No way I start early today. I didn't sleep much last night and didn't find the time to actually plan my route for the first few days until this morning. Plus all other things that I kept for the last minute. Like transferring my Russian language course to my ipod...
Now the sun is burning, it's really hot today. First I have to cycle through most of the city and then, once I am out of it, it's probably time to look for a pub or beergarden to watch the football world cup. Or skip it and use the car-free time to get put some kilometres behind me. I haven't tried to cycle with luggage on my road bike yet, so that is going to be interesting.
My luggage is quite a bit heavier than it should be. 15,5kg instead of the 10kg I aimed for. But there are still a few things I can easily get rid of. Like the major parts of my guide books on Russia and Ukraine.
Since it's so late already, today only counts as half a day. Which is quite important, because I was optimistic (or stupid?) enough to make this bet: that I would do 3000km in three weeks. That doesn't mean that i have to cycle 300km each day (just in case that was what you thought, because that is what most people think when they hear these numbers for the first time). It comes to 150km per day for 20 days plus one lazy day. Well.. no idea if I can do this. But I'll definitely try.
Time to go - but I'll keep the blog updated. Pretty much daily, or whenever my phone works.
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