If you were to ask me where to spend a quiet weekend, Skopje could quite well be it. We’d heard about the crazy building spree that had been going on lately with statues everywhere but honestly we we’re blown away by this. It’s like they are trying to build a historic town in the modern … Continue reading
After checking out late of the poshest most expensive hotel in Gnjilane (40€) we thought we had an easy 50km to Pristine. We couldn’t have been more wrong. The 400m climb out if town was easy and we thought we would roll down the rest of the way but were instead confronted by a headwind … Continue reading
Well yesterday was an interesting day, Kathi says the toughest mentally yet. We woke up in a hotel in Surdulica, Serbia in pouring rain already 45km behind schedule due to losing 20km a day for the previous 2 days. Normally this would not bother me but we didn’t really want to wildcamp in Kosovo as … Continue reading
We spent the our last night at Hostel Mostel and got the amazing breakfast of fresh warm waffles, yoghurt, cereal, fruit, vegetables, toast, jam, coffee, tea, cheese, sausage, fruit juice and milk. When we sat down, we started having a conversation with a young Japanese guy who had just bought a bike and wanted to … Continue reading
The journey from Vidin to Sofia was in parts breathtaking and we were initially excited to be spending 2 nights in the city but once we arrived we realised we’d left the GPS in Vidin and waiting for it meant the two nights quickly turned into 4. As it turned out this was not a … Continue reading
So I thought I’d take the time to mention a few things about this trip that might be useful to others thinking about attempting something similar. The first thing I would like to say is that I really did not think I would enjoy this trip as much as I do. I am LOVING cycling … Continue reading
Roaming Overland 