The Call of the Road
I am Toby Lauwerier from Ghent, Belgium. Basically, I am a cyclist.
In 2016 I rode my bike from Ghent to Istanbul. In 2017, Moscow was the destination, 2018 the road went to Odessa. So my last transcontinental bike ride is already four years ago! Since than, my plan was to go to Athens, but yeah... In 2019 I just got a new job so I couldn't or I didnt allow myself to go away for more than four weeks in a row. In 2020, there was the pandemic. In 2021 and 2022 i didn't want to leave for one month neither, due to a lot of other holidays with the girl I love...
So until now I might not have crossed the entire continent for a fourth time, but I hit the road to some other places anyway. I mean to a lot of places, to name a few: to Poland and to Berlin, back and forth to Lausanne a couple of times, to Luxembourg and to Glasgow... I've truly never stopped riding and obviously I never will!
I'm definitely going to Athens in 2023! First leg is in March, from Ghent to Salzburg. Mid-may I'll return to Salzburg by train to take a long way to Greece. Thank you for following my stories! For old stories: see blog and see below. For new stories: check the blog page! More soon... or not so soon!
Update 19.06.2023: the Road to Athens is history, but the story stays forever and new adventures are coming up, I keep you posted...!
In 2016 I rode my bike from Ghent to Istanbul. In 2017, Moscow was the destination, 2018 the road went to Odessa. So my last transcontinental bike ride is already four years ago! Since than, my plan was to go to Athens, but yeah... In 2019 I just got a new job so I couldn't or I didnt allow myself to go away for more than four weeks in a row. In 2020, there was the pandemic. In 2021 and 2022 i didn't want to leave for one month neither, due to a lot of other holidays with the girl I love...
So until now I might not have crossed the entire continent for a fourth time, but I hit the road to some other places anyway. I mean to a lot of places, to name a few: to Poland and to Berlin, back and forth to Lausanne a couple of times, to Luxembourg and to Glasgow... I've truly never stopped riding and obviously I never will!
I'm definitely going to Athens in 2023! First leg is in March, from Ghent to Salzburg. Mid-may I'll return to Salzburg by train to take a long way to Greece. Thank you for following my stories! For old stories: see blog and see below. For new stories: check the blog page! More soon... or not so soon!
Update 19.06.2023: the Road to Athens is history, but the story stays forever and new adventures are coming up, I keep you posted...!
AND MORE... THE EARLY DAYS 2010-2015 || LAUSANNE 2016 || LA ROUTE AU SOLEIL 2017 || LE MONT SAINT-MICHEL 2017 || MONT VENTOUX 2018 || ENGLAND 2019 || LUXEMBOURG 2019 || DENMARK 2021 || LONG ROAD TO ALSACE 2021 || GLASGOW 2021
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