The journey begins

As of yesterday morning a 2 year wait came to an end and the mental adventure of dreaming stopped. I started living the adventure.

This may only be a 500km tour to begin with which started from Hitzendorf and will get us to Hallstatt and back but Saturday night proved to be one of very confused emotions.

The feeling of joy, excitement, fear, anxiety and uneasiness were all bubbling around inside my head. Asking myself if I am mentally prepared for what is about to come my way. I can acknowledge this is going to a be physically, mentally and emotionally exhausting in ways I've never had to endure before, but it is partly because of these reasons I wanted to go out and do such a trip. To face the fears, fight through the anxiety and uneasiness and go out into the unknown.

I spent most of my life scared to do many things because I felt I was not prepared enough, which would lead to what I perceived as personal failures, but I've learnt to understand the only real failure is allowing fear to stop me from living my life. I am so grateful to be doing this experience and more so, that I found someone crazy enough whom I love very dearly who agreed to join me on this trip. Thank you Nadja for being part of this, and thank you Herbert and Roswitha for taking care of me in your home during the past few months.

We had a brilliant first day yesterday adjusting to the loaded bikes which proved to be more tiring than we accounted for, yet that is why we decided to start with very short distances. We were greeted by an amazing family on couchsurfing who not only hosted us but also arranged accommodation with her friend in our next destination.

Let the adventure continue :)