{"id":1272,"date":"2022-07-27T12:37:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T12:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/honzajede.cz\/?p=1272"},"modified":"2023-09-29T20:57:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T20:57:58","slug":"czech-republic-on-a-bike-across-the-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/honzajede.cz\/en\/bikepacking-en\/czech-republic-on-a-bike-across-the-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Czech Republic On a Bike Across The Border"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It is here. A day I had been looking forward to for months. To my surprise, the feeling of excitement recedes and nervousness takes over. I don’t know for a single day where I will sleep, the weather is uncertain and the journey is long. But it’s clear that I can’t back down. I sit on the saddle, put my shoes on the pedals and set off.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]I chose the route as close as possible to the border. In addition to Czech kilometers, there are also German, Polish, Slovak and Austrian kilometers. There are countless PLAs and 5 national parks on the route. I have approximately 1,700 km, 25,000 altitude meters ahead of me and I have 16 days to do it.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”230″ onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https:\/\/mapy.cz\/s\/delufaluro”][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_column_text]You can find a detailed map here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]

Day 1<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

\u010cB - K\u0159em\u017ee - Boletice - Horn\u00ed Plan\u00e1 - Nov\u00e1 Pec - lodging Bu\u010dina<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>106.6 km<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>2,223 m<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm”]
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<\/span><\/span>2,223 m<\/span><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]I know the road to Nov\u00e1 Pec well, and since I don’t like driving where I’ve already been, plus there’s a slight westerly wind blowing against me, the kilometers go by slowly.<\/p>\n

After passing through Nova Peca, \u0160umava finally breathes on me and the ride starts to be what I imagined :-). My plan is to sleep where I reach, but since I am in the first zone of the national park and the Bu\u010dina Emergency Shelter can be seen on the map, the goal of the first day is clear. (Note: if I had known that Bu\u010dina was the former highest settlement in Bohemia, I would have probably reconsidered my decision.) The altitude meters covered are increasing and after 20 hours I am there.<\/p>\n

I think it’s cold, I look at my phone and see 5\u00b0C, the forecast for the morning says temperatures around zero. This surprises me a bit, I don’t have long pants, warm socks or a hat with me. I put on what I have, eat something and go to sleep.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

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Day 2<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

Kvilda - Modrava - Pr\u00e1\u0161ily - \u017delezn\u00e1 Ruda \u0160pi\u010d\u00e1k - N\u00fdrsko - V\u0161eruby<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>102.2 km<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>1,441 m<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm”]
<\/span><\/span>102.2 km<\/span><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”5px”]
<\/span><\/span>1,441 m<\/span><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]I wake up to the next day decently frozen. I have breakfast, pack up and leave for Kvilda. Next is Modrava, where the temperature is still around 4\u00b0C and it starts to rain. I stop under the shelter in front of the tourist information center and after a while I start talking to cyclists who are finishing their vacation in Modrava and are going home by car. Let’s chat. We drink it down with their excellent homemade plum and it’s time to move on.<\/p>\n

The path around Roklansk\u00e9 brook is beautiful all year round. I mostly go here in the winter on cross-country skis, but it’s also great on a bike. I take a photo and continue towards Pr\u00e1\u0161ila. Even if the planned route leads outside the semi-trailer, it won’t let me and I’ll make the journey a bit longer. And I’m doing well. There is a cafe connected to a small market in the village and they are also open on Sundays (which is today). I buy water and fruit at the market and next door at the cafe I charge my mobile phone and power bank and have desserts and coffee.<\/p>\n

My journey continues through \u0160pi\u010d\u00e1k on \u017delezn\u00e1 ruda, where I am surprised by the snow on one side of the hill. From \u0160pi\u010d\u00e1k, it whizzes by all the way to N\u00fdrsko, where I stop for food. As the wind is picking up outside, I check the radar and see a decent thunderstorm moving in. I don’t wait for anything and drive on towards V\u0161eruby.<\/p>\n

If you sleep near the forest in the spring months and you hear barking from several sides at night, it is probably not a night hunt, but fox barking, which foxes use to reserve their territory. So, unlike me, you don’t have to worry about being accidentally shot by a local hunter at night :-).[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

