Back Home in Ghent since tonight!
At the end of the story of the Road to Istanbul I'd like to say a very big THANK YOU to quite some people for being part of my journey one way or another! Because of these people, I just could live my passion - being on the road, #neverstopriding and seeing and experiencing the world passing by.
- All my hosts (*). You were all great! Really, you have no idea how much your hospitality ment to me. Thank you for taking care of me in whatever sense, because taking care and way much more, that's what you all did! You all paid it forward - welcome back in Ghent anytime to you and all cyclists around!
- Dimy a.k.a. Dimysport for getting my bike perfectly ready right in time before I left. It was a close one but you did it and that's all what matters! Big thanks!
- Meester Frank for teaching me the basics (and more) of bike mechanics - it gave me the necessary confidence in the technical field for leaving on this journey. It doesn't matter in the end I left most of these little bike revisions to the pro's - at least I knew what they were doing. So also big shout to the Invicta Bike shop in Novi Sad, XCS in Bucharest, Daniel in Zagreb and actually to all bike mechanics in the world.
Last but not least: everybody following my blog! It was nice to share my story with you - posting some facts, thoughts and pictures every night was also a part of the journey - as some time of reflection! Special mentioning goes to Colle and his Lien for serving as the home front - whatever that is!
Some final thoughts and ideas about my road to Istanbul might follow in the weeks ahead - I give it some time.
Once again, thanks for now!
(*) in order of appearance: Bram in Leuven, Leen in Burg-Reuland, Torsten and Kerstin in Saarbrucken, Ducu in Strasbourg and Buzau, Daniel and Barbara in Konstanz, Fab and Alex in Davos, Stefano in Bolzano, Robin in Ljubljana, Maks and Mirta in Zagreb, Ratko in Slavonski Brod, Sophia in Novi Sad, Walter in Timisoara, Ilie and Raluca in Sibiu, Orsi in Brasov, Rica and Tataie in Aldeni, Andra, Florina, Ciprian and Bogdan in Bucharest, Leyla in Istanbul, Mihaly in Debrecen, Lazlo and Agnes in Miskolc, Akos in Budapest, Fabian in Vienna and Ruben in his tent on an Austrian camping and in his car on the way back home)
At the end of the story of the Road to Istanbul I'd like to say a very big THANK YOU to quite some people for being part of my journey one way or another! Because of these people, I just could live my passion - being on the road, #neverstopriding and seeing and experiencing the world passing by.
- All my hosts (*). You were all great! Really, you have no idea how much your hospitality ment to me. Thank you for taking care of me in whatever sense, because taking care and way much more, that's what you all did! You all paid it forward - welcome back in Ghent anytime to you and all cyclists around!
- Dimy a.k.a. Dimysport for getting my bike perfectly ready right in time before I left. It was a close one but you did it and that's all what matters! Big thanks!
- Meester Frank for teaching me the basics (and more) of bike mechanics - it gave me the necessary confidence in the technical field for leaving on this journey. It doesn't matter in the end I left most of these little bike revisions to the pro's - at least I knew what they were doing. So also big shout to the Invicta Bike shop in Novi Sad, XCS in Bucharest, Daniel in Zagreb and actually to all bike mechanics in the world.
Last but not least: everybody following my blog! It was nice to share my story with you - posting some facts, thoughts and pictures every night was also a part of the journey - as some time of reflection! Special mentioning goes to Colle and his Lien for serving as the home front - whatever that is!
Some final thoughts and ideas about my road to Istanbul might follow in the weeks ahead - I give it some time.
Once again, thanks for now!
(*) in order of appearance: Bram in Leuven, Leen in Burg-Reuland, Torsten and Kerstin in Saarbrucken, Ducu in Strasbourg and Buzau, Daniel and Barbara in Konstanz, Fab and Alex in Davos, Stefano in Bolzano, Robin in Ljubljana, Maks and Mirta in Zagreb, Ratko in Slavonski Brod, Sophia in Novi Sad, Walter in Timisoara, Ilie and Raluca in Sibiu, Orsi in Brasov, Rica and Tataie in Aldeni, Andra, Florina, Ciprian and Bogdan in Bucharest, Leyla in Istanbul, Mihaly in Debrecen, Lazlo and Agnes in Miskolc, Akos in Budapest, Fabian in Vienna and Ruben in his tent on an Austrian camping and in his car on the way back home)