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Cycling Georgia: Mountains, Ancient Villages, and Mouthwatering Food
Often, I hear about cyclists crisscrossing Europe and then exploring Turkey but missing Georgia, and the Caucasus off their list. It’s no...

Lauren O'Bryan
Feb 24, 20239 min read


Committed to a Route and Met the Mayor by Accident
Route Planning Around this point in central Turkey is where the mountains begin to get really serious. I was keen to avoid the really...

Lauren O'Bryan
Feb 6, 20235 min read


Transfăgărășan: Romanian Word for ‘Pain’
Someone had mentioned to me the Transfăgărășan highway, a road spruiked by Top Gear as one of the world’s greatest driving roads, and as...

Lauren O'Bryan
Jun 17, 20204 min read


A Warm Romanian Welcome
I exited the Schengen zone into Romania with 2 days to spare. Never much of a rule breaker, I wasn’t entirely sure I’d understood the ‘90...

Lauren O'Bryan
Jun 9, 20205 min read


A Whistle Stop in Slovakia and Hungary
My time in the Schengen Zone was grinding down to the deadline. I would have to skip through Slovakia and Hungary faster than I’d have...

Lauren O'Bryan
Jun 7, 20204 min read


The Mountains Loom in Southern Poland
I arrived in Wroclaw to the very warm welcome of warmshowers hosts Greg and Jadzia. I promptly learnt that I cannot pronounce either...

Lauren O'Bryan
May 28, 20205 min read


Cycling Into Poland: Where Things Start to Get Interesting
I spent almost two weeks in Berlin waiting on a pair of glasses to be sent to me. I socialised and did the usual sightseeing around...

Lauren O'Bryan
May 22, 20205 min read


Unbelievable hosts and Dutch style camping
Wild camping or Free camping is illegal in many countries in Europe particularly western Europe. However I also made use of platforms...

Lauren O'Bryan
Apr 30, 20204 min read
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