Home 9 2022 9 October SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT MOTIVATION AND SANITY by Ralf Lopian “You are crazy!” A very common response I encounter when talking about my plan. Some people wonder if there are compelling and sensible reasons to cycle around the...
When I was thinking about taking a few months off from work and decided that I wanted to do a hiking or biking trail, I started to search through the internet for trails. Santiago de Compostela was an option, but I actually wanted to do something different and I...
“You are going to hike for three months? Through the Balkans?? ALONE???” Having confirmed each of these questions with a “yes”, I could almost always expect to hear one of the following exclamations: “Are you not afraid? Alone, as a...
I look back with great satisfaction on my cycling adventure from Gemert to Istanbul. From April 25 to July 1, I was on the road. Distance wise it was almost a double Sultans Trail. First about 2000 km to get from Gemert via Prague to Vienna. From there to Istanbul was...
Vienna Austria 9° Finally on our way, after a delay due to a sudden Covid infection, which prevented us from entering Germany, Deutsche Bahn is taking us to Vienna. Lipót Hungary 12° This is what we came here for, the Danubian wetlands. A disappointment. The land is...
