12 | Voyage à Vélo en TURQUIE : on partage NOTRE VIE

12 | Voyage à Vélo en TURQUIE : on partage NOTRE VIE

Türkiye tenth country we are there! It was only the second day we were there and it’s just incredible the welcome we got from strangers. What a birthday present I couldn’t do better to give myself a tire. We are Fiona and Bryan and we decided to leave everything to go traveling by bike

On some of the roads of the world our goal is to discover the wide open spaces that surround us and meet those who live there and those who ride there to contemplate the silence of the bitumen or savor the sound of gravel and create memories by the dozen and by the shovel.

We are determined to share this crazy adventure with you, so make yourself comfortable, let’s go. Tenth country we are there Türkiye we are there. So here we are off to go to our Warmshower. And we did our little obligations in town, we went to get money, a SIM card and water, the basics

FIONA: WE’RE IN TURKEY, we’re there! We did it at that time we didn’t know it yet and that’s good but Turkey had many surprises in store for us, stunned by the heat and lack of sleep we drove on Turkish soil without realizing

All the The magnitude of these first pedal strokes on the Asian continent, the long roads with heavy traffic and the blazing sun, however, already set the tone for what our route in this country would look like. This morning we hit the road again. Yesterday it was our arrival in Turkey. Personally I

Had a little trouble enjoying it. We spent a not really relaxing night on the ferry. As a result, my mood was greatly affected, I was sleepy, I didn’t want to ride, I didn’t find the landscapes very, very beautiful, it must also be said, that’s how it is.

We have to deal with our moods we have to deal with our energy there are days when it’s not it’s not the great days what it’s not the form of the great days what’s always good is that it’s okay always much better after a good night’s sleep and above all

We were lucky enough to be welcomed for our first night by a warm shower who made us very welcome who made us a super good dinner and then well just that it was It’s already huge and we’re ready to get back in the saddle with more energy and then more positivity.

You are certainly wondering what we are doing there in the middle of the night on a small electric cart with a stranger in a Turkish village whose name we don’t even know, and we don’t understand everything that is happening to us either. At this

Point, so many incredible things happened in less than 24 hours that we kind of forgot to vlog but we filmed everything so we’re going to explain everything to you, here we go. While we were driving quietly

On the Turkish roads I noticed by chance that my rear wheel is really in bad shape and no longer rolls straight it seems that the spokes are loose and that the tire is deformed

Neither one nor two we are looking for a bike shop on Google Map miracle a bicycle dealer is 20 minutes away we go to a village and in the middle of a residential area we find Osman a Turkish father who repairs the bicycles of the people of the village while

The diagnosis is made we are welcomed like kings by the whole family, that is to say his wife, his daughter and his granddaughter, we are entitled to a generous snack before learning that my tire is defective, it will have to be changed next time big

City the day is well underway we ask if we can pitch our tent in the schoolyard in front of the bike shop after some hesitation everything comes together their neighbors invite us to drink tea and we learn that this same person is

Already came to our canton for work that the world is small then Osman comes back to us to open the doors of his house so that we can take a shower he finally offers us to sleep in his tiny house under construction in front of the house there

All the time neighborhood is busy cleaning and preparing the container for us to sleep between four walls this night it’s incredible and the surprises continue Osman takes us on his famous electric cart to eat an ice cream and drink a beer at the village festival. This is the hard life of electric vehicles,

Ultimately our bikes even if they have small problems at least they are still moving forward. It looks epic, it already is! Indeed, this story is already epic. We finally return to their house where the neighbors offer us supper before we go with the whole family to the marinade next door.

That evening we fell asleep with stars in our eyes, in the morning we were greeted even more beautifully with a Gargantuan lunch. Finally Osman and his little daughter take us again to see the spring where they go to get water.

And especially his orchards where he will set up his tiny house in a few years. After enormous thanks we hit the road again with our heads elsewhere as if we had just experienced a waking dream a crazy parenthesis amazed by a mechanical situation which was not

Favorable we finally had the opportunity to have a completely crazy encounter with incredible humans when we set off to travel by bike it was this proximity with others that we came to seek but we never would have imagined even in our wildest dreams to be

Welcomed like this by people who absolutely did not know us and who yet opened their doors to us for a few hours as if we were members of their family, enough to shake us up and make us review our own beliefs and prejudices in our

Lives which are sometimes a little too barricaded with Europeans. We hit the road again filled with gratitude because it was still incredible to be welcomed like this by people who didn’t know us. It was only the second day we were there, it was just incredible the welcome we received. we

