One comment before we start: if you really want to read the entire blog, then scroll to the bottom of the start page and click the button labelled “View all posts”. Alternatively, you can expand the individual posts by clicking on “Read more”, this will expand the day – however, the following day will be Continue reading

Floating On As I have already biked the Semmering and the Wechsel mountains south of Vienna several times, I decided to take an early train (at 6 am) from Vienna to Graz and at around 9 am, I was already on the saddle. I am not a fan of big cities and getting out of Continue reading

Dancing with the…Foxes I slept rather well, much longer that I had intended to. It was only around 8 am that I got ready, went to check out and there four Hungarian biker ladies were having their breakfast. We talked for quite a while, exchanging information about the roads (we were headed the opposite direction). Continue reading

The Sailor Went to See the Sea The day started a bit grim, perhaps due to my mood, I had not had one of the best nights ever behind me – but, luckily, I did not get wet. After packing up my tent, I reached the town of Kocevje, where I had a big breakfast Continue reading

Prekomorska Gibanica (yummy!) Early in the morning, I packed my stuff and rode down to the coast for yet another refreshing swim, it was an amazing experience having swam in the sea by 7:30 in the morning. I felt very jealous for all those living next to the coast – according to Google, 40% of Continue reading

East Istria The breakfast at the resort was delicious, I made sure to replenish my belly with a large omelet, fruits, cheese, etc, etc. Then it was time to go swimming, the water was really nice, with a rocky beach, which I prefer to sand. We also went walking, like hundreds of others do on Continue reading

Viva la Liberta My parents were off for an early start on a bus tour of the Istrian peninsula, so we said our good-byes and I continued with the bike trip – but not without taking a big breakfast at the hotel. First, it was a very steep climb back from the coast to the Continue reading

The Blue of the Adria I guess this whole adventure was about freedom – pictures tell thousand words, as they say, just look at this: I started the day with a nice swim (of course), then I was off in the direction of Medulin, which, to my surprise, is a popular tourist destination. The beaches Continue reading

Swimming and a Bit of Slacking In the morning, I was in no hurry to leave the camping – I took close to an hour to swim around the small island I had pitched my tent on. I left only at 1 pm, so it was not the longest of all my biking trips – Continue reading

The Piran Experience Back to Slovenia – this could be the theme of the day. I soon got back to the main road, the border crossing with eternal traffic jams, but as a biker, there was no waiting for me. A few weeks prior to this, I crossed here with Caroline by car, we had Continue reading

What Happens in Venice… I took the early train (6 am or so) from Triest to Venezia SL, reaching there just a few minutes before Caroline. It was great to meet each other. We were booked on a small hotel near a beach on Lido de Venezia and spent 4 nice days, three of these Continue reading

Bella Italia Well, Verona is a city which I have visited earlier, but it does not hurt to do a refresher, does it? But this was not before having a breakfast at the house of my host – very Italian, pastries, croissant and lots of coffee. We chatted for a while in broken English and Continue reading

Dancing with the Wolves (I’d preferred foxes) No more signs of clouds on this nice, crisp morning, by 7:30, I was packed up, ready for the day ahead. I soon reached the next town, called Casalmaggiore, was amazed to see the large dome, the imposant town square, the narrow streets and many other churches. Again, Continue reading

Under the Tuscan Sun (and Moon) Yes, I was quite glad to be well and alive in the morning – no wolf bothered me that night. Still, I thought it would be a good idea to be out of there as soon as possible, so I woke up around 5 am and took a recording Continue reading

Lazy in Liguria The beach at the campground turned out to be my absolute favorite one, so I woke up with the rising sun and went in for a long swim, from something like 6 am to 7 am. By 8 in the morning, I was packed up and ready to leave. Oh, BTW, here Continue reading

Goodbye Bella Italia, Bonjour France I recall I woke up only around 8, and from the roof of the hotel with partial sea-view, I had a very good breakfast, with an omelette, prosciutto, fruits, jams – it was definitely worth the extra Eur 5 – I think I consumed about three times as much… In Continue reading

Lukewarm Not sure why no one else decided to camp out there on the deck – it is really pleasant, the mild rocking of the boat, the monotonous vibration of the engines, the light wind made it to be a relatively good night – relatively, as there was still quite a lot of people moving Continue reading

Falling in Love (with an Island) My mood improved after a good night’s sleep, plus I sensed that – at least what the weather is concerned – this will be a better day. The view was quite spectacular that morning. “Oh my”, I was thinking, “I will have to ride all the way there, till Continue reading

Where Time Stands Still The first thing after packing my stuff was to pump up the wheel to the fullest, I knew I had work coming up with it. This day turned out to be one of the most beautiful ones on the entire trip. I was up in the mountains, riding through the small Continue reading

Garbage Removal by Chopper I knew a strong climb lay ahead of me, so I was already in the saddle by 6 am, with practically no traffic and lots of green. The morning was just breaking. I reached the pass at Palmarella Pass (406m) just before 8 am. Short of the pass, I heard the Continue reading

The Napoleon Roller Coaster The evening I went to sleep I discovered the campsite had washing machines – unfortunately, I was not able to use them the previous night, so I waited for the reception to open and was happily washing away at 7 am. After all the swimming (and, admittedly, sweating), it was nice Continue reading

Dinosaurus & Dog Rocks Around the end of the previous day, I passed some brown signs saying “Archeological Site Filitosa”. I saw this more than once and my Michelin map gave it 2 (or was it 3?) stars. I researched a bit on the internet, it is a megalithic site with a history of about Continue reading

From Sea to the Summit A beach was only a kilometer or so away from the campground, descended there and was in for another disappointment – it was shallow waters, no waves – still, this time I went in for a plunge. Now I headed back toward Bonifacio, first, I spotted the island of Sardinia, Continue reading

Of Men and Pork & Cows & Goats It took me forever to pull myself together, I recall waking up close to 8 am (I had planned to be on the saddle by like an hour earlier) and then took a long shower, putting my things together – it was only about 10 am that Continue reading

Locomotive The ferry left right on time, at 9 pm, the previous night and it pulled in to Genoa on schedule, at 7 am. I did not sleep all too well, despite the fact that I was quite exhausted from the previous day. After disembarking, I rode directly to the train station, taking a picture Continue reading