Date: July 2026 Duration: 7 Days Distance: 2,039 km
The plan is to ride to Poland, then on to Slovakia before returning home via Czechia. However while having breakfast, I check the weather forecast for the days ahead.
Half an hour before my planned departure, my plan has changed and I will ride towards Normandy…
Unlike one of my typical tours, where I would travel along a roughly planned route spanning a few thousand kilometers, I am basing myself this summer in the touristic town of Bled for six nights and making tours from there as well as doing a bit of hiking and cycling around the area.
It's nearing the end of the tour and I'm on my final country before returning to Germany. I have two days in Czech which allows me to confine myself to the quiet country roads.
It's the third country today and I'm not really sure where I want to go. As part of my pre-trip planning I highlight interesting places, towns and cities on the map based on guide books and online sources.
Finally back in the EU after a long wait at Polish customs. As with Bulgarian customs, they were thoroughly checking the contents of every bag in every car.
Despite both Bulgaria and Romania being EU members, neither are part of Schengen, so consequently there are border controls. Fortunately these formalities do not take long and my Bulgarian Lev is soon exchanged for Romanian Leu.
After passing (and mostly jumping) through the long queue for Bulgarian Customs, I quickly change all my Turkish Lira for Bulgarian Lev, adding in a few Euro for good measure. Petrol is replenished and I head straight for the Black Sea coast along a heavily pot-holed forest road.
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