Singer on a bike

21/01/2025

Typical snack for our kids. Just some fruit, veggies, cheese and nuts, a tiny amount of very dark chocolate (this time 90%) and plain corn cakes. Sometimes we take hummus or put nut butter on the cakes. It's so easy to put together even on holidays and so much healthier than what I see parents give to kids on the go. Yes they eat all of this, in fact devour it if they are particularly hungry (ok, not all the corn cakes :D).

11/02/2020

Nem megy nekem ez a gyakori írás.. de ne aggódjatok, a túra történeteit idővel befejezem :) Íme a következő, ami első tádzsik tapasztalatainkat írja le, ahol már látszik milyen szép tájakon megyünk keresztül itt.

https://singeronabike.com/tadzsikisztan-a-hegyek-orszaga/

I just can't do fast writing... but fear not, I will definitely finish the stories of the tour. Here's the next one, where I describes the first impressions of Tajikistan, where you can already see the beautiful landscape.
https://singeronabike.com/tajikistan-a-country-of-mountains-and-things-of-the-past/

Tádzsikisztánban mind a testünk, mint a lelkünk tesztelve volt a maximumig. Ebben a bejegyzésben először is beszélek erről a kevésbé ismert országról.

09/02/2020

Yep, that's a lot of nuts (32kg actually, there's 3 stacks there if you can't see it well). We've been dumpster diving for a while but this find is bewildering to say the least. We checked the Danish food safety page just to be sure (always a good idea when you find a big stash of the same thing), cracked and tasted a few and they were just fine. Nuts are pretty expensive in , this right here worth a few hundred euros, so in one way, we are very happy about it, on the other hand, the amount of food waste still maddens me every time.

07/01/2020

As I transition to a more sustainable lifestyle, I start to make more and more homemade stuff, and one major and recent achievement is figuring out sourdough bread. It's not only better for your wallet too, but also generally healthier. I don't know about you, but I love seeing something I made with my own hands take shape and bring me closer to independence from the food system. And they last way more than the bread from the store!

Ahogy haladok az egyre inkább fenntartható életmód felé, kezdek minél több dolgot otthon elkészíteni. Ennek egyik fontos legújabb lépcsőfoka volt a kovászos kenyér. Nem csak a pénztárcának jobb, de egészségesebb is. Nem tudom ti hogy vagytok vele, de én imádom nézni ahogy valami, amit saját kezűleg készítettem, formát ölt, és közelebb visz a rendszertől való függetlenséghez. És jóval tovább marad friss a boltinál!

29/12/2019

Ezt a bejegyzést már korábban megírtam, aztán elfelejtettem felrakni ide... De most így tél közepén legalább a történet olvasása után talán értékelni tudjátok a hideget ;)
https://singeronabike.com/turkmenisztan-es-uzbegisztan/

I wrote this post earlier but then forgot to post in on the page.. At least now if you're feeling cold, you can just imagine the heat we had to go through and will be glad for the lower degrees ;)
English link: https://singeronabike.com/turkmenistan-and-uzbekistan/

Kihívásokkal teli sivatagi tekerés és bámulatos ősi architektúra a selyemúton. Semmit nem tudtunk Türkmenisztánról és Üzbegisztánról, és egy biztos, szélesítették a látókörünk.

26/12/2019

The travelling is over for now, but that doesn't mean we're not looking for new challenges, and we love that we can do regular sports again, one of which is running. But you may realized that we don't generally follow the norm in many things...

I've always loved going barefoot everywhere, and thought about transitioning for years now, but had to wait for the bike tour to end. It's not the best to start cycing barefoot :D Although winter is here, I'm still trying, and planning on making my own minimalist sandals to run (from old bike tires) for insulation.

Why go barefoot? Just check this well balanced article with all the explanations you need also if you're feet is not according to normal. Tl;dr: unless you have a diseases causing numb feet (anything else than diabetes, anyone? I don't know others), you should absolutely at least try the transition, mostly because it promotes the best possible form. Not only for runners of course!

It's also more environmentally friendly (just don't hop onto the new, minimalist shoe trend, one shoe for winter is plenty), and good for your wallet too :D

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Ugyan az utazás épp parkolópályán van, ez nem jelenti azt hogy nem nézünk új kihívások után, és már nagyon vártuk hogy újra rendszeresen sportolhassunk, ennek egyik fontos eleme a futás. De talán már ismertek annyira hogy tudjátok, általában az átlagtól eléggé eltérő szemléletünk van...

Mindig is imádtam mezítláb járkálni, és már évek óta gondolkodom a teljes váltáson, de a bringatúra végét meg kellett várnom. Nem a legbölcsebb a bringával kezdeni :D Habár itt a tél, kisebb távokkal próbálkozunk, és már tervezem a saját készítésű minimál szandált (régi kerékpárkülsőből), hogy abban fussak ha kell egy kis szigetelés.

De miért ez a mezítlábas átállás? Ha tudtok angolul, ajánlom ezt a elfogultságmentes cikket a témában. Röviden: hacsak nincs valami betegséged ami miatt zsibbad a lábad (cukorbetegségen kívül másról én nem tudok), akkor legalább megpróbálkozni vele nagyon ajánlott, főként mert megtanít helyesen futni. De persze nem csak futóknak ajánlott mezítláb járkálni!

Na és persze ez sokkal környezetbarátabb is (csak ne ülj fel az új, minimalista cipő őrületnek, egy cipő télre bőven elég), a pénztárca-kímélésről nem is beszélve :D

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13/12/2019

Our second attempt at , which was even more successful than the first one :D Sadly most stuff is packaged in in Danish supermarkets, but at least this way I don't feel so bad about getting the food, since I'm saving it from the . The huge cost saving is a nice bonus, especially since half the products on the pictures are , so they usually cost quite a bit.

12/12/2019

So here it is, our route on our big adventure. In numbers it means:
13190km of cycling
131180m of climbing
864 hours in the saddle
23kg of chocolate consumed
cycling days: 278
total duration 608 days
total cost: around 8000 eur

10/12/2019

The last few days of our big trip was really relaxing, and as we entered bike heaven countries, it was really joyful to ride on the nice weather days. Amsterdam and the Netherlands was especially crazy. :D We planned it to cycle at least the last 50 kilometers to Esbjerg, and the day was sunny and just slightly windy (so lucky!), so we really finished out travelling on a high :)

Don't worry, I plan to finish the remaining blogposts and soon I'll put up a statistic summary (map included ofc) here. Now we rest a bit, but this was not the last time we ventured out into the world for sure. Until then, the focus will be a bit more on environmental awareness and minimalism, while trying to figure out life in Denmark :)

@ Esbjerg, Denmark

25/11/2019

Our last days in Spain, still enjoying the good weather and swimming in the sea in October. This was at a magical peninsula close to the French border. Love the !

@ Cap de Creus

23/10/2019

Amazing people everywhere! We have been super lucky in the last couple of weeks. First, we were hosted by this super nice couple, Leo and Anna from in for a bit over a week when it turned out I had to stay put for a bit. They really made us feel welcome in :)

Then we arrived to France a couple of days ago and yesterday we got stuck under a tunnel as the annual monsoon hit the coast near . It was getting late and we were getting splashed by the coming cars for quite some time when a guy stopped and asked if we have a place to stay tonight. Because our answer was no, Patrick (regular cycle tourist of course) came back with his friend, and they took us and the bikes with their cars into the friend's, Eric's house (second picture shows him and his wife), where we got treated with a hot shower, hot chocolate and a delicious dinner! Plus we got to play with their cute dog :)

We can't wait to get back home and pay this generosity forward, it is so awesome to have this sharing culture around us!