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May 2013

Bugs

Bugs have become part of our lives on a daily basis. Cycling to the tranquility of rural Europe one of us frequently coughs and hacks and splutters, not dissimilar a sound to dislodging ones lungs as we try desperately not to swallow a flying creature. We have not lost all …

Fall from Euphoria

Day 51 Sunday 12/05/13 Leaving any large town or city is difficult, navigating out without having to follow major roads. Prague was no different despite discovering a bike route all the way to Vienna, a Czech map and apparently signage “the green way” to help us along. Sunday being the …

Prague

We arrived in Prague wet, very, very wet and literally trailing slugs, several of the revolting creatures left behind at the first cafe in which we took refuge. I had trails of slime on my gortex hood, our panniers and Li’s helmet. Obviously they don’t wash off in a down …

Welcome to Bohemia

We were hoping to arrive in Czech Republic the day we left Passau, the Austrian climbs, no detailed map and some wrong turns up very steep hills, hills leading to know where, resulted in one night by the river in Haslach Im Muhlkrreis. The camp ground was closed but exhausted …