Cycling Georgia & Azerbaijan
It has been 5 weeks in Turkey so far, and although this versatile country was fantastic in every sense, all three of us have been...
Bicycle touring Turkey (Part 3) – Cappadocia and beautiful eastern Turkey
This blog post about part 3 of cycling in Turkey is characterized by “less words, more pictures”. Cappadocia, central so as eastern Turkey offer some...
Bicycle touring Turkey (Part 2) – To Asia with a new cycling buddy
After I spent some great days in Istanbul with my warmshowers.org host Savaş and before I could leave Istanbul for the Asian chapter, it was...
Bicycle touring Turkey (Part 1) – Off to Istanbul
Bicycle touring Turkey, a long-awaited dream came true! Turkey, from the beginning, was one of the countries I was looking forward to the most. I...
From rural Romania along the Black Sea to Bulgaria
“Grüezi to Romania” and a big smile, the first encounter with a Romanian, a customs officer who visited Switzerland a few years ago. As I...
Cycle touring Ukraine
When I decided to take Ukraine to my route, I had already read some travel reports from other cycle tourers and their experiences through Ukraine....
Slovak countryside and Hungarian hospitality
Slovakia was the first country on this trip I’ve never been to before. It was also the first country on this journey where German was...
Cycling along the Danube
The Danube, second largest river in Europe and famous cycling route as part of the European “Eurovelo” (Eurovelo 6) cycling paths. I reached the Danube...
Here we go (again) – heavy climbs, castles and beautiful forests
After a long break and many training rides, I started my journey again from Bern on Wednesday the 27th of March. As I had all...
Listen to your body
It’s almost 2 months ago since my last blog post after my break off in Basel due to knee problems. A lot has happened in...