Solo Bikepacking - 10 000 km through Europe

[Music] I can't tell you who I am but I can't tell you who I'm not I'm not an artist I'm no filmmaker no cyclist and not The Adventurous type I'm just a regular woman who woke up one morning and decided to leave home for one month it was time to breathe some fresh air it was time to be alone and time to let my thoughts wander when I left I didn't know that I'll be gone for good this is my journey and my 10 000 kilometers of chasing a fulfilled life this is me right before jumping into the biggest adventure of my life it is summer 2021 and I want to cycle from Germany to Spain I cycle I eat and I sleep and that's all that I want to do I don't want to have appointments I don't want to take care of anything I want to be alone I want to cycle and I want to eat and sleep this date lasts for exactly four days four days of being alone four days of cycling and Bam I met people who are like me okay so hey ho let's go together foreign [Music] I feel the joy and happiness flooding my body I change my mind becomes playful and joyful and nothing can stop me there is one thought that keeps coming back to my head it just keeps coming back why can't I live like that for like forever why I don't have an answer and I don't have any reason to stop cycling I do not want to return I do not want to return to a place where I don't belong I do not want to return and wake up every morning and feel the emptiness eating me alive I do not want to feel useless and I do not want to waste my life any longer I made my decision and my decision is certain I want to live a life on the road and I need to live a life in the road long story short I fly back home I sell all my belongings I quit my job and I say goodbye to friends and family I know that it is the right decision and it's time to breathe fresh air time to be alone and time to let my thoughts wander step one wake up brother gonna rise to the sun step two get some good some food in you I am back on the bike and back on the road I want to make my way along the Spanish Coastline and somehow it's not time to be alone I have wonderful encounters I meet extraordinary people but now you got it but now I got it right I can't stop what you doing my name is break is done he's totally done and it's it's no fun seriously I learned a lot about various kinds of Lifestyles life gives me the opportunity to share time with like-minded people and I'm learning my lesson of farewells whenever I get to meet someone no matter how special the connection is there will be a moment of saying goodbye Cheerio I'll see you in another lifetime somewhere I'm realizing that farewells don't have to be said so it is time to say goodbye and for the first time in month I'm on my own step one wake up step two get some good some food in your step three it is the end of November 2021 days are getting colder and I'm freezing my ass off each and every night as I don't have a destination I decide to take a ferry to reach the Canary Islands I just bought the ferry ticket so let's go to Tenerife I have to get ready um pack my stuff and then sleep one more night in the hostel and then I'm off [Music] temperatures around 20 degrees each and every day perfect for a life on the road somehow I don't feel satisfied somehow I don't feel the life on the road and somehow I realize that I cannot run away or cycle away from my feelings or emotions I spent my first week and I was still to be honest I felt really really long I was just sitting in the corner I was in a bad mood I'm surrounded by palm trees and what I do is sitting in the corner and I don't know ponder about life most of the time I was just a little to myself I don't know I left home because I didn't want to feel the emptiness inside myself and now here I am on an island and I don't know how to handle my negative feelings but once more it is not time to be alone once more I have wonderful encounters and I meet very special humans [Music] thank you you're doing something quite normal right it's like no I'm just gonna sell or get rid of or store whatever I have get on the bike and stay on the bike and that's going to be my home you know I mean like that's quite crazy and I'm gonna do it alone even though I'm in a van you're on a bike there is some common themes right you are traveling alone most of the time of course we meet people we meet friends and then you you tag along for some time with somebody but then you split up but in the end we are traveling alone as I'm riding my bike in circles around the islands month by month I realize that I need to get back to the mainland to continue my journey I'm telling myself that I will be ready to leave these wonderful Islands after getting up to the highest peak of the islands El Tater this is going to be the hardest challenge of my whole journey three days 70 kilometers 3715 meters minus 10 degrees my whole life I just wanted someone who would notice me my whole life has just wanted to be somebody to be yeah I just wanna be great yeah I just wanna be great yeah I just wanna be great [Music] I made it to the peak uh I don't know what to say um I don't know I'm so proud of myself this this uh was the hardest thing I've done so far in my life uh physically um and yeah I just I don't know what to say I'm all over I'm overwhelmed today I proved myself that I am capable of doing almost anything like you nothing can stop me it is March 2022 and now I'm ready to leave the islands I'm ready to continue my journey on the mainland um at the harbor use my stuff and I just went through the wrong part my Ferry is leaving in 30 minutes and I don't know where to go I am on the ferry now I made it and I'm gonna make my way to deck four I guess and yeah then let's see I have the one day and seven hours here I'll see you on the mainland it is March 2022 and I continue cycling on the mainland weird weather becomes my friend and I started cycling towards Portugal it is time to breathe some fresh air time to let my thoughts wander and time to be alone okay no I'm kidding once again it is not time to be alone and I'm gifted with amazing company [Music] foreign [Music] changes within the glimpse of an eye and so does mine I get sick I can't keep on cycling and I need a roof over my head to recover I'm at my weakest the weather is bad I'm freezing I don't know what to do and I'm alone um the crybaby is back I just woke up this morning and I realized nope I cannot ride my bike sorry I was sick for four days and then I started cycling too soon and yeah my belly is not feeling good yeah I just I don't feel good I think I just want to lay down for two days and recover again and I cycled 19 kilometers and now it's only 15 15 more kilometers to my uh destination because I found a cheap room I'm really I'm really struggling to get back these freaking 15 kilometers I mean it's almost nothing but um I'm struggling I'll go find the accommodation and then I don't know I really don't know what's going on now it's time to be alone now it's time to let my thoughts wander now it's time to recover it is May 2022 I'm back on the road and I do have a destination I make my way through Spain France Belgium and the Netherlands to reach Germany after being abroad for one year for these last two months I travel solo I traveled by myself I cycle I eat and I sleep I see wonderful places and I'm in tune with myself I'm independent I'm on the road and I am who I want to be [Music] I'm getting closer to the place I call home I'm coming back as a strong open-minded Confident Woman I know what I'm capable of and I know that I can trust myself my intuition and my inner strength I know that my heart belongs to the road and I learned that I don't need anyone to live a life on the road I am enough but I do know that the best memories are related to these wonderful people I met I believe that we create our life I think most people who go on a journey like this they want to find something feeling of Freedom just do it don't be afraid I'll keep going I can't stop it is creating Miracles [Music] it's about sharing listening laughing being honest being close being real it's about love and friendship and deep connections it's about being friends for days or weeks or months and sometimes these friendships do last for a lifetime it's also about trust and anger and sadness and disappointment I trust the process I trust the story I trust the path and therefore today I can tell you who I am a woman who woke up one morning and decided to leave home for a month today I'm an artist I'm a filmmaker and I'm The Adventurous type

Channel: Giant Cheerio

Views: 416,246

Keywords: bikepacking, cycling, traveling, adventure, Giant cheerio, vlog, bike, bikelife, inspiration, travelinspiration, Radreise, cicloturismo, biketour, world trip, Bikepacking documentary, cycling film, global cycling network, travel vlog, travel with bike, gravel bike, bike camping, road bike, bike touring, cycling vlog, europe, outdoor, solo travel Europe, travel Europe, Europe travel, solo travel, solo camping, France, Spain, Portugal, Canary Islands, Teide, travelling place, nature documentary

Id: 7wN5Je3zC9Q

Length: 12min 36sec (756 seconds)

Published: Sat Jan 07 2023