Thank you all for the great responses, I truly envy europe as the towns there are close together so easy to take a break. Here in Canada, the towns are far between. one example in banff, Saskatchewan crossing (small convenience town) to town of Jasper is about 238 km, and nothing between except the occasional campgrounds.

I am a fan of old world architecture, not modern architecture so Europe is probably on my bucket list some day. Modern architecture is too bland and dull for me.

Another example of distance, is Calgary to Tofino, b.c (To touch the pacific ocean) is 1270 km (14 hours by car) probably more km by bike as I don't think I would ride bicycle on the Coquihalla highway.
In Europe, for that much distance, you probably cross 4 different countries, with 4 different culture, architecture, landscape, and food.

Oh well, to each his own. One day I will partake in that challenge of taking a bike trip to truly explore my home country.

wrldtraveller.