the days after

again a big thanx to all that participate on this tour
(mentaly and/or physicly)


sum up stats:
14500km
125000hm (1100 meters per riding day)
114 riding days / 20 days off

doing some serious extrem couching and starting to get informations and pictures ready for the upload.

day 134

km 14489,59
landeck - hoechst
125,09km
1170hm
it got dry up the arlbergpass, but on the other side was the this cold wet weather with thick fog. so i put on the rain cloth, but i still had to stop in the middle of the downhill as it got so cold that i couldn´t steer anymore.

day 133

km 14364,50
bozen - landeck
184,15km
1705hm
there were different routes to cross the alps. at the end the weatherforcast made the decision (cold wet fronts from the west and the south). nice riding on the etsch-bike way up the reschenpass. i tried to use as much of the daylight as possible, so i might get dry over the mountains.

day 132

km 14180,35
motta - bozen
158,80km
1355hm
getting ready for the climbs that might follow riding over the alps.
i bought some good food on the market everything else is closed on sundays around the "rich" south tirol.

day 131

km 14021,55
vaccolina - motta
158,87km
146hm
nice views along the lido and on the ferries around venezia.

day 130

km 13862,68
senigallia - vaccolina
183,08km
467hm
nice riding alond the coast and up the parc nat. del monte bartolo.

day 129

km 13679,80
ancona - senigallia
29,6km
26hm
back on the italian roads after 19 hours on the ferry. almost no campgrounds in albania - dozens of closed campgrounds around here as the saison seems to be over - the result the same - wildcamping.

day 128

km 13650,15
rogozhine - durres
about 50km (while i write this my odometer gets stolen)
95hm
some more bad roads, garbage / burned bushes along the road and heavy trafic....
.... and now it's a highway ....
so i decide to take the ferry to italy. i would like to cut back with another ferry to croatia but i would have to wait for a couple days and i think winter is comming so i stick to the italien route (but everything can change....)

day 127

km 13600,15
dhermi - rogozhine
137,89km
1294hm
some more bad roads, garbage / burned bushes along the road and heavy trafic.

day 126

km 13462,26
sarande - dhermi
81,21km
1561hm
worldrecord for size and numbers of potholes goes without a doubt to albania (from what i have seen so far). but a very nice landscape!

day 125

km 13381,05
mitikas - sarande (albania)
144,22km
1253hm
interesting boarder into the land of bad raods....

day 124

km 13236,83
gavorlimni - mitikas
162,76km
1018hm
nice riding day with views of the gulf. a toll-tunnel replaced a ferry connection in which no bikes were allowed. but the girl at the toll-booth let me pass, after she realized that giving me the phone number of the tunnel offizier doesn't get me any further. great sunset at the beach.

day 123

km 13074,07
distomo - gavorlimni
152,83km
1417hm
from the ski-resorts to the beaches. (and no news from the oracle in delphi)

day 122

km 12921,24
athena - distomo
148,83km
1538hm
out of the big city again and on mountainroads. checking the streetcafe's of thiva.

day 121

km 12772,40
athena - day off
walking tour in athena
acropolis, olympic stadium, .....

day 120

km 12772,40
mycenea - athena
116,97km
300hm
last stretch and some island hoping (salamina) to athena.

day 119

km 12655,44
lagkadia - mycenea
150,51km
954hm
checking out the cities levidi, tripolis and the beautiful nafplio.
(and feeling better again after 4 days of stomach-problems)

day 118

km 12504,93
palouk - lagkadia
103,88km
1746hm
olympia (the town) wasn´t as impressive as the mountain roads that followed....

day 117

km 12401,05
brindisi - patra - palouk
85,59km
131hm
after 17hours on the ferry back on the road again....

day 116

km 12315,46
francavilla fontana - brindisi
43,93km
986hm
some more rain on the final stretch to the ferry.
(and again a flat tire on the trailer wheel)

day 115

km 12271,53
scanzano - francavilla fontana
91,73km
288hm
some more flat tires on the 2-lane road to taranto.

day 114

km 12179,80
zuppino - scanzano
161,44km
1263hm
a wired mix of smells along the road.
burnt grass, modering grass because of the last days rain, wild pepermint, pine wood and garbage careless thrown away.

day 113

km 12018,36
amalfi - zuppino
86,06km
1564hm
getting washed down the amalfi coast.

day 112

km 11932,30
marina di varcaturo - amalfi
132,30km
1332hm
checking out (and surviving) the crazy neaples. riding along the amalfi coast.

day 111

km 11800,00
lido di castel fusano - marina di varcaturo
215,81km
397hm
what a change from the north to the so called poor south!

day 110

km 11584,19
penna in teverina - lido di castel fusano
137,76km
744hm
sightseeing in rom

day 109

km 11446,43
asciano - penna in teverina
135,74km
1242hm
some rolling hills towards rom.

day 108

km 11310,69
ambra - asciano
80,10km
1045hm
sightseeing in siena with dani after just about a half day riding.

day 107

km 11230,59
ambra - day off
20,13km
171hm
some more serious hanging around at the pool.

day 106

km 11210,46
signa - ambra
91,10km
530hm
meeting with martina and dani in the chianti mountains. hanging out at the pool after just a half day riding.

day 105

km 11119,36
mattarana - signa
180,05km
185hm
checking out the pendete in pisa. (bizar that a mistake can get that famous)

day 104

km 10939,31
finale ligure - mattarana
146,71km
1534hm
alot ups and downs along the coast

day 103

km 10792,60
cagnes sur mer - finale ligure
155.98km
717hm
back on the road again along the riviera coast.