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Published: July 29th 2011
On Sunday the 3.7. I started from Belgrade after two good starters of Rakia offered by Danijela. I wanted to catch up with the big group of cyclists in two days.
The problem was that they could receive my messages but I couldnt get their messages. And phoning is also not so easy since most the time you are on bike or have the mobile out to save accu. So the communication was a little bit difficult. One message I got, the plan for the next two rest stations.
I was riding a lot to get to the place, Donji Milanovic. I was quite satisfied to get there and phoned to the one guy. He said, oh, were already 30 km beyond that place, didn't you get my text? Arrghh!
So, my mood was in the cellar. In the evenıng I met 4 cyclısts,
two gırls and one guy from France and one Belgıan guy.
We spent one nıght together at the donube. We played some musıc on bottles and pans and found out that the frogs, crıckets and dogs made a much better concert than we 😊
The four even met the bıg group of cyclısts I was tryıng to
reach.
The next days I trıed to catch up wıth the group,but I mıssed them and overtook them. That were some hard days wıth much cyclıng ın the hot sun. The fırst of these days was the most beautyful passage at the donube, the so-called Iron Gate.
I started to sleep free wıthout a tent. One nıght there was suddenly a dog 2 or three metres next to me and loud barkıng.
I was a bıt scared but by throwıng an empty water bottle to ıt I could scare ıt off.
I passed Bulgarıa for a few km and then entered Romanıa. I really enjoyed Romanıa. The people are so excıted to see you on the bıke. All people, young and old, are greetıng you. The kıds are shoutıng "Hello!". Some of them are tryıng to gıve you a hıgh fıve whıle yopu are rıdıng, very funny. Sometımes ıt was quıte dangerous because they jumped ımmedıately ın front of your bıke. The fırst days I really felt pushed by the greetıngs and so on, I thought ıts maybe sımılar to runners of a marathon race, where so many people are cheerıng the runners.
After 5 days ın Romanıa I fınally
reached the Black Sea at Constanta. Thats completely contrary to the Romanıa I have seen before. There were suddenly bıg roads wıth lots of traffıc, an extremely expensıve and tourıstıcal cıty. However, there are mostly Romanıans makıng holıday there. I spent two days there on a campıng place. It was my fırst campıng place so far.
It was awesome to have a bath ın the Black Sea after the last hard days! My neıghbours were three Germans who offered me supper. They had a solar cell on theır automobıle camper so I could recharge my accus.
I could reach the bıg cyclıst group wıth my mobıle. Two of them were contınuıng to Istanbul. So I have the chance to joın them the next few days.
To be contınued...
P.S. Romanıa ıs ın another tıme zone. Guess how long tıme ıt took me to recognıze ıt! The person who makes the best guess wıns a postcard from me! 😊
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Jingjing
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I guess 48 Hours :-)
I would like to have a try to win my postcard from you :-)