METRICS:

• Start: Branik
• Stop: Rijeka
• Distance: 102 km (total: 1465 km)
• Time of ride: 4:59 h
• Average speed: 20 km/h
• Altitude difference: +750/-792 m (total: +8282 m)

DETAILS:

• Sezana, Divaca, following the Reka to Ilirska Bistrica, Rupa
• After a long breackfast with Milena and wine-tasting I was allowed to start
• Beatiful landscape and barely no traffic
• After crossing the border to Croatia I was about to take the autobahn: fortunately another cyclist showed me the right way
• The sea: I can´t believe it. After 6 days in the Alps I was strongly anticipating this moment
• On the campground I met Meinhard, another inveterate cyclist from Austria

METRICS:

• Start: Reana del Rojale
• Stop: Branik
• Distance: 82,4 km (total: 1363 km)
• Time of ride: 4:09 h
• Average speed: 19 km/h
• Altitude difference: +349/-438 m (total: +7532 m)

DETAILS:

• Udine, Manzano, Gradisca, Devetachi, Gorizia
• My first attempt to cross the border to Slovenia failed. It was a border class II (locals only): leaving the EU is close…
• Free camping in the vineyard of family Sever who allowed me to stay on their property