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Day 3<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

Nov\u00fd Sp\u00e1lenec - Stadlem (GER) - \u017delezn\u00e1 - Rozvadov - b\u00fdv. Pavl\u016fv Studenec<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>92.28 km<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>1,882 m<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm”]
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<\/span><\/span>1,882 m<\/span><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_column_text]Z\u00e1znam na Strav\u011b zde<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]On the morning of the third day, the journey to the \u010cerchov lookout awaits me. The road is unpaved, the elevation profile is unrelenting and the first crisis hits me.<\/p>\n

It’s a tough day, but determination keeps me going. A bright moment is a stop in Rozvadov at the restaurant Myslivna. Pleasant service, excellent food with homemade pastries and, at the end, great coffee. If you’re passing by, be sure to stop here. If I take the whole trip around the republic, this was the most pleasant culinary surprise.<\/p>\n

My journey continues to the former Pavl\u016fv Studenec and I reach a beautiful landscape full of extensive meadows. Maybe it’s exhaustion, but emotionally I perceive it as one of the most beautiful kilometers in the bicycle saddle. Suddenly I have energy and I am following my daily schedule. However, the body starts to resist and I feel an unpleasant pressure in my left knee.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

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Day 4<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

Hermannsreuth (GER) - Neualbenreuth (GER) - Cheb - A\u0161 - Plesn\u00e1<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>94.14 km<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>1,525 m<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm”]
<\/span><\/span>94.14 km<\/span><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”5px”]
<\/span><\/span>1,525 m<\/span><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]On the morning of the fourth day, I hope the knee will be fine. Unfortunately. It’s such a weird pain in the front. When I don’t move, everything is fine, but as soon as I bend my knee, I feel this uncomfortable pressure. I google what can cause a similar problem and find that it is probably the pedaling method. It is necessary to annoy it with power, lower gears, increase the cadence. I’m going out and trying to see how it goes.<\/p>\n

It works. The pain is not getting worse. I continue through Cheb to A\u0161. The road to A\u0161 is surprisingly nice. The diversion is a meeting with a viper, which is calm, we both look out for our own. A\u0161 didn’t inspire me twice, I stop at \u0160imon’s Minimarket with an attendant of Asian origin, buy water and a few small things. I don’t linger any longer and drive on through Germany in the direction of Plesn\u00e1. Behind Plesn\u00e1 I will look out for a shelter with a mineral spring of Plesensk\u00e1 kyselka and spend the night.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

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Day 5<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

Luby - Kraslice - Rotava - \u0160indelov\u00e1<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>32.6 km<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>658 m<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm”]
<\/span><\/span>32.6 km<\/span><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”5px”]
<\/span><\/span>658 m<\/span><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]It’s the fifth day and the crisis is at its peak. After a night spent in the meadow due to allergies, I can barely open my glued eyes in the morning. The pain in the knee is worse. The body is generally giving up and it is clear to me that it cannot continue like this. I cough up the daily plan and look at the map to see if there is a campsite nearby.<\/p>\n

My goal is camping place “Kemp na Tajchu” in the village of \u0160indelov\u00e1. And immediately upon arrival it is clear to me that it will be great. No tarmac car park where you have a strip of grass for your tent, this is a natural campsite right next to a pond with clear water, meadow and forest. I don’t know if I’ve ever been to a nicer campsite. He probably wasn’t. I settle in and go to the snack bar run by Mr. Milan, who has traveled. He is a nice person in every inch, who will prepare you steak, tortilla, sausage, pizza… just about anything :-). I will taste almost everything on his menu and wash it down with beer. The mood is starting to improve, but I doubt that I will leave the whole republic.<\/p>\n

In retrospect, I evaluate it so that this rest day was necessary. Coincidentally, it turned out to be an exceptional place that gave me an incredible amount of energy. You just don’t plan this :-).[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

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Day 6<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

Bo\u017e\u00ed Dar - Kl\u00ednovec - v.n. Fl\u00e1je<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>116.3 km<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>2,220 m<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm”]
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<\/span><\/span>2,220 m<\/span><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Rested from the previous day, I wake up to a new morning. The height profile on Kl\u00ednovec is scary, but the path leads through Bo\u017e\u00ed Dar, where I really like it.<\/p>\n

