20th August

It’s a bank holiday in Hungary, one of the biggest one in fact. Can’t say it has been on my mind at all… Three days travelling were done. The ride is great, gear is good and I think my biorhythm is starting to align with Kens. Haven’t stopped worrying though…. Checking the dogs all the time, their moods, their needs, their health. Grrr, so want to make sure they are okay. The heat especially scares me sometimes knowing they are stuck in the box. They are drinking like crazy! Mind so are we 

And of course, content. Got ideas, but all of it remains on my phone… pff not sure how to do this. Especially the shared account part. We’ll spend some time in Bulgaria figuring it out, I guess.

Taken from behind a bike fitted with the dog box, with stickers and signatures on it.

Today was the first day we rode without company. I still can’t believe that friends joined us for the first couple of days! That is the nicest feeling! And not just because it is cool to ride with a gang, but the fact that they support us and wanted to be part of this journey was amazing. Let’s face it: everybody has an opinion, some think we are crazy, some cannot imagine why this is good, some appreciates the adventure but can’t see it doing something like this themselves. However, if only one person is reminded by this to live their life to the fullest, whatever it means to them, that makes me happy.

Riding by ourselves was fun too, I was looking forward to it actually, just to experience the realization of this entire adventure kicking in… it hasn’t yet. I still don’t have the feeling of this being our lives now. I am still the same person with a task list. My brain is ticking away constantly of the things we want to and should do, still finishing up paperwork on the house we sold, etc. I feel very strange not working and although we deliberately took 2 months off, I am really good at preoccupying myself as you can see. Rag always reminds me to give myself a break and after what we have completed in the last 3 months, he is right, I should try and relax. I wonder if I will ever change and stop having lists? 

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