Information: The original language of this blog is German. Any other language is translated using DEEPL's machine translation (www.deepl.com), without proofreading.

Europe

Borders in the Balkans

 
10 June 2022 / David & Regula / Tags: Albania, Cycling, Europe, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia

By crossing the border from Greece to Albania, we entered a new world. Both the mosques and the countless small, well-kept farmlands changed the landscape. On the roads we saw horse-drawn carts, the family cow and countless Mercedes cars of all ages and conditions. By the way: Officially Albania is the country with the highest Mercedes density! Our non-representative traffic count one morning indicated that about 2/3 of all cars are Mercedes.

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Giro d Italia

 
16 May 2022 / David & Regula / Tags: Cycling, Europe, Greece, Italy

The weather forecast for the days after our sightseeing in Rome was rainy and unsettled, especially in the mountains. We therefore opted for a less spectacular route through the lowlands. We were able to avoid the rain well, but not the surprisingly strong headwind.

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All roads lead to Rome

 
4 May 2022 / David & Regula / Tags: Cycling, Europe, Italy

… also a bike path leads along the river Tiber into the middle of the city. David navigated us confidently here and through the hustle and bustle. Yesterday we arrived in Rome and were lucky to spend the night a little outside the city with a host from Warmshowers (platform for bike travelers).

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