Got it from strangers which certainly my wheel problem is not resolved we will see in the next big city which is 2 days away by bike otherwise well on the other hand the stages enter I find them quite difficult personally I don’t know if I I have a lack of motivation to cycle

Or something. It’s hot, we have a headwind, the roads aren’t too crazy. 6km of small road for 40km of main road. The motivation to cycle is a little less present for the moment in Turkey. We stopped in Athens too long. Yeah, maybe I don’t know, maybe it’s a week’s break, maybe it’s

Also fatigue, cumulative fatigue, I don’t know. The adaptation phase too. Also yeah there is the adaptation phase, new to a new country. We don’t know anything, we don’t have our bearings yet. No… apart from Migros, anyway, our beginnings in Turkey are still going rather well. This morning we woke up in

This little alternative place at our warmshower at least it’s in his garden he decided to dedicate part of his large garden to the cycling community it’s a bit of an alternative place to come and pitch your tent it’s nice of him the place is about thirty

Minutes walk from the historical and archaeological site of Ephesus so that’s what we’re going to do there we’re going to leave on foot to visit this site which promises to be quite incredible we can’t wait to see it. Here we go ! [MUSIC] SUBSCRIBE, LIKE AND SHARE 🙂 [MUSIC]

The Warmshower told us yeah 3 hours of time is really a long time to visit the whole city. No ! I think it’s the minimum 3 hours it goes by really quickly you really have to arrive right on time for the opening because

There was still almost no one there it’s a city which is incredible. In Europe I had never had the opportunity to see a city like this, what was here was colossal. A great visit, we were not disappointed to have left the bikes at our warmshower to come visit Ephesus.

And now we’re going to hit the road, we’re going to do 50 km, we’re seriously ill, but honestly, that’s it. Ephesus, if you are in the area, come and take a look, you will be completely surprised. FIONA come on FIONA [MUSIC]

We arrived in Aiden and while waiting for our couchsufer we said to ourselves that we were going to go straight to the bike shop we are waiting for the verdict but in any case The wheel was definitely spinning. There is only one solution, I have to change my tire unfortunately

The bike shop we went to did not have an equivalent to mine we will try another bike shop tomorrow but in the meantime the incredible Turkish hospitality is once again not lacking thanks to our super talented Kemal who pulled out all the stops we

Spent a perfect evening with him and the next day he will even accompany us to the bike shop but not that he also reserves a slot at his hairdresser for Bryan. Today is a hairdresser’s appointment to give me a makeover for Fiona’s birthday.

This girl is 30 years old today and I still have to be a little bit of her sexy boyfriend. [MUSIC] that’s it, problem repaired, what a birthday present I couldn’t do better to offer myself a tire for seventy francs, my time it’s a little more expensive than what I would have paid in

Switzerland apparently but because of inflation in Turkey we don’t really have a choice. There is our couchsurfer who is leaving. It’s just incredible that we can’t find such a bike shop in the city where we are. Things are going really well, it works really well when there is a problem

When there is a little negative thing in fact it brings so many positives we were very lucky that our couchsurfer helped us enormously and did all the translations for us. helps us with communication with employees and what’s incredible is that we found tires

From a really good brand, normally the range above what I had so I hope things will go better I’m going to avoid the holes I’m going to be careful and above all they were on a new travel bike and they took it apart they removed a tire

To put on my rear tire so it’s just so cool. I’m very lucky that it’s happening this way, even though we’re ready to hit the road again on this thirtieth anniversary. Happy Birthday Happy Birthday. Yeah yeah she’s 30 today is her birthday. There are even the Turks who wish him happy birthday,

They are honking in all directions here, it’s crazy. Pop pop come on let’s take the 45 kilometer road. And we’re going to go see our warmshower that awaits us. And yes, celebrating 30 years on the road is not

Nothing, the lack of loved ones is felt but we focus on the positive, the technology that allows us to see and hear them in real time, these hosts, each more incredible than the others who have welcomed us every evening for several days and above all this dream come true.

I love this quote from Mike Horn who says that birthdays are reminders that we have one less year to achieve the things we care about. 2 years ago the day before my 28th birthday we managed our first 200 km by bike last year we climbed our first

Glacier at an altitude of over 4000 m and this year well this year we are realizing a dream that was running through our heads for a long time have given life to the little fire that lies dormant within us,

Of course it requires some concessions but above all it means having the certainty of flourishing without regret. From Croatia I look at all the fig trees we pass to see if there are any ripe figs and there finally, finally for his birthday. Mmmmmh so good.

