Entering Romania at Bors was a totally unnerving experience … My experience at the boarder was not a pleasant one with a power altercation from a boarder guard who sneered and made jokes to his colleagues about tipping his coffee over my kit.  Cycling across the Bors area I didn’t take any picture because I was too scared to stop.  …

Leaving Budapest I decide I am going to cycle all night and enjoy the cool weather.  After enjoying my time in Budapest it is lovely to be cycling out of the city and through the countryside … the flat countryside!  That was unexpected and shows the limited level of my research … I was not…

After a beautiful start to the day I am back to climbing through woodlands before reaching the empty Czech/Austria boarder crossing.  The buildings are complete with flags and other paraphernalia but totally deserted. I pass into Austria and immediately come out onto a wide open road with fabulous views back into the Czech Republic and then…

Lets start this part of the journey with a story …  I will tell it to you (mostly) as it was told to me.  It is about a man called Cech.  This man was a wanderer in search of the most beautiful and fruitful land in which he could settle and call his own.  He…

Reaching Prague in the evening in the rain was actually my best experience of Prague.  It is a beautiful city but since I was not feeling in the best physical health I don’t think I really gave Prague the best shot. Having found a cheap hostel I settled in and spent the next couple of…

Parental Advisory … feel free to miss this post out if you have a dislike of feet or have a weak stomach – just know in advance that all is well now! Something always happens … Its called Sods Law or the Law of Equilibrium – Im having such an amazing time and the party…

Sophie and I cycle out of Dresden and head for a village called Durrrohrsdorf-Dittersbach and the ‘alternative party/festival’.  We stop to look at the 2 bridges to the south of Dresden, the Blue wonder Bridge and the more frecent bridge which apparently lost Dresden it’s UNESCO status.  After a time of cycling we shelter from…

Initially I stay on a campsite just outside Dresden.  Steffi, who runs the campsite was great and loaned me her laptop for checking emails and doing some blogging. I decided to move into Dresden after getting myself locked out of the site and having to climb over the barbed wire fence to get in! I…

Leaving Berlin on Monday morning Natalie, Piotr and I cycled out of the eastern side of Berlin – for me this is the first time I have been into the eastern side of Germany since reunification.  It may have been 25 years ago but this is a different experience for me.  We pass a deserted…