En Bicicleta por el mundo - Cycling the World

One week ago I reached Ukraine, since then the sun has been shining every day, up to 30 degrees Celsius - I cycle in  shorts and T-shirt along quiet roads batteling a headwind in the countryside of eastern Ukraine heading south west towards Odessa. I pass little villages with colorfull houses, the chickens run free and the goose heard their youngsters along the road to the next pond.  Little blond girls ride bicycles to the village shop, old babushkas sit on the bench in front of their houses and watch me rolling by, looking in wonder. The dogs seem to be tired and don´t feel like chasing me. I fill my water bottles at small wells - just have to throw the bucket in, listen to the noise of chain ratteling and water splashing - to the right there is the handle to wind the full thing back up again.
In the fields, you can see whole families working side by side, ploughing, putting seeds into the grounds, on the bigger fields huge tractors move the earth and create a cloud of dust that s blown quickly over the plains.
The trees are green again and the first bright blossoms can be seen. Each morning I wake around 5 to the song of a multitude of birds and a choir of frogs. Around 8 it is already to hot to stay in the tent. So I go about my business, cook chai, eat some bread with cheese, an apple and get on my bike to cycle with the sun in my face towards southern Ukraine - Odessa and the Black Sea are waiting for me.