0 km After another 10 hours of sleep I took the metro out to the suburbs of Bucharest to meet Jørleif, whose apartment I’m staying in, his wife Liana, and their 5 weeks old daughter Hannelis. We had a very nice dinner of Faroese fish. As Jørleif said, I’d better enjoy because it might be [ Read More ]
0 km After yesterday’s off day I was back in tourist mode, heading out to explore a bit of the city. Bucharest is difficult to describe. A mix of old churches, communist style buildings, and broad boulevards that makes you think of Paris. The Parliament Palace is certainly build to impress but I somehow feel [ Read More ]
0 km While yesterday was gray, cold and foggy, I woke up to this in the morning. How great is it have breakfast outside on a November morning? Otherwise I’m happy to report that I didn’t do anything today. Being constantly bombarded with new impressions on the road, I think both my legs and my [ Read More ]
0 km After a nice breakfast at Andy’s place we headed into town. I was going to meet Jørleif from Faroe Islands who runs a software company in Romania. We met at his office right next to the Parliament Palace, the world second largest building after the Pentagon. Jørleif had hinted that had an empty [ Read More ]
Distance: 108.80 km Ridetime: 5:03:32 Average: 21.4 km/h Total distance: 2351 km My schedule on the road usually consists of three cycling days and one rest day. However, the weather has been so good lately that I have been cycling for the last 7 days. Even though today’s ride was mostly downhill I certainly felt [ Read More ]
Distance: 107.74 km Ridetime: 5:22:52 Average: 20.0 km/h Total distance: 2242 km Another sunny day in Transylvania! It looks like I have found the perfect weather window to cross this mountainous part of Romania before the winter sets in. Riding into the medieval city center of Brasov for lunch was a real treat for the [ Read More ]
Distance: 103.89 km Ridetime: 5:17:20 Average: 19.5 km/h Total distance: 2134 km After a nice breakfast it was time to say goodbye to the wonderful Cotea family in Sibiu. Vigi was cycling with me the first 15 km to show me the way out of the city. The next destination on my inner radar is [ Read More ]
2000 km in 28 days. In Romania I was in a hurry to escape the European winter.
Distance: 103.88 km Ridetime: 5:36:00 Average: 18.5 km/h Total distance: 1957 km The day began with a cold morning which soon turned into a warm day with full sunshine. With such fantastic weather I decided to go cycling and save the glider flight for another time. One of the things a like about cycle touring [ Read More ]
Distance: 68.77 km Ridetime: 2:58:48 Average: 23.0 km/h Total distance: 1853 km In the outskirts of Cluj I passed a small airfield with glider activity. Of couse I had to stop and see how the soaring hobby works in Romania. The first guy I met was a Belgian commercial pilot living for 4 years in [ Read More ]
