Welcome to the flatlands
(Nederlandse versie, na de foto’s) Physically, the last couple of days have been along the hardest I’ve ever experienced, and I’ve experienced some during my lifetime. Heavy snow, strong headwinds, sub-zero temperatures, rain, rain, and, I almost forgot, rain. I knew beforehand that crossing the Alps would not be a walk around the park, climbing […]
Every 1000km a shower…
Sounds like a great deal to me. Strange, one of the many goals of this trip was to clear my head, to relax, a mental detox so to speak. Cycling 10+ hours a day is not the best way to achieve detoxation however. Yesterday, after cycling till way after dark, I fell asleep on a […]
The Alps! I missed you buddies.
After almost one cloudless week, the big orange ball has disappeared. In stead, wet stuff comes falling down from the skies. Not much, but I liked the orange ball better. Ironically, while I should finally be able to see the snow covered summits of the Alps, grey rainclouds are blocking the view. Currently I’m in […]
Hot, hilly and organized countries.
After a couple of days on the road, my leather brooks saddle and my butt are becoming buddies (pun intended). So far, no flats, no blisters, no issues whatsoever. Just a few friendly honks by truckdrivers while cyclling on busy roads serving as shortcuts (honking means ‘we love you, please stay on this road forever […]
Finally… on the road!
Typing my first update of, my route towards sustainability, from a McDonald’s wifi signal just feels, uhm, wrong (please don’t block my signal). This will be a short post, but it was about time I posted ‘something’, anything Packing for for a long trip is always stressfull; did I bring enough? Or, more importantly did […]
