Journey to myself

I woke up in my room at the bike academy in Lüleburgaz. After a couple of days in Türkiye, I noticed that the sun rises around 8am – now I understand, why I have been sleeping longer, than usual. While bikepacking my body clock had adjusted to the cycle of the sun – I wake…

I woke up in my room in Lüleburgaz around 8am. Gil and me had breakfast and a slow start in the day. The world outside looked moody, grey and rainy. I was undecided, if I should stay another night or leave the academy behind. I wanted to talk to Inanc about my route though, so…

I woke up on the couch at my dear host family’s place in Kurtbey. It was fairly late when I opened my eyes – 8am, usually I get up at 6:30/7am, I guess I had to catch up on some sleep, after all the excitement during the last few days. When I walked into the…

I woke up on the couch of my Turkish host family in Kurtbey. From the comfort of my bed, I could see the powerful wind sweeping, through the village. In the kitchen Nermin had prepared Turkish breakfast – feta, olives, pickled tomatoes, tomato sauce, fried potatoes, eggs, delicious honey, served with warm bread and tea…

I woke up in the tent at the campsite in Alexandroupoli. With the new Schwalbe tyres in my hands, I felt optimistic – “unplattbar” – unflatable – is their advertising. So bring it on Schwalbe tyres! After having breakfast and coffee, I started installing them. Once again inflating the tyres, felt like a torture for…

I woke up in my tent between olive trees close to Aegiros. I ate porridge and slurped on my morning coffee, watching the colours of the sky change. Checking the tyres of my bike, I was horrified, that once again, both tyres were deflated. I tried my best to stay composed and put myself to…

I woke up in my tent at the beach in Palio. The beach was deserted and calm. Sleeping at the sea put me in a melancholic mood, the waves clashing, reminded me to the sounds of the Pacific Ocean in Australia and with that to my friends and my cat. I walked to the edge…

Jonty and me woke up in our tents in Paralia Ofryniou. The sky looked moody above the sea, rain was predicted. It had already rained during the night, due to that I wanted to move my tent under the beach umbrellas, while moving the tent, one of the tent poles snapped. I was devastated and…

Jonty and me woke up in our tents in Kleidion. We ate breakfast and got our bikes ready for departure. It was about 37km to Thessaloniki. Thessaloniki at last! Since I had decided in North Macedonia to go back to Albania, instead of going straight to Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki had been in the back of my…

I woke up in Georgios‘ stone hut at the foot of mount Olympus in Leptokarya. We sipped on Greek coffee, while Georgios cooked a huge mouthwatering breakfast for me – potato omelette and crumbed feta. Georgios used to own a restaurant, hence everything he prepared was delicious. Afterwards I said my farewells to dear Georgios…