this line is the actual border between uh czech republic and germany
it's seven o'clock 7 p.m i did 85 kilometers i found a host but it's still
40 kilometers 40 45 kilometers away
so i might have to i have to cycle in the dark and it's very hilly
but i asked i stopped to a house here to have some water
and they gave me this soft drink it's nice
some sugar some energy for the road to push the last three hours good morning
last night wasshameful i got to my host house it was almost 10 o'clock the last 20 kilometers
killed me so i basically did 85 kilometers from 4:20 in the afternoon till till evening
i got there that it was dark it's it was very hilly the the bit that i did for germany in czech
republic loads of hills not one meter flat so it was either going up or going down so it slowed
me down a lot and uh and i had to keep going and um yeah i told my host i was gonna be there and
and at some point i was uh i was a bit ashamed and i said maybe i should just pitch my tent somewhere
and tell them that i'm not going because uh it was late i thought maybe they go to bed early
but anyway it was a lovely evening they gave me some cabbage soup it was really good and we
had breakfast this morning unfortunately we didn't get to talk too much hang out too much so that i i
didn't like because i like to to hang out and and talk to people when i go in their homes but yeah
i'm late it's a it's a lesson for the next time i shouldn't i shouldn't do things like this stupid
it was too much to plan to do another 85 kilometers i when it's already late in the
afternoon 420 when i when i when i left the the the place where i had a stop i was at a
petrol station because it was the only place that could accept credit card even for very
small amount i stopped in another shop for the just after the border to get a
drink like an energy drink it was nine coronas which is it was like 30 cents 30 euro cents and
obviously they they it was nine coronas and the minimum amount they accepted for a credit card
payment was 150 or 160 so it was but at the petrol station even for small amounts and and i just
wanted a an energy drink so that i could i could get going so today i'm 100 kilometers from prague
and yeah so this evening i should be in prague it's early in the morning it's quarter to nine
so i can take my sweet time to get to prague it will be very hilly for the first part
and then the last half it should be flat going down to prague
maps at me is has the incredible ability to put you in the shittiest road ever like trails
that nobody passed through in years in africa i was on loads of road that didn't exist
but at least it's fun it's an adventure and you're in nature
well you never know if you're if you do 10 kilometers and then the road is blocked
happened to me many times that i
i went on just to find out that it was impossible to pass because it was a river or something
lucky i'm not in a hurry to get to Prague because i have the whole day to do 100 kilometers
i have a feeling this road is gonna lead to nowhere
[ __ ] maps.me
that's impossible to go this way [ __ ] it
reverse
first of all let me get this blackberry
let's try
let's try going up this way what can i say a tractor must have come here
i'll go and check what's like the trail in the forest up there
if not i'll go back last 30 40 minutes for nothing
i think these are uh military roads military trades that since the
the communists regimes fell they haven't been maintained or not used
see a signpost
let me check the map
yeah okay
i should be in the forest for a long while
okay the the first village is at about 15 17 kilometers
let's try to do it hopefully i don't have to go back
because that is the last thing i need and want
very pleasant morning in the woods well now almost out of the woods
yeah it was a nice ride
i'm getting really hungry but i think i feel like i want proteins
not sure what to eat but they have some what bars
someone gave me yesterday i should have five or six
should be good should be good as a
morning break
for some reason i really feel like i need a protein sometimes i get this feeling
is when i think about
carbohydrates or bread or something like that and i don't feel it
i know that my body needs some proteins either lentils or
beans or meat sometimes I try.. i was vegan for over 20 years so i'm not super keen on meat but
if i feel i need it i would eat it also like if i'm hosted by someone
and i'm offered meat i'll eat it i'm not gonna say oh no i'm vegetarian i'm vegan i'm this i'm that
no i'm just grateful whatever is given to me i gladly accept it
and i kind of don't like when i'm with someone that says oh no
because i'm vegan i don't like even buddha ate meat when it was offered to him because you cannot
take away the privilege from people the privilege of of sharing something with you if you refuse
whatever the reason you're hurting someone because you take away the privilege of sharing
especially when you're in places where there are very humble people and the little they have
they want to share it with you it's for me especially in those cases it's a sin to say
no i'm vegan i'm vegetarian i'm not having a piece of meat or a piece of chicken or a piece of fish
oh paved road the fun is over the fun is over
i think i'm gonna stop in this village to have a little break
i've reached the highest point of the day so from now on is all going down well almost
it's up and down many more many hills but slowly but surely going down
and i have looking at my map i have two climbs that are longer than others
but from here down it should be an easy day it was actually quite uh
quite hard i only did 35 kilometers and it's 12 it's 15 plus 12.
i thought i could have done a little bit more this morning but it's okay at least i've done
most of the climbing for the day
i think even this climb is over, i still have one
longish climb the other one should be smaller it's not that even this one was too long
it's probably about three kilometers 2.5/3Km. iI'm looking forward to go down a little bit
next village I need to find some water almost done
hopefully there is someone on the road otherwise i'll have to ring the bell voda
looking for vada
i'm gonna ask here
not bad today
hello
hello voda voda
thank you very much i'm sorry
thank you
maybe i should carry more water but i carry one liter one and a half liter maximum because there
are so many villages seems like a waste but many of these villages you cross you don't see anyone
anyway scored the water and the water is cold from the fridge so good
another pit stop i shouldn't eat too many otherwise you get diarrhea
officially got to prague my mood
couldn't be worse
i just broke the mini rack of my saddle bag
now it's friday evening who the [ __ ] am i gonna find now
these things always breaking uh on the weekends never on a [ __ ] monday morning
26 000 kilometers 26 000 kilometers of adventures
through africa turkey balkans europe
on both sides so i will need someone that can make this mini rock
in prague