Lentine came to Backroads fresh from a four-year cycling journey through Southeast Asia, where she gained the kind of global perspective that only two-wheeled travel can provide. She loves sharing this insight, and she does so often with our guests. For four years, Lentine led trips in Italy, Hawaii, California and the Pacific Northwest. When she's not living out of her suitcase (she's still trying to get to that seventh continent, by the way) she calls the west coast home and can be found training and racing (she's an elite multisport athlete), developing recipes, photographing and writing about her adventures. She's also a former professional athlete, yoga teacher and classically trained pastry chef. Follow her work (she’s an internationally published freelance food and travel writer) on her blog: www.lentinealexis.com.