by timshazz | Jul 29, 2017 | Bicycle Touring, Cycling through Europe
After a fabulous three weeks of Romanian hospitality, it was time to get back on the bikes and move on to Bulgaria. Our route from the heart of Bucharest to the Bulgarian border town of Ruse looked relatively straightforward, but it wasn’t to be without its...
by timshazz | Jul 4, 2017 | Bicycle Touring, Cycling through Europe
Almost two months into our big European cycling adventure we found ourselves in the Romanian capital of Bucharest after cheating the mountains again and catching the train from Brasov (Transylvania). Our *Airbnb host Marco had cycled down to the railway station in...
by timshazz | Jun 10, 2016 | Bicycle Touring, Cycling through Europe
The central bus station in Brasov is small and crammed next to the train station. There’s not much room in between buses which makes it challenging to retrieve large items. (like touring bicycles and large Chinese shopping bags full of panniers!) The task is...
by timshazz | May 19, 2016 | Bicycle Touring, Cycling through Europe
After the protracted border crossing, it was 10:30 p.m. before we arrived in Iasi (Pronounced Yash). Catalin, our Warmshowers host, had ridden his bike down to the station to meet us. Just as well! We only had about 15 minutes to retrieve the bikes and luggage from...
by timshazz | May 3, 2016 | Bicycle Touring, Cycling through Europe
“Rust never sleeps.” Neil Young wrote about it, and Moldova is living proof! A tiny country, nestled between Ukraine and Romania, Moldova has a population of just over 4 million. Not so long ago Moldova, the former Soviet Republic enjoyed a booming wine...
by timshazz | Jan 4, 2016 | Bicycle Touring, Cycling through Europe
I’m really not sure what our expectations were of Belarus. As a former part of the USSR and still maintaining extremely close ties with Moscow, I guess I had some stereotypical images in the back of my mind. Drab grey communist block architecture, poorly stocked...
