
On Day Three, we left the AirBnB. Partly because we wanted to explore. But also because we noticed a bug infestation in our room! Beetles everywhere! Some of them were silver.
We just spent the afternoon walking down the boardwalk along the river.
Looks like he got muddy water. He said: 1 + 1 + 1 = 3
lightcycle
Nomad
Salt water waves crash against the walls beneath the boardwalk at high tide
Picture yourself in a boat on a river with tangerine trees and marmalade skies. Full stream ahead, Mr. Boatswain!
A crowd of people stood and stared. He must have been a local. They'd seen his face before. Probably from the House of Lords.
lightcycle
Nomad
A four of fish and finger pies. Hungry for fish and chips now!
Just a lazy day walking up and down these rocks. They get to the bottom and they go back to the top, turn around and go back
Cap off the day at our local pub (there is no shortage around here) to have a pint of dark ale. Loving England!
Although I'm already missing haggis. Haggis and dark ale would go very good together. Tres bien ensemble. Oh haggis, I love you, I love you, I love you! That's all I want to say.
lightcycle
Nomad
Sky of blue, and sea of green. Couple walking along the river bed during low tide
Bright are the stars that shine, dark is the sky
Turns out that bug infestation is not just in our room. It's all over the city.
It's been a good four day's worth of rest and now all our troubles seem so far away. I think we're ready to resume our tour of the UK. We were only waiting for this moment to be free. Just have to hop online and buy some tickets to ride. I just hope that we've staved off the worst of the travel fatigue moving forward.
Oh well. Don't you know it's gonna be... alright.
wildorange
Observer
[YEAR 3!] Quit our jobs, sold our home, gone riding...
Gene,
Some great images of your Liverpool visit.
I've never done Airbnb but I do see the appeal, thanks for sharing & hope you got to visit the Beatles area which is always popular.
Travel fatigue hits us all in various ways, enjoying some downtime is well & truly deserved.
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Gene,
Some great images of your Liverpool visit.
I've never done Airbnb but I do see the appeal, thanks for sharing & hope you got to visit the Beatles area which is always popular.
Travel fatigue hits us all in various ways, enjoying some downtime is well & truly deserved.
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Nd4SpdSe
Adventurer, eh?
I'm disappointed. You didn't recognise the StarGate....
You need to change the title...it's still on "YEAR 3"
unkamonkey
Explorer
It's good that you are back. We were all worried about the 2 of you.
lightcycle
Nomad
Oh yeah! There it is!
You need to change the title...it's still on "YEAR 3"
Yeah, I tried changing it on the first post, but it still shows up as YEAR 3 on the title. I guess it's permanent. *shrug*