We made it to Kiev. Four moderate days of cycling from Ternopil. First day was 117km to Khmel'nyts'kyv. Second day of 100km to Liubar. Third day was a long...
Mike Vermeulen
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Jun 3, 2006 2:11 pm
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It is a long way from Fort Collins to Budapest. Budapest was my destination to start another bicycle trip, this time five weeks crossing Ukraine and part of...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:16 am
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No bikes when we awoke, but promised before 10am. So wait, wait and wait. Fortunately, bikes arrived a little before 10am. Unfortunately, my headset had...
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Jun 30, 2006 9:20 am
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Nice first full day of riding. No hot water for showers today (didn't realize until later that hot water comes at 8am). Breakfast at 8am and we set off not...
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Jun 30, 2006 9:21 am
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Breakfast not until 9am so we decided on a before breakfast ride. We drove back to Toruk and started cycling back. A small hill to climb but mostly downhill....
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Jun 30, 2006 9:22 am
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A rest day today to get bicycle parts and explore Lviv. Slept in and then walked to the bread shop to get breakfast. Not too difficult since one can point at...
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Jun 30, 2006 9:22 am
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A day to try riding the major national highway - M12. On our maps this road was larger than we had ridden before but overall was still reasonable road....
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Jun 30, 2006 9:22 am
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Bert and Jean left early this morning. Plan was for Bert to accompany Jean to the Ukraine/Hungary border where Jean would continue to Budapest and Bert would...
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Jun 30, 2006 9:22 am
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First day cycling loaded. We sent some things back with Jean, but still had four fully loaded panniers. The bike handled a bit sluggish, particularly on the...
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Jun 30, 2006 9:22 am
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Plan was to get an early start. We awoke at 6am to rain pouring down with grey skies all around. "Looks like a rain day", I said. Bert concurred, so we...
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Jun 30, 2006 9:22 am
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A long pretty ride through not very populated countryside. We got off the national roads onto next size smaller, "P-32" from Liubar most of the way to Bila...
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Jun 30, 2006 9:22 am
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Today a shorter ride and a border crossing from Ukraine to Russia. It was nice riding almost 1300km in Ukraine, now we'll see what we find in Russia. We woke...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:24 am
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A very warm welcome in city of Kursk. First from VeloMaster bicycle shop who brought us into the city and especially from Alexander and Tatayana who showed us...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:24 am
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Today we toasted to health and happiness of the bride and groom and use connections from the mayor to find a place to stay. We slept in some from night before....
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Jun 30, 2006 9:25 am
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I don't know where we are, but we're making good time. Today was a day for smaller back roads. There seem to be few roads that cross the Oblast boundary, but...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:26 am
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A long ride today into Kiev. We started optimistic by putting on sunscreen. Unfortunately, overcast skies became steadily heavier. For first 50km, we...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:29 am
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Nice to make a rest day after several days riding. Also necessary as we needed to fix the back wheel. How to find bicycle repair in a city of two million? We...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:29 am
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Welcome to the Hotel California. A hotel by this name may be found in Pryluky, Ukraine. Rooms on the ... Sent via PocketMail Email Anywhere ...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:29 am
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Shorter ride today. Less wind, more hills and generally better roads. We left the concrete highway and cracks behind. We checked out early from Hotel...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:29 am
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Another easy day in Kiev. We checked out of our hotel before going to pack things back on the bikes. First fix a flat on Bert's back wheel. We'd gone barely...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:29 am
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A shorter ride today as we explored a little of Lipetsk. We had breakfast at our truck stop motel. Still quiet, though previous evening there had been a...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:30 am
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Made it to Sumy! After three days of cycling towards signs to the city, nice to arrive. The first part of the day was flat, but we had some good rolling...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:33 am
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Made it to Tambov, last big city before Penza. Spoke too soon about Russian roads as we had rough roads for good part of the day. We started early in Lipetsk...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:38 am
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Made it to Penza! Today was good day riding, with good roads, some hills to cross and a little rain. It was nice to arrive at our goal and to meet the...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:42 am
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A long ride today, over half the distance to Penza. We started out the day with a rough plan to ride to Tamala as first of three days riding to Penza. As...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:42 am
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Today a day to run some errands and to rest in Penza. First task was to get the official stamp to register the visa. This took a series of steps. First stop...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:42 am
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A nice cycling break including a trip to small village Myshkas where friends of Vladimer and Tamara have a second houses. Slept in Saturday and then ran...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:42 am
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Nice scenery cycling today. Variable roads, sometimes narrow, sometimes smooth and sometimes rough. Bright sunshine and slightly warmer than before. We left...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:46 am
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On the road again. Since we had arrived in Penza with time to spare, we decided to get in some additional cycling to Samara. However, we were able to shed...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:46 am
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Happy summer! Today on the day of the longest day of the year, we crossed the Volga River. The Volga makes a large bend towards Samara, so for much of the...
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