The first of us arrived in Sofia on Thursday afternoon. After orientating ourselves, we were met at Eagle Bridge by a guy from Sofia Green Tours – a group of volunteers who give guided tours of the city by bike – and were shown our place to sleep quite deep in the Borisova park. There was tons of space for lots of us to stay…so far there were just 5! That night some of us joined the weekly Thursday night bike ride. About a hundred people showed up, and with the lights glowing, they descended slowly, stuttering patiently across zebra…

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Earlier today protestors met outside the Romanian Embassy in Berlin in Solidarity of the Sunday protest in that have been gaining momentum in Romanian, and beyond since September. There were simultaneous protest all over Romania but also in Barcelona, Paris, and parts of South America. After recently returning to Berlin from the Biketour, I took the opportunity to join the Berlin protest, that marched from the Embassy to Brandernberg Gate, chanting “United we Save Rosia Montana” and ‘Viva Revolution‘ in English and Romanian. There people lit candles, shouted popular RM slogans, and danced to live covers of adapted popular tunes,…

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Made whilst unpacking panniers from items foraged or carried along the way…this is just what would fit in the picture! (Click to enlarge). This a thankyou to all the people who cycled alongside us. For the people who cooked delicious creations – for those who built and fixed the rocket stoves (several times) –  for giving us amazing contacts – for showing us inspiring projects – for welcoming us into you community, home or garden – for joining us around the fire –  for those who lent me socks and clothes when mine were just too dirty or wet to…

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Biketour join local and International protestors at the anti mining protest at Campeni, 15km from Rosia Montana… (22nd September). Arriving into Rosia Montana… An example of the Pro mining banners that litter the town…. one reads ‘Rosia Montana only exisits because of MINING!’… Several anti mining banners were put up overnight in Rosia Montana before the arrival of an ‘illegal commission‘, that was set up by the Romanian government to assess the legitimisation of the mining project in one day! One banner reads ‘The Street Says No‘, the other comments about the illegal commission due to arrive later that morning. …

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After vising Atelier DIY in Timisoara, we made the short afternoon cycle 35km along a busy dual road, but luckily it was flat and with some kind of bikepath, of which the main features of the landscape were gigantic crucifixes in the distance. As we turned off for the last 10km it became vineyards, rolling hills, and the setting sun. We reached our sleeping place at Stanciova Farm just as it was getting dark, arriving to a warm welcome, an open fire and delicious home cooked food by Irina and Gab with vegetables from their garden and beautiful cup cakes!!!…

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