The weather is good and I reach Horn\u00ed Blatn\u00e1 and head towards Bo\u017e\u00ed Dar. The vast light green spring meadows give me energy and the journey goes by nicely. I give coffee in Bo\u017e\u00ed Dar, replenish supplies and head to Kl\u00ednovec. Kl\u00ednovec is conquered without much difficulty, I take a photo and continue on towards Vejprty.<\/p>\n

From Vejprt I will eventually reach the Flaje water reservoir. The road is varied with minimal traffic. I complete the daily portion of kilometers and altitude meters and go to prepare for the night satisfied.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

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Day 7<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

Moldava - Sch\u00f6na (GER) - H\u0159ensko - Kr\u00e1sn\u00e1 L\u00edpa - Varnsdorf<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>132.59 km<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>1,957 m<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm”]
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<\/span><\/span>1,957 m<\/span><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]I had a fair amount of mileage planned for today, but the motivation would be there. As thunderstorms are reported for the night and the following morning, I booked a hotel with breakfast in Varnsdorf :-).<\/p>\n

Meadows around Moldava, that’s something for me. Cycling there is great. To H\u0159ensk, I choose the route via Sch\u00f6na and the ferry. The transition from the Czech Republic to Germany is almost unmarked and follows a tourist route, so it became inevitable, I crossed it and I have the first major detour. I’m still trying to figure it out somehow, but after wandering for a while I’m coming back. It just so happened that my cell phone’s battery is dead and I’m without a map. I use my sense of direction, it was not without occasional hesitation, but eventually I reach Sch\u00f6na in Germany and take the ferry to H\u0159ensk. It’s 5 p.m., check-in at the hotel in Varnsdorf closes at 8 p.m., which is still a long way to go, but I still stop at the U Forta snack bar, where I put food and charge my phone so that I have a map available.<\/p>\n

\u010cesk\u00fd \u0160v\u00fdvarsko is very nice to ride on a bike. High-quality asphalt cycle paths right next to the sandstone formations. Every cyclist just has to like this. There is no time to waste, I stop for one photo and then I just enjoy myself from the saddle.<\/p>\n

8:00 p.m. is approaching, to be sure, I call the hotel reception so they can count on me. The receptionist is very nice and tells me that she has no problem waiting a few minutes. I’m going as fast as I can and I’ll arrive at the hotel at 20:01.<\/p>\n

I take the keys, go to the room and it’s time to do the laundry. I wash the clothes in the sink, hang them all over the bathroom and go drink it.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

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Day 8<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

Hr\u00e1dek na Nisou - Chrastava - Josef\u016fv D\u016fl - Tanvald - Vysok\u00e9 nad Jizerou<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>98.88 km<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>1,803 m<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm”]
<\/span><\/span>98.88 km<\/span><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”5px”]
<\/span><\/span>1,803 m<\/span><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]It’s not raining in the morning, but it’s wet, cold and I don’t want to leave the hotel at all. I don’t leave until after 10am, which is not good.<\/p>\n

Via Hr\u00e1dek nad Nisou and Chrastava, I reach Mn\u00ed\u0161ek and begin to climb the Jizera Mountains. It’s a decent hill, but I’ve already cycled here and I know that the Bed\u0159ichov water reservoir awaits me as a reward after the climb – another beautiful place.<\/p>\n

The Jizera Mountains pleasantly surprised me. They are just big hills, you go up for a while, then down again. The environment changes nicely. My destination was Vysok\u00e9 nad Jizerou with a view of the Krkono\u0161e Kotel. I arrive at the place around 10 p.m..[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

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Day 9<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

Vrchlab\u00ed - \u017dacl\u00e9\u0159 - Lubawka (PL) - Police nad Metuj\u00ed<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>113.98 km<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>1,996 m<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm”]
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<\/span><\/span>1,996 m<\/span><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Waking up to the ninth day is one of the nicest. The sky is cloudless and as soon as I get out of the tent, I look at the Krkono\u0161e Mountains. With this extraordinary view, I have breakfast, exchange a few nice words with a local citizen and drive towards Jelemnice and Vrchlab\u00ed.<\/p>\n

