Our two travelers woke up at 8am this morning only to realize that the clock on the TV said 9am, yet another timezone shift - they're +4 hours from Iceland. The temperature is around 30°C (86°F).

They rode through Nizhniy Novgorod without a map so it was slightly tricky to find their way. The traffic is fast which didn't help. Apart from that the scenery has been monotonous, flat and woodlands, but today it's changed some.

The price of accommodations has changed fast, the day before yesterday they paid 3'000 rubles for a room, yesterday 2'400 rubles and today only 280 rubles.

The bikes are doing well, despite Einar's bike having fallen twice (nothing got damaged).

Tonight they're staying at a roadside motel that they first thought were ruins. A man walked out of it so they decided it couldn't be completely demolished and checked it out (that might explain the low price on accommodations). The flies are apparently hungry as Einar has now been bitten 20 times.

Total km for today 460.