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My alarm woke me up at 7h45 in the middle of a beautiful dream, i was eating a juge brunch with all my friends, my breakfast was just muesli, seeds, nuts, dried fruit and a banana. Started the day at 9h00, and then enjoyed the first 5 km on a hill side road with no cars and saw 100+ sunday road cyclist hyping me up during this small amount of time. Then got to sea and got monotone, the roads are still in bad shape because of the storm. People cleaning up houses, restaurants, looks worse than yesterday. The bike takes a beating, nice to test new types of terrains. And after a long morning where I do 60km. I take a break and eat some pork sandwich bought on the road.
I then struggled to find a place to sleep, a lot of the campings were closed because the season is over. I try 3, wash the bike in between, and end up doing an extra 15 km to get to camper parking, which is actually bery nice and straight next to the beach.
It is also next to a skatepark, nightclub, cycling path, in a bad neighborhood, but good vibe. As soon as I arrive, I find my stuff to swim and jump in the sea. The sun is down but the water feels great. I get out quickly, put back my cycling clothes to then take a fully clothed shower, to start the laundry process (take a “normal” shower afterwards), then I set up the tent, laundry, eat another pork sandwich (they look like burgers honestly – yes I bought 2)
Now time to cook, relax, there are also two other bikers, they are going north, I think we wil share some routes info later on.
A german couple from Stuttgart, we shared some great biking stories. They were doing the tour of the adriatic sea, and had great stories of the balkans. We ate dinner, kept talking about adventures, gear but also life. (Sadly I did not catch their names – so if you read this, reach out 🙂 )
Did not do as much as planned but there were many obstacles along the way today, which slowed down my km progress, good day though.