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We are in the middle of the route planning process. Thanks to a lot of useful information (thanks Zoli, Orestis, Dimitris!) and some research we now have what seems to be a close to final route. I say close to final as things will come as they are and they can change anytime on the…
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As the long week-end was coming and the weather forecast showed summer was on the way we decided to go for a ride in Hungary. The idea was just to ride around and enjoy things. Yesterday morning I took the kids to the kindergarten and my in-laws were due to pick them up and babysit them…
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I set the alarm to 70.10 am. I had a shower and packed my gear. It took two rounds to take everything down to the bike (top case, panniers, tank bag) as I repacked everything the previous evening hence I took everything up to the room. I had breakfast and a nice coffee before I…
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