There are decent hills waiting for me in the Krkono\u0161e Mountains, and when I drive past the third observation tower, I think that it could be breaking already :-). I will cross the Krkono\u0161e Mountains to \u017dacl\u00e9ra and continue towards Lubawka (PL). From Lubawka past Adr\u0161pach to Police nad Metuj\u00ed.<\/p>\n

What throws a pitchfork into my plan is the fact that in the first half of June, most of the campsites in the Czech Republic are closed. I’m still trying a hotel in Polica nad Metuj\u00ed, but you really don’t want a 2* hotel in the north of Bohemia. So I’m quite glad they don’t have time off and I’m spending the night not far from Police.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

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Day 10<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

Szczytna (PL) - Mladkov - Kr\u00e1l\u00edky<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>90 km<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>1,500 m<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm”]
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<\/span><\/span>1,500 m<\/span><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]In the morning, I quickly pack up, because it’s raining, and head back to the square in Polici. Interestingly, right next to the 2* hotel, which still gives me chills, there is a cozy bakery with seating.<\/p>\n

I’m there for about two hours, I drink two coffees and fill my stomach with salty and sweet. I remember that place fondly. It’s still raining when I leave, but my good mood doesn’t leave me. In a while I’m in Poland and I’m driving through the Table Mountain National Park.<\/p>\n

The road continues along the Polish side around Orlick\u00e9 mountains and I end my journey in Kr\u00e1l\u00edky. In the off-season, it is a dead town, where the local pub cooks until 3 p.m. I arrive at the square, where there is a bar with a garden, and I order R\u00e1zn\u00e1 10\u00b0 from Radegast. I chat with the locals, order a pizza (they don’t have anything else) and have another beer. It’s a nice stop, but time flies like crazy, so I pay and go to the lookout shelter.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

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Day 11<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

Hanu\u0161ovice - Jesen\u00edk - Zlat\u00e9 Hory<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>74.48<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>1,079 m<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm”]
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<\/span><\/span>1,079 m<\/span><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Hanu\u0161ovice awaits me in the morning – this is not how I imagined the Jesen\u00edky Mountains, I don’t linger and continue towards Jesen\u00edk. According to the radar, I’m waiting for a storm and it’s coming. In the rain, I will drive through Jesen\u00edk and continue to Zlat\u00e9 Hory, where I have booked a guesthouse.<\/p>\n

The Jesen\u00edky – Zlat\u00e9 Hory route – finally the Jesen\u00edky I was expecting. I especially like it in Misty Swamps where it’s really foggy. Although I’m soaked, as if I had just jumped into a pond, but since I’m waiting for a boarding house, it somehow doesn’t bother me and a good mood prevails.<\/p>\n

Upon arrival at the boarding house, the usual laundry procedure is followed in the sink. Since not only I got wet, but also part of the equipment, I take everything to the room and unpack it there :-).[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

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Day 12<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

Krnov - Opava - Bohum\u00edn - \u010cesk\u00fd T\u011b\u0161\u00edn - T\u0159inec<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>178.49 km<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>1,199 m<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm”]
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<\/span><\/span>1,199 m<\/span><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Since there were no big hills on the route on the 12th day, I thought that if I wanted to finish the Republic in 16 days, I had to do it. So the plan is to drive from Zlaty Hory to Jablunkov with a stop in Bohum\u00edn, where I will meet my friend Honza.<\/p>\n

The drive from Krnov to Opava is really nice. I’m in Bohum\u00edn at around 4 pm and I’m giving a boost to Pilsen with Honza. I continue via Karvina to \u010cesk\u00fd T\u011b\u0161\u00edn, where I buy supplies and drive towards Jablunkov.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t look good on the radar, it’s shaping up to be quite a storm. I enter T\u0159inec, on the right I see the industrial complex of T\u0159ineck\u00e9 \u017eelez\u00e1ren and immediately behind them the black Beskydy mountains. Real black. I have 20 km to the planned overnight stay. I’ll do another 10 km and then the storm will catch up with me. He’s as skinny as a cow. I’m waiting until 10 p.m. to see if it gets better. Nothing much. I get on my bike and give myself the worst 10 km ride.<\/p>\n

