Thassos – Istanbul, 19.10-04.11.2016, 5199km
**Welcome to Asia** Before I left Thassos on Sunday, 21. Oct, I went on a small hiking trip and then enjoyed cycling flat roads. In Thassos I passed marble quarries and Thassos' marble is considered among the whitest in the world. Mostly I followed the coastline and the night from…
Bucharest – Bulgaria – Thassos, 6.10-18.10.2016, 4657km
**Welcome autumn, welcome rain** On Thursday, 6th October, after 3.5 weeks home in Berlin with some hitchhiking trips, I returned to Bucharest. Until Monday when I left I went out with Sorin – to friends of his, bars and a concert. On 10th October it was on again: I packed…
Brasov – Bucharest, 3988km, 1.9 – 12.9.2016
After finishing Transfagarasan I planned to visit Brasov. Cycling was very nice because the quality of the road was really good so I could cycle fast. But the best was definitely the smell of the nature: The approaching autumn gabe its odour to the falling leaves and on the other…
Transalpina & Transfagarasan, 3633km, 26.8 – 31.8.2016
**Up, up and up** As mentioned in the previous post I didn't find any place to stay in Sibiu. So I decided to drive around this town taking the Transalpina from North to South and Transfagarasan from South to North. It would be exhausting but my curiosity won. A good…
Targu Mures – Cluj – Alba Iulia, 3169km, 19.8 – 25.8.2016
**A little tour to little towns** On Friday, 19th August, I spent the morning with some maintenance of my bicycle. I changed the break that we only on 30% when I started in Berlin could have made some 100km more, oiled the chain, checked the screws and fixed the gear…
Berlin – Sosnivka – Berghia (Romania), 2958km, 8.8 – 18.8.2016
**So what does "Domashniy moloko" mean in Romanian??** On Tuesday, 8th August, I left Berlin after around one month hitchhiking towards Ukraine again. Initially I wanted to start a day earlier but I was a bit sick that's why I postponed my departure. I arrive really quick at the border.…
Rosdilna – Sosnivka (Elektritschka) – Berlin, 2347km, 1.7 – 12.7
**Just the normal Elektrichaka craziness** On Friday I began with my elektrichka trip from Rozdilna (near Odessa) to Sosniva. In total I boarded 9 trains and was only once - but that very rudely - charged for my bicycle. The other times I could take it for free. But it…
Chornomorske – Odessa – Lymanske (Ukraine), 2248km, 25.6 – 30.6
**A special spirit is literally growing in the church** On Saturday morning I rode back to Odessa again since I found a Couchsurfing host called Volodymyr and his wife. After a small second breakfast we walked a bit through the old town and city centre and to the stadium because…
Tiraspol – Black Sea (Chornomorske, Ukraine), 1983km, 20.6 – 24.6
**Eating while being eaten by vampires** By the time I wanted to see Black Sea. I got the information that north-west of Odessa, half-way between it and Tiraspol there should be an abandoned nuclear power plant near Teplodar. Of course I had to check this info out. It was also…
Ribniza – Tiraspol (Transnistrien), 1763km, 14.6 – 19.6,
**Alles ganz normal** Am 14.6, einem Dienstag, verließ ich Tolik und eine gute Zeit in Ribniza. Anfangs war das Wetter noch sehr gut, doch schon sehr bald zogen die ersten Wolken auf und es goss aus Eimern und die waren groß, voll und ab und zu gefroren. Ich hatte mit…