Day 16

We have arrived! The essence of today is that we have arrived successfully to the courtyard, riding in cars as opposed to on bikes as in previous years. The tour is over, the 16 day period in which we've learned a lot - everyone contributed and we've returned luckily and happily to the courtyard of the school.

We've started in Giurgiu this morning, and traveled for more than 400 kilometers (~250 miles). This is a lot, even with cars. We evaluated the tour in the hotel, everyone shared his positive and negative experiences, insights during the tour. We've all agreed that Turkey is wonderful and cycling all the way down there was definitely worth it. It was a great talk, we've played back a few of the memories of the past days, and tried to understand what had happened to us - though from what has been said it seemed that we would need a few more days to realize, what a great thing we have accomplished.

At around 10 we headed out, and after nearly 10 hours of riding in a car we have arrived to Cluj-Napoca. The rad was tiresome and long, but we are happy to have gotten home and that the parents could welcome us on the courtyard. We thank everyone who has come, and waited for us, we thank you for following this blog. This will be all for today, but we will be putting up a longer, more fleshed out summary of the expedition this week. Enjoy the last round of photos, and as for the messages, just ask your sons and daughters. J