This week was about bike packing through Slovenia.
In the first days of this week, I left lake Balaton, not without a last swim and continued my journey onto more hilly lands.
As I was cycling the last kms out of Hungary I could feel the terrain changing and the slopes getting more challenging.
After crossing the Slovenian border, the challenge would get bigger and bigger. Not only cycling became more difficult because of the hills, but also Europe was hit by a heat wave, which made me question my route and sanity.
During this week I made several changes to my original plan, otherwise I would not be able to continue. Let me know what you’d have done in this situation down in the comments.
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00:00 3 weeks…
00:59 In this episode
01:42 Leaving Hungary
02:40 A heatwave in Europe
06:50 The fourth country of this trip
08:04 Welcome to Slovenia
05:15 Washing clothes as a bike-packer
08:48 The probably hardest day of this tour so far
11:32 What did I do?
12:22 Fullspeed to Maribor
12:46 Discovering Maribor
13:40 The future of the peaks of Europe
17:14 From Maribor to Ljubljana
20:42 The food of Kings: Noodles with Pesto
22:52 Fullspeed to Ljubljana
24:23 Week 3 of the biggest adventure of my life
24:54 Thank you for watching!
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This makes me wanna go on a trip to Slovenia. Amazing scenery and people seem so lovely <3
Hey, I hope you enjoyed this weeks episode 🙏🙌 Let's share some tips, how do you deal with heat during your bike trips and do you have some bike packing (secret) tips? Hope to see you next week for a new adventure 👌🤘
Yeah, staying hydrated is really important. Be however aware that drinking only water is not enough, you loose a lot of minerals through sweat that has to be replenished too.
This is obviously a very beautiful content, and I'm now subscribed, but I just couldn’t stomach so much riding in traffic. Did that incidentally for 2 hours in western Slovakia today, as I had to ditch off-road routes and forrest trails due to time constraints. Beautiful hilly countryside, but the cars buzzing you, as you fear that someone may be watchless, or you lose some balance on those tiresome climbs as a car passes you. Felt like a russian roulette. Just unacceptable level of stress for me in a hobby activity. But I get that one covers more cycling distance that way.
As before an amazing journey. Good luck for the next part of the trip with cooler weather 😀
Such an adventure, thank you for taking us along and sharing your highs and lows! You're doing great and learning a lot, it's the kind of adventure you think fondly back on when you're old and reminiscing. Already looking forward to your next video!
Another great video, thanks very much for that 👍
Magnifique! Slovenia looks wonderful. You seem to enjoy yourself so much on the trip. I will be watching your channel again.
Little warms the cockles of a German heart more than a rubbish-free (abfall) landscape. Schöne N.Z. is waiting for you.
Would you open an OF so we can see more of you and support you financially?