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5 Dec 2025 1 minute read 1 comment Melina Mehr
whole plan was to head up into the forested mountains… but... Another weekend rolled around, and I’d originally planned to spend it all to myself, just me and the mountains. These days, the hills are breathtaking—the trees have exploded into gr...
26 Sep 2025 3 minute read 0 comments JC Business Consult
KIGALI, Rwanda Under the crisp highland skies, the hills around Rwanda are humming with the whirr of wheels and the cheers of fans. It’s here, in September 2025, that the world’s best cyclists converge for the 2025 UCI Road World Championships — the...
5 Feb 2025 1 minute read 9 comments Melina Mehr
I searched for you—through time, through moments, through this ever-darkened era. And at last, I found you.Do you want to know what it was that I found?I’ll tell you in just a moment…Every now and then, I would set out on my bike, gliding through nat...
9 Jan 2025 7 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead
We woke up to a gorgeous day in Budapest. It was probably going to be in the 70s F (23s C) and the sun was out. My husband wanted to see the last of the "Saint Steven's" on this trip so we were going to the Basilica for sure. Then we were going to wa...
8 Jan 2025 9 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
Esztergom, Hungary to Budapest, Hungary, 55.1 miles (88.7 km), 4 hours 42 minutes, 870 feet (265 m) elevation (climbing) After looking at our route, I understand why the tour company had given us a train ticket and a boat ticket for this day. We n...
7 Jan 2025 6 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead
Komarno, Slovakia to Esztergom, Hungary, 35.1 miles (50 km), 2 hours 48 minutes, 475 feet (145 m) elevation (climbing). Unfortunately for me, my day started in the middle of the night. I ended up with food poisoning and it woke me up about 3...
5 Jan 2025 7 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
Gyor, Hungary to Kormano, Slovakia, 26.3 miles (42 km), 2 hours 9 minutes, 531 feet (162 m) of elevation (climbing): I was hopeful when we left Gyor that the rain had come and gone. Our bike seats fared well overnight with the covers on them and...
4 Jan 2025 4 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead
Bratislava, Slovakia to Gyor, Hungary, 49.4 miles (79.5 km), 3 hours 47 minutes, 471 feet (143.5 m) elevation (climbing): This was a long day for us. We weren't really along the Danube River that much, as you can see. There were a few climbs, bu...
2 Jan 2025 4 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
Vienna, Austria to Petronell-Carnuntum, Austria; 32.8 miles (52 km), 2 hours and 41 minutes, 599 feet (182 m) of elevation climbing. We had a very interesting start to the day. First, we had to retrieve our bicycle from the hotel's underground g...
1 Jan 2025 4 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
I know, I'm so far behind on this blog. I'm trying to get back to finishing it. I think I have put off writing about Vienna because it was a bit of a letdown for me, as we didn't plan well. Today was one of our few 'rest' days. That's in quotes be...
