About us
Our story together
The meeting
First and obvious, when we met at Riga for the first time. It was the beginning of Summer on 2011 and I had been traveling around Europe for 6 months: backpacking, couchsurfing and hitchhiking.
Before leaving Riga behind me and continuing my travels, I suggested her to join me during her holidays. I had planned the Ukrainian visit on those dates, so having a Russian speaker with me would be a great improvement in my ability to communicate with the locals.
– And, by the way Ilze, you should know that after traveling with me you will quit your job and join me.
– Yes, sure…
One month later we met at Poland, where our joint adventure started.
– Did you get ready your resignation letter?
– Yes, sure…
The adventure
After 2 weeks traveling we had end up in Croatia. The weather has betrayed us in Ukraine, so we just decided to hitchhike for the Sun; going South to the Mediterranean appeared to us as the best idea. That was the moment for saying goodbye: she had to come back to work and I would continue by myself traveling around the Balkans.
We were hitchhiking to Budapest, from where she would take a flight to Riga and I would thumb up to Serbia. But destiny has a different idea, we left late Croatia the evening before the flight, god stucked in the border and lost her flight for a a couple of hours.
– See Ilze, I had been telling you, you have to come with me…
– Yes, sure… I have to go to work!
Two hours later, Ilze checking last minute flights and getting scared of the prices, I volunteered to hitchhike with her to Riga. Her YES, I WANT didn’t take long. 48 hours later we were at Riga, where she quit her job and joined me on our travels.
– I told you!
And so it was. That story took us around the world together for years, all the way to the end of the bike trip — a beautiful chapter, and a huge part of this journey.