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Monday, August 28, 2023, day 42 Today is six weeks since we left Cologne. We rode almost 2000 km on the bike, sat on the saddle for almost exactly 100 hours, and we experienced...

Sunday, August 27th, 2023, day 41 Sunday began with a fantastically beautiful sunrise over the Atlantic. and after 25 hours at sea we were able to discover the first of the...

Saturday, August 26th, 2023, day 40 Although our ferry wasn't scheduled to leave until 12:30pm, we were excited to be in port on time and were a bit nervous. A flat tire should...

Friday, August 25th, 2023, day 39 Today was our last stage of the day on the bike, we have reached our provisional destination, the Atlantic. We'll still be on the road a bit on...

Thursday, August 24th, 2023, day 38 We said goodbye to Seville with a very nice breakfast in the plaza. We then did half the distance between Seville and Huelva and were already...

Wednesday, August 23, 2023, day 37 In any case, a day of rest and sightseeing in Seville was planned today, but it was also sensible to leave the accommodation as little as...

Tuesday, 22.8.2023, Day 36Today starts our 6th week. We woke up early and got ready for a short distance from Brenes to Sevilla. We are on the home stretch, today is Tuesday, by...

Monday, 21.8.2023, Day 35 Today we started early again to avoid the heat. It's already over 30° here from 11:00 am. So we sat on our bikes at 7:20 am and started riding, it was...

Sunday, 20.8.2023, Day 34, Today we set our alarm for 6:15 am to have an early start. And we managed. At 7:20 am we were on our bikes, it was still dark outside, the city was...

Saturday, 19.8.2023, Day 33 The train adventure continued today. Very early, just before 6:00 a.m., outside it was still dark, the city was still asleep, we rode our bikes to...

Friday, 8/18/2023, Day 32 Today, one month ago, on July 18th, we started in Refrath. This morning, we started early by rinsing the completely dirty bikes at the nearest gas...

Thursday, 17.8.2023, Day 31Today it happened, after 1540 km the first flat tire. Rear tire, of course! On one of our coveted gravel tracks, a 💩thorn sneaked through the tire,...

Wednesday, 16.8.2023, Day 30We started early, shortly after 8:00 a.m., and then stopped at a cafeteria next to the gas station with the catchy name La Gasolinera 🤪 to have...

Tuesday, 15.8.2023, Day 29 Today we made good progress again, heading south for a good distance, 60 km, which is quite impressive, not as challenging as the previous days, as we...

Monday, 14.8.2023, Day 28Today we completed the 4 weeks, we've been on the road for 4 weeks, covering over 1700 km so far (1400 km on the saddle, almost 350 km by train), and we...

Sunday, 13.8.3023, Day 27 To start off, today's stage was by no means as exhausting as we feared. We expected steep climbs and scorching heat, but we were spared from both. We...

Saturday, 12.8.2023, Day 26 Last night, the "Logroñeses" celebrated until at least 5:00 in the morning, we could hear them all night from our accommodation. Maybe it was because...

Friday, August 11, 2023, Day 25Since we reached Spain, we have been experiencing summer, rarely any headwinds, clear sky, no threat of rain, intense heat. To be honest, that's...

Thursday, 10.8.2023, Day 24Today we left Pamplona, Wohlgemuth, after a rest day and what should have been an easier stage ahead of us. We started late, at 9:30 am, which brought...

Wednesday, August 9, 2023, Day 23Today we had a well-deserved, but also much-needed rest day in Pamplona. A very beautiful old town where occasionally poor bulls are chased...

Tuesday, 8/8/2023, Day 22Today we started our 4th week, now over 1500 km away from Cologne, about 900 km left to Cadiz. Since Bayonne, we have cycled 120 km in 2 days over the...

Monday 8/7/2023, Day 21Today we completed our third week and we really made it to the Pyrenees. Today was our 1st royal stage (there will be at least 2 more, one tomorrow and...

Sunday, 6.8.2023, Day 20, This morning, saying goodbye to Isabelle was really difficult for us because we had a really great accommodation with a great host there. Today, we...

Saturday, 8/5/2023, Day 19The accommodation last night was really basic, the older couple as landlords were sweet as sugar. Breakfast was included and Monsieur served us grapes...

Friday, August 4, 2023, Day 18Today everything was perfect, a wonderful day: great weather, lots of sun, no rain, no headwind, no uphill. We haven't had that in the past three...

Thursday, 3.8.2023, Day 17. Today really had everything. The first 55 km were incredibly beautiful, the last 20 km were terrible. We had everything except elevation gain: bright...

Wednesday, August 2, 2023, Day 16. Today was our planned home office day and rest day in Bordeaux. A look at the weather app this morning showed that we did everything right and...

Tuesday, August 1, 2023, Day 15, today we started our third week and we are very happy that we have chosen another day off and a train day, especially since we will be working...

Monday, July 31, 2023, Day 14Tonight we are 14 days on the road, 940 km away from Cologne (800 km by bike and 140 km by train), which keeps us very well in schedule, because in...

Sunday, July 30, 2023, Day 13. The main topics of the day were: Broken spoke, kindness of the French, terrible headwind. Today, the weather radar promised us no rain, and the...