A very long downhill ride

15km of consistent climbing followed by a 50km downhill - that's how we like it! In general, it was pretty cold today. We are really surprised by our European summer. However, for cycling, it'sRead more
15km of consistent climbing followed by a 50km downhill - that's how we like it! In general, it was pretty cold today. We are really surprised by our European summer. However, for cycling, it'sRead more
A new day, a new climb. This time, a bit steeper than yesterday. The road we took is called "Trans-Rarau" and the views are stunning! We cycled 600m uphill in under 1h30m and as there was a littleRead more
As expected, we were surrounded by fog in the morning. So we packed up our wet tent, had breakfast and hit the road. Soon, we arrived at the National Park entrance as we had taken a wrong turn. ARead more
When we woke up, it was raining. So we stayed a bit longer in the tent. Once it stopped, we quickly packed up and descended to Miercurea Ciuc where we had our breakfast in the town center.
As soon asRead more
It rained all night, so we woke up quite often from the noise of the rain on the tent. In the morning, we had a short dry window to pack the tent, have breakfast and leave the campground.
Then itRead more
As the Republic of Moldova is still closed for tourism, we decided to do a little detour to the Danube delta at the Black Sea. Furthermore, the weather at the sea is usually better 😉
But thisRead more
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 inRead more
After two long days, we had a short one today. We cycled to Murighiol from where we want to take a boat trip in the delta area. It was a little cloudy, so the temperature was ok. The landscape here isRead more
Our boat trip in the Danube delta started at 6am. It's definitely the best time to see the animals. We had booked a 3 hour tour around some lakes with our campground hosts and it was absolutelyRead more
Enough time spent in the coastal area, it's time to get back to the mountains! Looking forward to a mosquito - free time again 😉
We knew we had a long day ahead of us, so we left at 6:30am withoutRead more