The day ends just as well as it began with our new host Serkan. A stranger who will quickly become a friend and with whom instead of spending one night we will ultimately stay, Five days. In vacation mode today we have our warmshower or couchsurfer as you

Ultimately want and last night the feeling was super good with him frankly a really cool guy really open we were able to talk about everything everything everything he told us but you want to stay a few more days so we decided to stay one more day so we’re going to

Go and enjoy this swimming pool which is just behind while waiting for him to come pick us up to go do some archaeological visits in the surroundings which we wouldn’t have was able to go by bike and we regretted it a little and there everything came together well,

We were going to have a great birthday day for Fiona, we solved the bike problems. Too good there is everything that is fine there is everything that is in there everything that is fine then there

We are going to enjoy we are going to wait for our host to come and pick us up to go visit. We have changed our standing, we can have a hard time on the road but from time to time things happen to us, often even incredible things.

It only brings positives. Yeah traveling by bike only brings positives. You meet incredible people, you really shouldn’t be afraid of not having a schedule. Always all this pins well And as it is written in certain books the plan is always perfect. This is our vacation spot for the day. It’s excellent !

It really makes you think that, that people we can give in life we ​​can exchange without having to expect anything in return, just to spend wonderful and unforgettable moments together. That’s something worth it, it’s worth all the wealth in the world.

We don’t need to be rich, we just need to be happy to want to share, to have confidence in each other because they’re leaving us the apartment and that’s a real life lesson. If there’s one thing to remember so far, it’s what it’s like to share

Being happy to offer to make others happy and ultimately happiness is contagious! [MUSIC] SUBSCRIBE, LIKE AND SHARE 🙂 [MUSIC] We are lucky our warmshower host is incredible he takes us everywhere we live incredible experiences we arrived first evening good feeling, hop we continued he we asked if

We wanted to stay one more night, ultimately two more nights and he showed us everything, we lived my life a little with him. Last night we ended up on one of his construction sites to go check the lights because

He is an electrical engineer on a big highway project that crosses a good part of the country and so last night at 10 p.m. we are at best. a construction site and then we ended up going to drink tea

In their work space so there were still people working yesterday evening at 10 p.m. Because he had to finish things for this morning so a hell of a life that takes place here and then it’s really incredible to be able to experience this what else is that there are applications that simplify meeting

And then even more with the locals we didn’t think experiencing things like this we knew we were going to meet people we knew that the Turks have incredible hospitality but to the point of ending our days on construction sites or visiting places with him and we stay

At his place as if we had the ‘apartment for us and that’s yeah it’s crazy it’s crazy to be able to experience something like that so Turkish hostility is good there we validated it. It is the best ! The bike routes aren’t great but

The people are incredible, the food is excellent so if you go on a bike tour don’t forget to take some time to try it on one of the warmshower meeting platforms / couchsurfer or whatever you want but it’s worth trying to take

The time to try to contact some to be able to spend time with them, because they will really really discover their country and their way of living in the country and there we really leave with a real idea of ​​what it’s like to live in Turkey and not just we think

That it’s that and then bla bla. Hop far you have to live to be able to really have your own opinion. So obviously if you come you are going to live an experience other than the current one,

Take it not as an example or a wish to want to do the same but take it as what it’s possible yes you can meet people easily you can have an amazing time you can have crazy experiences no matter how it happens but things turn out wonderfully.

Since we left, incredible people have been put in our path. We will not forget any of these encounters which in their own way make our trip unique after these few suspended days with our fantastic host Serkan it is time to hit

The road again but ultimately not by bike our points of interest having been visited in the heat boring of this month of July as well as the unattractive roads are enough reason in our eyes to take a bus which will take us to our next destination Cappadocia in fact the last days

On the road having been more of a constraint than pleasure we do not we do not want to become disgusted with our favorite means of transport, which is the bicycle; it is sometimes necessary to know how to make

The choices that seem best for us and not for the eyes of others, without forgetting that there are just as many ways to traveling as a brief traveler before starting the 11 hour drive that separates us

From the hot air balloons we say goodbye to Serkan with a heavy heart see you soon dear friends and above all THANK YOU! and we cannot conclude this episode without thanking the generous donors who offered me

A little something on the occasion of my 30th birthday via the link buy me a coffee share in Story on Instagram or via other platforms so a big thank you to all those who recognize themselves it contributed to good little aperitifs but also and above all to being able to release

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The links in the description let’s see you very soon on the roads of the world by bike. Charlotte Clément and yes we met again this morning and that’s really cool. Will the hot air balloon passing behind me be the hot air balloon we will take

This morning to fly over Cappadocia and you will only find out in the next episode.

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