So boys and girls, we have another story for you now. The last day of the “Pedal for no Medal” adventure. The date was February 7, time was 8:15, the temperature was -1 degrees and the four bikes got on
Who knows how Russians get up in the morning, but for us the 8 o’clock wake up call came like a cold shower in a dark cave. The contrast of which with the warm and sunny days was just mind
An hour before the planned wake-up call someone was knocking on our door disturbing the peace and snoring. Behind the door, there was the smiling face of some Estonian guy with a photo camera in his hand. After only three
We left Fedosiya at the break of day at 8:15 and headed into the unknown - the border with Russian Federation. No one knew, how long we will have to wait in line, how many papers we’ll have to sign
After 13 days of constant freezing and trembling this morning came like a spring in February. The sun was generously pouring warmth over the mountains of Crimea and soon the temperature raised above the zero point, lifting our spirits and
Because of new information regarding closed roads we had to change our initial plan, which was to go straight from Krasnoperekops’k to Simferopol. Despite the extra 32 kilometers we decided to reroute through Dzhankoi thus eliminating the possibility of getting
Some of us were restless and others got the time wrong, so our camp started to bustle an hour earlier than planned. When we woke up the last sleeping beauty Karlis B. and offered him the morning porridge, Karlis didn’t
Yesterday’s hardcore chill-out has left it’s marks - this morning Kaspars was complaining about a muscle ache in his leg. But other than that everybody was feeling great mainly because of the bright sunlight dancing on the white sheets of
This morning started with encouraging news. According to the weather forecast the temperature outside was -18 degrees with a wind chill of -32. We got goosebumps just thinking about the freezing day to come. Karlis B. was especially indignant and
There is time for rest and time for doing, and this morning our rest time was over. The bike of Karlis B. tried to disagree by puffing out air in the hotel lobby, but we bribed it with a new