--- title: "The Blog" url: https://adventurouslucy.com/the-blog1/page/2/ description: "Every entry from the Adventurous Lucy journal, newest first: the Te Araroa run, the LEJOG ride and the Europe and North America travels." published: 2014-09-09 updated: 2014-09-09 author: "Lucy Clark" --- # The Blog By Lucy Clark · Published 2014-09-09 Follow my day to day adventures — the Te Araroa run, the Lands End to John O’Groats ride and four months wandering Europe and North America. Page 2 of 5, newest first. ## In and out of Bratislava By Lucy Clark·1 min read·[Europe](https://adventurouslucy.com/the-blog1/categories/__europe/) After a great few days in Budapest, we made a quick stop over in Bratislava en-route to Prague. Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and... ## Brilliant Budapest By Tommy Wright·4 min read·[Europe](https://adventurouslucy.com/the-blog1/categories/__europe/) We spent 2.5 days in Budapest and by golly it was good! Neither of us had been there before and only heard stories of mad stag dos and of... ## Annecy By Tommy Wright·5 min read·[Europe](https://adventurouslucy.com/the-blog1/categories/__europe/) As we sit at the airport, waiting for our flight to Hungary, we look back at our journey across Western Europe and say goodbye to the fir... ## Now for the French Alps By Lucy Clark·3 min read·[Europe](https://adventurouslucy.com/the-blog1/categories/__europe/) After our magical week in Switzerland, we headed just over the border into the French Alps. First stop, Chamonix. Chamonix is, as I am su... ## Fresh air in the Alps By Tommy Wright·3 min read·[Europe](https://adventurouslucy.com/the-blog1/categories/__europe/) It is our last night in our cozy chalet in Switzerland and have just sipped our last glass of wine following a day of trekking around som... ## The Swiss Alps By Lucy Clark·1 min read·[Europe](https://adventurouslucy.com/the-blog1/categories/__europe/) Crisp, fresh air. Blue skies. Green, green grass. Mountains everywhere you look. Welcome to the Swiss Alps. We arrived here on Monday and... ## LEJOG - A summary By Lucy Clark·2 min read·[Cycling the UK](https://adventurouslucy.com/the-blog1/categories/lejog/) Two bikes. 19 days. 2005 miles In May 2014, we quit our professional London jobs to cycle from Lands End to John O'Groats, affectionately... ## Very impressed with Venice By Tommy Wright·4 min read·[Europe](https://adventurouslucy.com/the-blog1/categories/__europe/) Ok chaps, if you have not yet whisked away your loved one to this fine city to wine and dine her, why not? I mean it only took me 30 (+) ... ## Coincidences in Cinque Terre By Lucy Clark·3 min read·[Europe](https://adventurouslucy.com/the-blog1/categories/__europe/) After our flying visit to Rome, we headed to Cinque Terre for a few days. We opted to stay in La Spezia, which is a 6 min train journey aw... ## Rome in a day By Tommy Wright·5 min read·[Europe](https://adventurouslucy.com/the-blog1/categories/__europe/) We are back being travellers and the first city calling for us was Rome, home to the world renowned arena made famous by Russell Crowe. W... ## Tuscany wrap up By Tommy Wright·3 min read·[Europe](https://adventurouslucy.com/the-blog1/categories/__europe/) Today we leave Tuscany. To be honest, it has easily surpassed all other places we have been to, certainly in terms of the experience, foo... ## Routines and Medieval festivals in Tuscany By Lucy Clark·2 min read·[Europe](https://adventurouslucy.com/the-blog1/categories/__europe/) Today marks the 3/4 point in our stay - we can't believe how quickly a week and a half has flown by. We are now well engrained into the T... ## A tough life in Tuscany By Lucy Clark·3 min read·[Europe](https://adventurouslucy.com/the-blog1/categories/__europe/) Life in Tuscany has been very good to us so far and the past 5 days have flown by already. For those of you who don't know, Tom and I are... ## Florence -An Italian Affair By Lucy Clark·3 min read·[Europe](https://adventurouslucy.com/the-blog1/categories/__europe/) 2 ## Hanging out in Hvar By Lucy Clark·2 min read·[Europe](https://adventurouslucy.com/the-blog1/categories/__europe/) 3