Donat’s parents have got up early to go to the market for some breakfast foods. His mother has even brought home fresh flowers for the table. The spread is impressive with breads, salami, liverworst, tomatoes, sour cream, goats cheese, scrambled eggs, honey and the ever present capsicum. It’s a wonderful way to start the day…
I have organised a Warm Showers host tonight in Szeged so pack camp, do a few hours work, chat with my new friend and head out to explore the city. I am meeting Donat (my Warm Showers host) at 2pm so have a couple of hours to kill in town. Szeged has some cool statues…
After days of extreme dry heat, the weather gods have decided it’s time to give us a break. It’s a about 23’C and overcast as I slide out of my bivy. Annoyingly, I am still awake too early and can’t get back to sleep. But the view of Szeged on the other side of the…
One of the wonderful things about sleeping in a bivy bag is waking up to views like this. I don’t even have to open the tent door. All I have to do is flip the waterproof cover off my head (it drizzled last night) and open my eyes. This is sunrise over the Danube in…
I wake late and don’t get onto the road until after 7am. This is relatively late for me because I know I have 100km to ride before I reach my next camp at Baja. Why so far? Well there’s really nowhere else to camp in this area. Sure, i could try a wild camp but…
A cycle trail leads me away from Orfu and up a long climb towards Pecs. There aren’t many climbs to be ridden in Hungary but when there are, the Hungarians like to make them slow and long. They tend to start at end of the furthest slope from the summit and just follow it steadily…
It’s shady under the tree where I am camped so for once I am not awake at ridiculous o’clock. I slowly get my day started before heading out on the bike to look for a shop where I can buy breakfast. See, in Hungary there are so many little shops that I don’t need to…
I start my day by being locked inside the hotel. The gate and doors are all locked for security but it also prevents departure. It’s just after 6am and I had told the reception that I wanted to leave this early. They even packed me a take away breakfast, given that food was included in…
I have to admit to feeling very tired when I wake up. I didn’t drink enough last night to have any side effects of the booze but I certainly didn’t get enough sleep. But it’s okay because we’re having a short day today with lots of sight seeing and only 30km (20 mile) of cycling.…
There’s something fun about boys’ days. I didn’t experience any of them growing up, on account of me being a transgender man who grew up as a girl. I didn’t start living as a man until I was 18 year old and then it took me more than a decade to feel at ease in…
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