Distance: 101.8 km Ridetime: 5:34:22 Average: 18.0 km/h Total distance: 1255 km Even if you are a very positive thinking person as I try to be, it would be hard to say something nice about today’s weather; Wet, cold and dangerously foggy. But, what the day lacked in terms of cycling was fully compensated in [ Read More ]
0 km Even though I more or less knew what to expect as I entered Auswitz, it still hit me hard mentally to see all the evil actions of the Nazi regime displayed in such a direct way. And as if Auswitz in itself was not enough, the visit to nearby Birkenau made an even [ Read More ]
0 km I don’t know why, but in my thoughts Krakow had turned into the first big milestone of the trip. For that reason it felt really good to be walking around it’s streets. At noon I met with Agnieszka who had agreed to show me around the old city center. And how beautiful it [ Read More ]
Distance: 118.6 km Ridetime: 5:42:17 Average: 20.5 km/h Total distance: 1153 km After a good nights sleep in Gliwice it was time to continue to Krakow. The surroundings are still very industrial, even if I try to find the smallest roads on my map. Again today there was a lot of traffic on narrow roads. [ Read More ]
Distance: 76.1 km Ridetime: 3:38:27 Average: 21.0 km/h Total distance: 1032 km Maybe it was the strong espresso that Ewa made before I left in the morning, but even after going out last night I had the fastest day on the trip with a 21 km/h average speed today. I also passed the first 1000 [ Read More ]
Distance: 86.9 km Ridetime: 4:19:26 Average: 20.0 km/h Total distance: 955 km Some great riding today. Either I’m getting into shape or the wind came from the right direction. The 86 km went by quickly and without much effort. The part of Poland I’m entering is much more industrialised compared to the days before. No [ Read More ]
A rather cold and cloudy day in otherwise beautiful Wroclaw
Distance: 131.9 km Ridetime: 6:51:15 Average: 19.0 km/h Total distance: 869 km It was indeed another very cold morning. This time several degrees below freezing. Again I was a little surprised I had actually felt so warm at night. Having a good sleeping bag and a good tent certainly pays. It only took a couple [ Read More ]
Distance: 134.8 km Ridetime: 7:20:00 Average: 18.0 km/h Total distance: 737 km The outside temperature was -1° this morning which was actually a bit of a surprise since I was feeling warm and comfortable in my sleeping bag. It was quite cold to pack everything together but after an hour on the bike the sun [ Read More ]
Distance: 104.2 km Ridetime: 5:41:013 Average: 18.0 km/h Total distance: 602 km It was both hard and easy to leave Berlin. Hard because I would have liked to stay longer, but easy because the weather was great and I was feeling recharged after some very nice days there. After having watched the football game between [ Read More ]
