8/04/2026
Quand le pont qui est sur notre route ressemble à ça que fait-on ? 🤔
Après une entrée épique dans Bucarest, scénario assez comparable à Sofia (sauf qu’à Sofia il était 23h et qu’il pleuvait des cordes), accueil incroyable par Prof Anca Draganescu au National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Prof. Dr. Matei Balș » où nous sommes logés comme des rois, un immense merci pour cette hospitalité ! C’est ici-même dans le bel auditoire du rez-de-chaussée que se donnera la conférence de demain….
Dear all, in order to be understood by our hosts along the way, I’ll switch to English. Today was again an amazing day…We are hosted as kings at the Institutul National de Boli Infectioase Prof. Dr. Mateis Bals, we are feeling at home. A special thank to Prof Anca Draganescu, medical director and Assist. Univ. Dr. Adrian Gabriel Marinescu, manager of the Institute for their incredible welcome. In the morning we have visited the hospital then we had the conference at noon with a full auditorium and attendance of young trainees which is highly motivating. In the afternoon we had the privilege to get a private visit of the Palace of the Parlement, designed during Communist times as the People’s House. We ended our day with our hosts in an outstanding traditional Romanian restaurant Caru’ cu bere ,🙂
9/04/2026
Sorry wrong way…😂
Beaucoup de chemins « Gravel-VTT » avec de petites pièces d’eau improvisées qui s’invitent en chemin 🛶
Cela nous rappelle des souvenirs…☹️
Beaucoup d’embûches, il faut s’adapter mais on garde le sourire 🙂
Crevaisons : Stéphane 3 points, Dimitri 1 point…
10/04/2026
Ploiesti, petrochemical city
Yesterday we planned to go from Bucharest to Slanic (114 km) but we could not make it (3 punctures, tunnels under water and bridges that disappeared) so we ended, after 94 km, in Ploiesti in a guesthouse. This morning we left the bicycles at the guesthouse to visit the sait mine of Slanic, thanks to Juliun, the son of the guesthouse’s owner. This afternoon we’ll head to Buzau (72 km). Juliun has shown us the not yet famous Green Mountains nearby Slanic (Zeolitization: The green color is caused by chemical changes known as zeolitization. During this process, volcanic glass in the tuff is replaced by zeolites—minerals that often exhibit a green color). Let’s go Njilabo 😀
Orthodox Easter preparation in the villages we are crossing….it smells pretty good, big celebrations and family gatherings ahead
Paroisse Saint-Nicolas La Hulpe 