Finally, I arrive soaking wet at the planned shelter and wonder what I’m doing here.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

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Day 13<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

Jablunkov - Kloko\u010dov (SK) - Velk\u00e9 Karlovice - Karolinka<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>83.34 km<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>1,276 m<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm”]
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<\/span><\/span>1,276 m<\/span><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]The conclusion of the previous day was a bit on the edge, but it turned out that I can drive 180 km in one day. After 10 days, I’m slowly starting to believe again that embracing the republic on time is realistic.<\/p>\n

I’m cycling in the Beskydy for the first time, after the disappointment of the Jesen\u00edky, I don’t have high expectations. How pleasantly surprised I am! Maybe it was the previous flat day, maybe it added a little spark of hope that the embrace of the republic will succeed, but the Beskydy are beautiful mountains with unique nature and a minimum of tourists. These mountains grabbed my heart.<\/p>\n

Thunderstorms and a flood warning are again reported for the afternoon. I Google the guesthouse and end the day in the village of Karolinka near Velk\u00e9 Karlovice.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

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Day 14<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

Nov\u00fd Hrozenkov - Vala\u0161sk\u00e9 Klobouky - Bojkovice - Tvaro\u017en\u00e1 Lhota<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>128.06 km<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>2,132 m<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm”]
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<\/span><\/span>2,132 m<\/span><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]On the way out of Karolinka, it is still drizzling a little. I have planned the start of the route through the tourist blue, but the storms of the previous days have taken their toll. It’s hard to drive on gravel with bagels. Still, if I had to choose between this and the first class, I’d prefer this broken blue.<\/p>\n

I make a morning stop in Vala\u0161sk\u00e9 Klobouky and continue in the direction of Bojkovice, Str\u00e1n\u00ed, Velk\u00e1 nad Veli\u010dkou.<\/p>\n

Den zakon\u010duji v kempu u koupali\u0161t\u011b Lu\u010dina ve Tvaro\u017en\u00e9 Lhot\u011b.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

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Day 15<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

Str\u00e1\u017enice - Hodon\u00edn - B\u0159eclav - Mikulov - Znojmo<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>149.97 km<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>916 m<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm”]
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<\/span><\/span>916 m<\/span><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]When I was freezing in \u0160umava at the beginning of the expedition, I was really looking forward to this day. I thought that there would be a heat, straights and the end of the expedition in sight.<\/p>\n

Well, in the end it turned out to be the most boring day of all. Mountain lakes and ponds have been replaced by green periwinkles, people on the cycle paths as in Wenceslas Square and heat. This is really not for me. I understand that cycling from cellar to cellar in Moravia can be fun. But going to Moravia primarily for cycling is seriously not a good idea.<\/p>\n

The bright side of the day was a stop and a swim in the Ma\u0161ovice Quarry.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

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Day 16<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”]

Vranov nad Dyj\u00ed - Waldkirchen (AT) - T\u0159ebo\u0148 - \u010cB<\/span><\/h2>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>152.64 km<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”]
<\/span><\/span>1,794 m<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm”]
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<\/span><\/span>1,794 m<\/span><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_column_text]Record on Strava here<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]The weather is fine and it looks like the last day of the trip.<\/p>\n

In the morning, I will take a bath in the quarry, finish my work and drive home via Vranov nad Dyj\u00ed, Waldkirchen an der Thaya, Chlum u T\u0159ebo\u0148 and T\u0159ebo\u0148.<\/p>\n

The journey is pleasant, my head is racing where I have been, what I have experienced and with a smile on my face I am approaching \u010cesk\u00e9 Bud\u011bjovice.<\/p>\n

I have a confession to make. I became a country fan on this bike trip :-). Already on the second day of the expedition, I was looking forward to rounding the thousandth mile and playing the next song. Somewhere in Austria it is becoming a reality. I slow down, put the speakers on full blast and pedal through the countryside with a warm feeling inside.<\/p>\n