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Preparation: It's all about getting a Visa for Iran

Benefit Ride - 2 Great Charities

More Preparation: Shots, Positioning Supplies, Bike Prep, Web Prep, Pills,Supporters

The Bike Ready for the Ride: loaded for a long trip

In London -: Have Visa for Iran - Ready to start from Liverpool tomorrow

The Start: Liverpool to Alderly Edge

Alderly Edge to Coventry: Bright Start and Very Hilly with Snow on the High Points

Coventry to Dunstable: The A5 - a Roman road... and WET ENGLISH SPRING

Dunstable to London

Ealing to New Haven: On to France tomorrow AM

The Ferry arrived at 2 in Dieppe: A lovely bike trail toward Paris - I died and went to Heaven

On to Paris: -rain, mist, car missing by inches as it went into the Ditch and took out 4 fence posts

A day off in Paris: Too many wonderful views

Tax Day was taxing and very WET again: Paris to Sezanne

To the Beginning of (Bike) Time....: Sezanne to Bar Le Duc

THE WARS ARE OBVIOUS: Bar le Duc to Nancy

At Last: Sun, Early Breakfast .... but still hills: Nancy to Strasbourg

Many Mounts then Mini Mountains: Strasbourg France to Freudenstadt Germany

More Climbing and social times: to Großengstingen

Bike needs repair: Broken front fork blade

Early great trails and climb and falls then drop to low valley feeding Danube: to Rofingen (Near Bergau)

Wet roads and intermittent rain with nice tail winds: Into Munich

Getting to the Inn River: Munich to Mulbach

Along the river Inn: Mulback an Inn Germany to Scharding Austria

River riding with hills - then flats: To Linz via Passau - Riding the Danube Trail

Wet again: Leaving Linz and then wet and grey to Ybbs where I stopped early

RAIN ... Lots: Ybbs to Treismauer

I WADED FROM THE SUBMERGED TRAIL OUT OF THE NATL PARK: Treismauer, Austria to Schonau, Austria....past Vienna 20 Km

Rain all day until 2PM then found a place in Slovic Republik: Schonau, Austria to Gabcikova, Slovic Republic

Totally wet - rain all day. HARD RAIN...feet soaked: Into Hungary to TA'T ---

Trails bad... under water or mud: Into Budapesh...then backtrack to find a room

From the Best Western Hotel to the home of Laszlo Nagy and his wife Marta: North Budapest to East Suburbs of Budapest

Budapest Touring: A day off to see the sights

Hungry for a century... in Hungary: Budapest to Baja

A great day of very friendly people!: Baja, Hungary to Novi Sad, Serbia

A trip on the motorway ...then an invitation to the Hostel: Novi Sad to Belgrade

I gambled on the toll roads (as suggested by Mladen) again and won....: Belgrade to Jagodina

Easy flats for a while then climbs and gravel on 12% grades up and down: Jagodina to Ciflik, Serbia

Nice morning then HEAVY RAIN ALL THE WAY IN BULGARIA: Ciflik, Serbia to Sofia, Bulgaria outskirts

Ride Suspended... for safety and sanity reasons....: Sofıa West to Sofıa Downtown.... then Bus to İstanbul.

Contemplation...: In Istanbul

Reflections

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