On the Eurovelo 6 again

Did I say everything is flat here in this region? Today, we had to climb a total of 1150m. And the highest "peak" was only 160m above sea level. So you can imagine how many hills we had to climb in order to reach the total... In sum, it was a pretty exhausting, rolling section today.
As we expected this, we were on the road by 5:45am and could even admire the sunrise. Morning hours are the best as they are still cool and the colours are beautiful. After almost 60km, we arrived at the Danube river and the Eurovelo 6 again which we left about a month ago. As there's no bridges at this part of the river anymore, we had to cross by ferry.
On the way, we met a French couple who were also biketouring. On the picture below you can see the guy pushing both loaded bikes up a hill while the woman is walking behind. (I'm doing something wrong, Herbert nevers pushes my bike...)
We checked out a lake for some wild camping option. But it didn't look inviting for a swim, so we decided to continue. A day like today without a shower or bath in fresh water was no option. We followed the road along the Danube river which, in this part, forms the border between Ukraine and Romania.
We arrived in Tulcea, a pretty ugly city in general. It's a tourist base for tours in the Danube delta, so at least the harbour is quite busy and kind of pretty. Here, we found a campground with a shower and a washing machine.Leggi altro