As our overnight in Giurgiu was practically on the Romanian-Bulgarian border, crossing into Bulgaria was pretty easy.  We took the only bridge route over the Danube and had expected the 2.3km single-lane bridge to be heaving with trucks – but miraculously it was completely empty. Most of the trucks seemed to be in their queue […]

From Buzau to Bucharest on bikes was a day and a half of dull cycling – we have, of course, recently been completely spoilt with amazing scenery. Nothing much to see in terms of landscape except for a few unbelievably patriotic villages where the chairs and benches at the side of the road, the fences and […]

We are really enjoying Romania, which has a fascinating history as well as beautiful landscape – and the people are really friendly as well. The fact that it seems to be stuck in an eighties time warp actually adds to its charm and makes it more endearing and simple in a really nice way. We […]

We left Belgrade in warm sunshine and had a relatively easy ride out of the city along a cycle path heading north, until it completely stopped – just like that – a dead end along the side of a busy road…what to do next?? So the next part of our morning was carrying bikes down […]