Some journeys do not begin with plane tickets, hotel bookings, or a carefully planned route. They begin much earlier — with a quiet feeling that the road means something more to you than simply getting from point A to point B.
That is exactly how it started for us.
My name is Bohdan, my wife is Anna, and with us is our small but very important family member — Nika, our dachshund. We are a young family from Ukraine, and a little over two years ago, we moved to Canada. If I had to put it simply, this website was born out of a love for the road, for time spent together, and for those moments you do not just want to live through, but also remember and keep close.
How Our Love for the Road Began
We have always loved being on the road together. Even the simplest drives felt special to us. Maybe everyone has felt it at least once — a few hours ahead of you, a warm coffee in your hand, your favorite music playing, and the view outside slowly changing: towns, fields, people, weather, light, mood. Nothing extraordinary seems to be happening, and yet those are the moments when the best conversations happen, the warmest memories are made, and that feeling of freedom we love so much quietly settles in.
At one point, some of our favorite trips were the short drives to Anna’s parents. It was only about 150 kilometers, around two hours on the road — nothing dramatic, nothing huge. But over time, even those small drives became a ritual of our own. A new playlist before leaving. A coffee stop at the last gas station on the way out of town. A medium latte. The same familiar road, open fields, little villages, changing light, different seasons, different weather — and somehow that same road never felt exactly the same twice.
At first glance, it was just an ordinary highway. But for us, it was never just a road. It always knew how to surprise us. In the morning, it felt one way. In the evening, another. In summer, it carried one mood. In winter, a completely different one. And I think that was when we first truly understood that the value of a journey is not always in the distance. Sometimes, it is in the way you experience the road itself.
The Evening That Changed Everything
Around the same time, we discovered Top Gear in a completely different way. Before that, like for many people, it had mostly been a show about cars. But little by little, we started seeing something more in it — especially in those special episodes where three friends set off on road trips through some of the most incredible places in the world.
We watched those episodes with excitement, with genuine joy, and with a lot of inspiration. But there was also a little sadness in it, because back then those kinds of adventures felt far away from ordinary life. They felt beautiful and exciting, but almost untouchable — the kind of thing you admire on a screen, not something you imagine happening to you.
Until one evening changed everything.
It was an ordinary Saturday. A new episode, a quiet home, the usual cozy feeling. And then suddenly, we were watching a story about a road that was not on the other side of the world, but relatively close to us — in a neighboring country. It was the Transfăgărășan.
We were completely glued to the screen. For a full hour, we did not want to miss a single second. It was not just another beautiful road. It had everything that spoke to us: the scale, the curves, the scenery, the sense of adventure, the feeling of a real journey. And by the end of the episode, when it was called one of the best roads in the world, we already knew one thing for sure: we wanted to see it with our own eyes.
That was the moment when it became something bigger for us. Not just a wish to visit a new place, but a real love for road trips as a way of living, feeling, discovering the world, and discovering ourselves in it.
Why This Blog Needed to Exist
Of course, inspiration alone is not a route. Once we started planning that trip, we quickly ran into reality: finding truly useful, honest, and well-organized information was not easy at all. There was a lot online, but not much of it was actually helpful. We kept running into shallow articles, overly promotional lists, loud recommendations without real substance, and beautiful descriptions with very little practical value. Sorting through all of it took time, energy, and patience.
And what we wanted was actually simple: to understand how to build the route properly, where it was worth stopping, what truly should not be missed, where to eat well, where to stay overnight, which places would work for traveling with a dog, which roads made more sense, how not to miss anything important, and at the same time how not to spend more than necessary.
At some point, we realized that what we were really missing was not another polished article, but a normal, human source of information — something created by people who had already done the trip themselves, gathered everything in one place, and shared it honestly.
Maybe that was the first moment the idea appeared. One day, we would love to create something like that too. A place built not on random internet advice, but on real routes, genuine impressions, useful details, notes from the road, small discoveries, mistakes, lessons learned, and all the things that actually help make a trip better.
At the time, it was only an idea. More of a dream than a plan. We did not yet have enough experience, a long list of trips, or tens of thousands of kilometers behind us. But the thought stayed with us.
Then Canada Became Part of the Story
And then Canada entered our lives.
A new country, immigration, another language, another culture, new rules, a completely different pace of life — all of it was exciting and difficult at the same time. But along with that came another strong feeling: we had found ourselves in a country that almost seemed made for the road. A country of huge distances, incredible nature, long highways, mountains, lakes, national parks, small towns, and routes you want to keep discovering again and again.
That was where the old dream started to take real shape.
Over time, we gained more experience, more trips, more stories, more photos, and more useful notes and recommendations that we had tested for ourselves. We drove many kilometers, saw many beautiful places, made mistakes here and there, found real hidden gems, learned how to plan better, and sometimes learned when to leave room for spontaneity instead.
That is how this blog was born.
What You Will Find Here
We did not create this website just to post pretty travel photos. And we did not create it to act like we have all the answers. Quite the opposite — we want this to be an honest, living, useful space for people who love the road the way we do, who are looking for new routes, planning their own adventures, or simply dreaming of traveling more.
Here, we will share real trips, tested routes, honest impressions, memorable places, practical tips, planning details, and all the things we once wished we could find in one place.
Maybe this website will help someone follow a route that has already been tested and make their own trip a little easier. Maybe it will inspire someone to get in the car for the first time, grab a coffee, turn on a favorite playlist, and drive toward new landscapes. Or maybe someone will find here not only useful information, but also that familiar feeling we all love so much about travel — the moment when the road becomes a part of you.
For us, this story did not begin in Canada. But Canada became the place where it found its continuation, and the meaning we want to share with others.
So, welcome.
We are truly happy to begin this journey with you.
And in the next story, we will tell you about the trip where it all truly began for us — the road that once felt distant and almost unreachable, but later became our first great adventure: the Transfăgărășan.
