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Vielen Dank Borkumer Zeitung und Enno, dass ich euch meine Geschichte erzählen durfte.

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I put together an eleven countries fast forward video of cycling across Europe on my cycling the world journey.

I started in my home town Flensburg, Germany and pedaled all the way across eastern Europe to Istanbul, Turkey. It was about 4,000 kilometers and took me a bit more than two months.
I cycled across Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Greece, Turkey.

Don't forget to turn up the volume and get ready to dance before start the video. It contains some catchy music.

Have fun!

If you enjoy watching this video then please support my fundraising campaign to equip school class rooms in Darfur, Sudan. Thank you!
 
And if you enjoy watching it a lot, then I'd appreciate if you'd support me with a virtual cup of coffee on Ko-fi. Cheers! :)

Click here if you want to take a look at my equipment.

Ich hatte das Vergnügen mich mit Götz und Gerrit von den Fahrrad-Fanatikern zu unterhalten, um ein paar Erlebnisse und Erfahrungen rund ums Thema Fahrrad-Weltreise und Equipment zu teilen.

Nochmals vielen Dank für eure Zeit! Beste Grüße aus Vietnam!

Wieder einmal vielen dank Helga für deine Zeit und das entspanne Gespräch und herzlichen dank shz für das Teilen meiner Geschichte und der damit verbundenen Spendenaktion für das Deutsche Rote Kreuz.

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Location: Nova Bystrice
Km on the clock: 998

The day started with a little disappointment. I just entered the small town Nauen and stopped at a supermarket to stock up for the day. I took off the handlebar bag and the little bicycle computer before I entered the store - as I always do. Apparently I pressed one computer button  for too long and accidentally reseted it. Shit! I'm such an idiot. I must have had already 625 kilometers on the clock by then - probably even a little bit more. While I was picnicking outside the store I thought: Does that mean I've to start over now? It still counts right? Oh well, seems like from now on I'll have to add those kilometers. :D

I arrived Berlin in the evening the same day. I bought a bottle of wine as a gift for my friend and former roommate Vivian who hosted me the next two nights. During dinner and wine we caught up about what happened in our lives over the past few years.

I spent the next day with some sightseeing. I felt good to be in the capital again since it has been a while that I've been here. There's just so much history around here so that you could stay here basically forever to explore it all. However, two days later I left Berlin and was excited to head in direction Czech Republic now and to see its capital Prague soon.

I pedaled for three days through the southern part of Brandenburg and Saxony. One night I pitched my tent at the Inline-Skate-Bahn in Brandenburg. It provides broad cycling lanes and the tarmac of most parts is like new or is about to get renewed. It was great fun to ride around there. While I set up my tent I heard some noise in the bushes nearby - maybe 15 meters away from me. I walked towards it to take a closer look and discovered a big fat wild hog. It ran immediately away when it scented me. I thought: Oh great...at least this time I know what kind of animals are around me at nights and as long it won't try to get into my tent at night then everything is cool!

The two days in Dresden went by really quick. I stayed at a hostel in the Neustadt. Lots of other travelers from all over the world stood there as well. In the eventings we hung out together, chatted and a had a drink, whereas I used the days to explore the city. I visited all the places that I missed last year when I came here with a friend for a weekend trip.

I was excited but also nervous when I left Dresden. Today would be the day that I'd leave Germany and enter Czech Republic. I was excited about all the adventures that would lay ahead of me outside of my home country and nervous how I'd get along in a country where people don't speak my language and maybe not even English.

I pedaled alongside the river Elbe and could already see Czech Republic on the other side of it. I wondered if I was also already in Czech and if I simply missed the border signs. I stopped to ask two ladies biking the other direction - one in her twenties, one in her fifties - if this was already Czech Republic and if there would be some sort of sign at the border. The younger one answered with an American accent: "No, this is still Germany but Czech will come very soon. However, there's no sign which says that you're entering the country." I was a bit disappointed that there wouldn't be a sign to take a picture as proof that I made it accross Germany and that I'd enter the next country any moment. I kept cycling for a few more minutes until I reached the border. The  big stony sign stated Czech Republic. How can someone miss that? :D

If you enjoy reading this blog then please support my fundraising campaign to equip school classrooms in Darfur, Sudan. Thank you!

And if you enjoy reading it a lot, then I'd appreciate if you'd support me with a virtual cup of coffee on Ko-fi. Cheers! :)

Click here if you want to take a look at my equipment.