The hotel in Finsterwalde was great and I was lucky to chance upon the town when I was scanning the map for accommodation places. Great breakfast too. Last night’s pizza from the restaurant around the corner was also very nice. It looked like there were only a couple of places open too. That’s really surprising …
Today’s ride on Komoot Overnight, I decided to head towards the Polish border rather than Berlin. There’s another river to follow along the border, plenty of cycle paths, and I can head into Poland at anytime. I should have checked the wind prediction. It was howling all day, right on the nose for the last …
Today’s ride on Komoot A home cooked omelette was the starting point of my day. I took my time and packed slowly to make sure everything fitted. I’ve got rid of the fork bags – well, I’ll use them for food and overflow stuff if necessary from now on, but I’m interested to see how …
Today’s ride on Komoot The campground supplied breakfast for a small fee, so that’s what I did. All my favourite breakfast food was there so I was ready for the day immediately. This place has something. It’s the constitution, … it’s just the vibe. I left the campground and took the path into town then …
Today’s ride on Komoot The (motor) bikers at the campground had a whale of a time last night and into early this morning. At least they drowned out the noise of the nearby trains. Regardless, it was an ok sleep in the new tent. An old guy, cycletouring with a million panniers and bags camped …
Today’s ride on Komoot I’m back riding from Prague after a brief and flying visit to the UK. I’m armed with a new tent – a Dan Durston creation which I’ve been wanting to get hold of, new Shimano bike sandals, a new packing strategy (ok, I’m a nerd, but thanks to Tristan Ridley for …
I had another lazy start, a lazy breakfast of muesli, yoghurt and fruit (my favourite), packed up and left the slightly strange guesthouse. I say strange because it had elements of a boarding house about it – the workers finishing their 6packs of beer in the setting sun while puffing darts, the communal kitchen which …
What an absolutely fantastic day. It started with a home style breakfast with the friendly people at the Gasthof and finished with the stunning sights of Cesky Krumlov. In between was a lot of up and down, a border crossing that was purely informative, a closed track that would have been a great shortcut, some …
Today’s ride on Komoot I felt much better today and got a train to Linz. After all, I had another deadline (grrrr) after three days laid up in Vienna. From there, I rode for 50 really nice kilometres in some beautiful Australian spring weather. What a change. It was also my first day back being …
Vienna to Reichenau – out of bed, onto the train and over the Danube Read More »
I took a break from daily blogging. I just felt like I was rushing it in the time available. To be fair, a lot of my time was taken up with route planning and options (and hanging out with two great guys). The route planning was a day to day thing, given the terrible weather …
