Thanks to satellites and Strava, we have recorded our riding distance each day. Below is each day of riding from Krakow to Budapest. Photos from Poland are here, and Slovakia are here. So far, we’ve biked about 380 miles, of which about 340 were “on route.”
When I have more time (probably at the end of the ride), I’ll write more about each day–biking through the heat in Poland, learning how to say “tent” and “one night” in Polish so that we could pitch a tent behind a house, riding over the Tatras mountains, taking a cable car to the top of these mountains, camping in a Slovak national park, spending our “rest day” with a friendly Slovak who took us on a “short” 40 mile ride, meeting Gypsy children, and riding almost a century to arrive in Budapest.
We’ve had great hosts so far–Iwo, Maciek, Magda, Stefan, Victoria, and Dora’s mother & brother, Clara and Marci. Not only have these people taken us into their homes, but they’ve also helped us understand what it means to live in Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary.
Now, on to Croatia and Bosnia.