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Week 8 – Summer Strikes us on the Adriatic Coast
Week 8: Monday 17/08 – Sun 23/08 A day on the road – Monday Checking again for Covid travel limitations is attempting at our mental health. We have come to the conclusion that heading back home might be the best solution. For this reason, we have set as destination Italy, we will explore the east and west coasts. However, before that we have to cross all Hungary, reach Croatia, take a ferry and to land in Ancona, drive south then north… the whole plan has changed, but we like it “as much as” the previous one. After a long breakfast checking the latest news about the virus, we decide to…
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Week 7 – Slovakia After Two Years
Week 7: Monday 10/08 – Sun 16/08 You have to know that our first common great adventure consisted in crossing Slovakia hitch-hiking in order to enter Ukraine. It was about two weeks after we first met, we were both in Vienna. G just cycled from Monza to Vienna in 4 days to visit some friends, M was heading north after having hitch-hiked from France to Croatia. M plan was to cross Slovakia in order to reach Ukraine, G didn’t have any plan yet. The result was the two hitch-hiking from Bratislava to Košice just to realize that we needed our passports to enter Ukraine, which we didn’t have. Therefore, more…
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Day 12 – Bled: the Most Beautiful Lake of Slovenia?
Around the lake A good sleep and an abundant breakfast -we are still recovering from our ascent to Triglav- is what we need before walking around Bled lake. We follow the north shore in order to reach Blejski grad, the castle. After 15 minutes we reach the hilltop where we have a full sight of the lake. The entrance to the castle is expensive 13 euros, we decide to enjoy the view and to descend towards the village of Bled. A town for tourists The village consists in tourist accommodations, bars, restaurants, tourist offices, bike and boat rentals, minigolf… and whatever tourists might want to do, see or eat. There’s…
