Tag Archives: cycling across europe
Archives: Lisbon – Istanbul 2010, Istanbul
July 29th, 2010 WE’RE HERE!! We arrived in Istanbul yesterday afternoon after a long and hellish day coming from Tekirdag. About 30km after we left Tekirdag, Caroline suggested that instead of waiting for the traffic to die down on the way to Istanbul and having to spend another night sleeping at a gas station, we […]
Archives: Lisbon – Istanbul 2010, Greece and Turkey
July 27th 2010 Well, this update will be the final one from the road if things go according to plan. We had two great rest days in Komotini in the sweltering heat (topped out at 43 degrees one day according to a pharmacy´s thermometer), chilled out for a day on the beach and swam for […]
Archives: Lisbon – Istanbul 2010, Greece: Why it hates us
July 23rd, 2010 This update is a special one, comprising a list of things of things that can kill/maim/cause considerable harm or otherwise greatly impede your progress when cycling through Greece: 1) Bees: Within our first 30km in Greece, Colin was stung by a bee. Not knowing if he was allergic he went to the […]
Archives: Lisbon – Istanbul 2010, Albania
July 16th, 2010 Day 55 – Left Campsite at Ulcinj, Montenegro early and cycled a beautiful, quiet and narrow road through rural Montenegro to the new joint border crossing with Albania (inaugurated just last year in June). On the way to the border, we got lots of waves, honks and smiles from farmers and other […]
Seeking the Steeps 