My EuroTour bike trip ends today. I am flying from Prague to my home city of Novosibirsk in Russia. I’ve mailed all my camping and biking equipment back to USA via Česká pošta and I’ve taken my bike with me on the flight to Russia as that was the most convenient option.
This tour has been an awesome experience. I really enjoyed riding through the European countryside and visiting small towns and villages along the way. I’ve met many nice and interesting people and visited places that regular tourists never get to visit. As some book about bike touring said: travelling by bicycle is slow enough to experience the local environment and fast enough to get somewhere.
Here are some statistics:
- Distance traveled – 1,246 miles or 2,005 kilometers
- Elevation gain – 37,964 feet or 11,571 meters
- Countries ridden – 5 (France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Slovakia)
- Countries entered/exited by bike only – 3 (Switzerland, Germany, Austria)
- Countries visited overall – 6 ( France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Thanks to all who have followed me on this blog. I hope it was interesting.
Congrats Ruslan, it’s an awesome achievement!
Thanks David!
So awesome! It has been fun to follow you along the way – thanks for blogging. So cool that you traveled so far, this is now firmly on my bucket list!
I hope you will get to ride this one day. When you do it – try to start from the Atlantic ocean. From what I’ve been told by other riders the part along the Loire river is very scenic and beautiful. I kind of regret that I skipped it.
Congratulations Ruslan! It’s been fun following your adventure. Have a great time (and rest) back home!
Thanks AJ!
Congratulations Ruslan! It was really fun following your route on a map.
Thanks Nazim, good to know you’ve followed it.