To Pendalofos
The first 10km were to cycle around the half island of Kastoria. Flat, easy going and cold in the shadows. But with beautiful mood. Depending when you got there you might be able to visit some of the caves that … Read More »
Trips & stuff about cycling
2016 – start of the open end trip… as long as I will enjoy it!
The first 10km were to cycle around the half island of Kastoria. Flat, easy going and cold in the shadows. But with beautiful mood. Depending when you got there you might be able to visit some of the caves that … Read More »
Waking up with a blue sky is always nice… 🙂 It took some time to let the tent a bit dry… but I am not in a hurry… The main direction was the lakes before Florina and the waterfall at … Read More »
The day was much different then the previous ones. Starting with grey sky and low temperature, I first needed to go to a coffee and write some postcards. Then of course find the stamp and where to let them down. … Read More »
Staying one day in Thessaloniki
After a fabulous sunny day yesterday, the morning was much more cloudy and I wasn’t first sure how it would end… So I after breakfast, I packed my stuff and enjoyed the first 7km down… with tailwind 🙂 It was … Read More »
It started with muuuuch sleep since long. Which meant as well, that i started late. And that the wind had risen already. But it was sunny, the temperatures were somewhere around 20°C and the road was clear: Kavala. Interesting point: … Read More »
The day started beautifully after the huge bill of the hotel. Yes, I am not in Bulgaria, Serbia, or Romania. The prices are nearly as high as in Germany. The road was fun. Few traffic, quite flat, nearly no wind. … Read More »
Based on the weather forecast that I would encounter some headwind. But it should be ok. I first had to search for a local Bulgarian operator to be sure that I wouldn’t let any debts with the prepaid contract. And … Read More »
The day started quite with high fog or smog… both possible. So first alittle discover of the town, but the visibility wasn’t best for pictures. I knew the day would be a bit of climbing.. but again 1100m? And i … Read More »
Some impression of a short way to the 2nd largest city of Bulgaria and former capital…. The night was ok… never saw such a less expensive breakfast: large scramble eggs plate incl hacked tomatoes, ham, cheese for less then one … Read More »
The two highlights of the day were the arriving of the fall colours and the caves of Bacho Kiro. Interestingly, my right knee was hurting the first 10km again…. and the physical pain vanished later. Tommorow will start with a … Read More »
After a rainy night (lucky me I had a room), and a nearly blue sky…my mood isn’t there where I wishedto be… unfortunately, I discussion with someone I started to care much turned bad… Hopefully words, time and cycling will … Read More »
Even the last time I controlled yesterday the temperature, it was below 5°C , the night inside the sleeping bag was to warm. But quite… the truck of the 500+m away road were not load, and there was no noise … Read More »
Frankly said, I had a wrong idea of Ruse as “only” a factory city. But my always laughing and friendly host did show me the city and surrounding. I’m Positively impressed. And when we came back, her mother had cook … Read More »
Well… the day started quite on strange way: I had prepared some of my luggage and wanted to finish by packing the new bought coffee powder into small bags to put them then back into the coffe box. I wasn’t … Read More »
I woke up first at 2am… as I had a visit during the night. First, I only heard like someone walking over the leaves… quite scarying in that moment, especially because my eyes were covered and I couldn’t recognise if there … Read More »
The day started very very slowly in the tent, inside of a very warm sleeping bag 😍 surrounded by 8°C air… In summary: I Never would have thought that it would demand more than 1200m of climbing in one day near … Read More »
Edit: just wanted to thanks the two Romanian guys who brought me from the airport to the Hotel! It was a real pleasure to meet you! You confirmed my experience that most Romanian people are really kind and friendly. Thanks! … Read More »
We were hoping for good weather conditions and were surprised…. First because we expected sunny weather but it stayed quite cloudy – without any drop of rain. Secondly because we had all day tailwind. One knows how it’s then much … Read More »
We took quite long to decide if we would stay one more day or continue. Pro staying : may be bad weather Pro leaving: bad hotel, boring street, may be other bad weather day later, loosing a joker day, to … Read More »
We didn’t know if the weather would be rainy or not…. but we knew: cold and head wind. We started at 8°C and with some drops… The first 10km where on something like a highway… not very nice…but without alternative … Read More »
We tried it: after two days of resting, we decide to give it a try as the weather forecast was favourable. And it was! Tail wind, sunny weather but a bit cold. It was our first day in Romania. With … Read More »
Waking up today was a bit more difficult: the night temperature was near to the under limit of the sleeping back. I will have to switch it. But then, the view was nice… Bulgaria (and Romania) is one hour ahead … Read More »
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