Two Wheels, Four Paws, One Journey

We are Vero and Nala: biped and quadruped, travel companions ever since that little Sicilian furball left her life as a street dog to join my family.
Since then, she’s simply changed her mode of transport: from the road… to the road, but on two wheels.
She in her little trailer, me on my bike.
With Nala, it was love at first sight. At least for me.

Nala

Today she’s a medium-sized mixed breed with honey-colored fur, nine years full of energy, and a personality all her own:

unconditional love for snow and fresh grass
a deep dislike of water, especially salty
a few natural dreads near her ears, which she proudly defends

She’s curious, enthusiastic, and always ready to remind me that the world should be sniffed first, above all else.

Vero

The truth is, I’ve never had a clear answer to this question.
I’ve never chased a straight career path or a definite life purpose: I’ve always trusted my curiosity, embraced changes in direction, and followed the need to try new experiences, to learn, and to keep moving.
In short, I’m addicted to travel.

As soon as I had the chance, in 2007 I began chasing the horizon astride a bicycle, with just the essentials and a bundle of dreams packed into my panniers.

Since then, I’ve never stopped.

Pedals & Steps: A Life in Motion

Over the years, I’ve traveled by bike and on foot, both alone and with Nala, across continents, cultures, and vastly different climates.
Each journey has taught me something—about the road, about others, and about myself.

Milestones and Miles

2007 – Sicily by bike
2009 – New Zealand on foot
2010 & 2011 – Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Borneo, and Indonesia by bike (10 months)
2012 – Northeastern Italy by bike and on foot
2012 – Albania by bike
2013 – Norway by bike
2014 – Crossing the Apennines by bike (North to South)
2015 – Morocco by bike
2015 – The Andes by bike (Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Northern Argentina)
2016 – South Africa and Lesotho by bike
2017 – Via Silente by bike (first trip with Nala)
2017 – Andalusia and Castilla La Mancha by bike
2018 – Lombardy, Flanders, Switzerland, Namibia by bike
2019 – NoPlansJourney – Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republic, and Austria by bike (1 year)
2020 – Sicily Divide by bike
2021 – Georgia and Turkey by bike
2022 – Jordan by bike
2023 – Peloponnese and Crete by bike
2024 – From Italy to Kyrgyzstan by bike and back by train

Each place left us something.
Every encounter added a new chapter.
Every climb reminded us of who we are.

The Spirit of Our Travels

For us, traveling means:

going slowly when everyone else is rushing
choosing the side roads, the ones that sometimes don’t even appear on the map
meeting people and listening to their stories
learning from the road, every single day
feeling light and fre
lletting yourself be surprised every day
not racing, not counting kilometers: just living

Cycling is a mix of contrasting emotions, and it’s precisely from that combination that you discover who you truly are.

The Heart of It All

There is only one kind of success: making your life what you truly desire.
(Thoreau understood it long before any of us.)

And since life has a 100% mortality rate, we might as well focus on living it.
Truly.

BikeWithoutBorder was born to tell this story:
tales from the road, of bikes, of footsteps, of landscapes, and of connections.
Our life without borders, one pedal and one paw at a time.