Just two weeks ago, I was in Bali, lazing on the beach. From next Monday, I’ll be going from cocktails, snorkeling and swimming to climbing mountains and surpassing myself.

We started going through our packing list this week to make sure we don’t forget anything. Today we raced to the DM to buy a smaller tube of sun cream – every gram of weight counts!
Stephan cleaned the bikes and checked whether the coats were coming off (in case of emergency). After a brief panic, he quickly ran to the bike store and they helped him. Now he’s happy.
Yesterday we did our last tour together from Nordenstadt to Niedernhausen to test the bikes. My new pedals from Garmin are a great gadget to see what power you are pedaling. Finally back home after 2:42h – 60km – 590hm! (In fact, it wasn’t as exhausting as I thought and I have good hope that I won’t die on the multi-day tour :))


On Saturday we travel to Spain and on Monday we set off from Bilbao to Santoña (66km – 1020hm)
Am I excited? Maybe.