Bye bye Athens

Winter break is over and we can finally start cycling again!! Just when we left Crete, a huge snow storm hit Athens. Seems like winter didn’t want to leave so quickly 😅
With a little help of theWeiterlesen
Winter break is over and we can finally start cycling again!! Just when we left Crete, a huge snow storm hit Athens. Seems like winter didn’t want to leave so quickly 😅
With a little help of theWeiterlesen
How good it feels to be in the saddle again… or how painful it feels. 😅 We can’t believe that we will soon depart from the Mediterranean ocean. It has never been very far from our sidesWeiterlesen
We made it to Turkey!!
Cycling into Istanbul was quite traumatising but it was definitely worth it! We fell in love immediately with the busy streets, the beautiful mosques and most of all …. The food! So much streetfoodWeiterlesen
After a rainy cycling day we were rewarded with a natural hot spring. They are abundant here. Then we headed for the mountains with lovely old Ottoman cities. And we were definitely glad that we addedWeiterlesen
While looking for a sleeping place we accidentally ran into a herd of sheep with their shepherd. Without any common language he immediately invited us to set up our tent in his shelter and to haveWeiterlesen
In Ankara we finally got our Iranian Visas! Though we enjoyed our ride through central Anatolia we were longing for some warmer days. Therefore we listened to some good advice and we hopped on a busWeiterlesen
We totally forgot to upload our Turkish foodprint. So far our culinary highlight! So many truly good kebabs, Lamacun, köfte, gözleme, soups, baklava, ice cream… and the list goes on and on… 🤤
What started with a friendly chai with Hasan turned into dinner, then a dry and warm sleeping place and even breakfast. Thank you so much Hasan for letting us sleep in the olive press factory andWeiterlesen
Somehow we cannot fully escape the snow. In the Mountains we were hit again with snowstorms. Luckily, Mehmet and his family found us outside of their village and invited us to a lovely dinner, aWeiterlesen
ReisenderWir hatten nicht so viel Scnee 😭😩 Viel Spass bei der Weiterfahrt. Wir sind alle gespannt wie eure Strecke weiter geht 👍
Krass schon 6000km :) Ich wünsche Euch eine gute Reise und gehe davon aus, dass Ihr immer noch per Du seit :) Machts gut. Liebe Grüsse Ruedi [Ruedi]