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Tour I: April - July

After more than 3 months on tour I concluded for myself in the port of Mölschow am Achterwasser to take a break and spend a few weeks at home. The 12'000 km and 15 borders I crossed in Europe helped me to understand what I really like. It wasn't an easy decision, but it was the right one for me.

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11 September 2022

A lot went through my mind while driving through Poland

11 September 2022

I entered Poland near Zwardoń. I didn't notice much of border, only the trucks had to drive to a parking lot, while I went overland to Kraków

21 July 2023

I've been pondering what I should write about Slovakia for so long. On the one hand, that was because I hadn't been in the country long enough, but I didn't want to stay any longer either

26 July 2022

For me there is a big gap between what I was told and what I saw in Romania

12 October 2022

If I'm honest, I didn't have a plan for Slovakia, apart from hiking in the High Tatras

12 October 2022

When I started the Dog.O.Mobil this morning in brilliant weather <26 degrees at 800 m>, I saw 90 on the display

13 September 2022

The hike to Creasta Cocoşului should be my last hike in Romania

13 September 2022

After my detour to the Iron Gate <Danube breakthrough> I wanted to continue north again. The motto was Transalpina - Transylvania - Maramureș.

13 September 2022

After we had crossed the Danube at Braila and had visited the mud volcanoes in Vulcanii Noroioşi, we wanted to go in the direction of Bucharesti

13 September 2022

The Berca Mud Volcanoes <Vulcanii noroioși> are next to Berca, not far from Buzău. It covers an area of 30 km² and apart from Camping Muddy there are only a few guesthouses

13 September 2022

Our boat trip into the Danube Delta started at 6:00 in the morning. This was on request of the camp owner of Camping Lac Murighiol.

11 September 2022

I had comfortably driven from Rila National Park to Sofia. I got a lounge chair from Decathlon and an adapter from Technopolis. Sofia at the foot of Vitosha is a hypermodern suburb. Seriously did not expect this.

12 September 2022

Again, the first difference when crossing the border from North Macedonia to Bulgaria was not so big. My first impression of rural Bulgaria  was greenhouses, fields and poppies. Also, there wasn't much in the towns next to the border, from time to time a small supermarket.

12 September 2022

Actually, I wanted to go to Mt Belmeken, in the eastern part of the Rila National Park. But the rain had thrown my plans upside down and so I drove to the Rila Monastery and then to the mountains at Sapareva Banya.

12 September 2022

I had chosen a few hikes again while in Bulgaria. The first hike took me to the Pirin National Park. But I could also have imagined Mt Orelyak while having an espresso at Popov Meadows. BTW Pirin is a little village on the 198 road.

12 September 2022

I escaped from the thunderstorms at Pindos National Park without seeing Vikos Gorge. The weather and the forecast for the next 5 days really wasn't the best.

11 September 2022

I have skipped some TripAdvisor highlights on my tour so far, but it was clear for me that I wanted to visit the Meteora monasteries

11 September 2022

I had planned to visit monasteries, museums and archaeological sites at Peleponnes

30 April 2024

For €21 you can cross the bridge to Patras and enter Peloponnese. The bridge and Patras are impressive. Driving in Patras, and I'm in the middle of the shopping street, was like Tirana. I enjoyed it.

11 September 2022

When I woke up this morning I couldn't believe that my first month is over

11 September 2022

If you cross the border at Mavromati, you don't really notice any difference until you get to Igouminista. The places are a bit cleaner but that's about it.

11 September 2022

I noticed something today. I was standing on Desimi beach and had slept until almost 9:00

11 September 2022

When I was in Montenegro, I started thinking about my tour in Albania. Roughly speaking, what I wanted to do was:

11 September 2022

Finally I got to the point that I considered a road to risky and I took a u-turn

12 September 2022

When entering Montenegro at Hum via the M18, the first thing that caught my eye is the EU sign and the second was the SMS saying that you don't have EU roaming

11 September 2022

During my first breakfast in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in Banja Luka near the Vrbas I thought that BiH reminded me of the Westerwald, where I grew up.

11 September 2022

In the camp at Mostar I had put together a tour over the hills from Mostar to the Dervish in Blagaj and then via Kalinovik to Sarajevo.

11 September 2022

I left Banja Luka because rain was reported for Saturday afternoon and Sunday and I didn't want to get bogged down in the campsite.

11 September 2022

It started well on Tuesday. I left around 10:00 a.m. and treated myself to 2 buttered pretzels, the last ones for a long time

11 September 2022

The time has come, nothing is in my way to hit the road

11 September 2022

What are you doing when you have a 6-month sabbatical? Sit at home, start a new project, buy a ticket around the world...

11 September 2022

Less than 2 weeks before the tour starts. In the last few days I have loaded everything except the clothes and the basic equipment for the kitchen

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