BALTIC SEA on way to Germany
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| The bike is secured and ready for the trip |
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| The sea was rough and windy for the whole 26 and a half hour trip from Helsinki to Rostock |
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| The main lounge/bar was almost empty, there weren't many people on the ship. |
GERMANY
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| Baltic Sea, some fresh snow |
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| Warnemünde sea side resort area not far from Rostock on the Baltic Sea |
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| Berlin city centre |
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| There was a lot of snow in Dresden and on the day of departure the forecast was for about -10 degrees |
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| Christmas Markets in Dresden, it was snowing for most of the day |
CZECH REPUBLIC
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| Just crossed through into Czech Republic through the tunnel and over some hills then stopped here for a hot chocolate break to warm up and let the feet defrost. |
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| Ice hockey match at the o2arena in Prague |
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| Old town in Prague |
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| Vltava River that flows through Prague, This is the longest river in the Czech Republic. |
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| 2nd December, It snowed most of the night and the weather says it is about -13 degrees |
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| It was another cold ride on the way to Brno from Prague, about a 200km ride. I was constantly scraping ice of the helmets visor to try and keep some sort of visibility and every 60kms stopping at a petrol station to let my feet defrost. |
SLOVAKIA
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| A nice sunny day |
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| Just after crossing the border from Czech Republic |
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| Bratislava Castle |
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| Ice hockey match in Bratislava at the Samsung Arena. It was a good atmosphere and little older style, sitting on wooden benches drinking half litre beers for 1€. |
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| On the way to Budapest, Hungary. This day I had it all.. rain, a mini snow storm and sunshine. I even had a fall and took a slide along the ground. Compacted fresh snow can be slippery! |
HUNGARY
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| Looking back to Štúrovo, Slovakia after crossing over the Danube River which is the second longest river in Europe after the Volga River. |
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| View from Gellért Hill in Budapest of a nice bridge over the Danube River. |
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| View of the Danube River which flow through Budapest on its way to the Black Sea in the evening, all day it had been snowing. |
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| Interesting old building somewhere in Budapest |
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| On the way to Szeged on a nice sunny day. |
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| Tisza River which flows through Szeged, Hungary. The river had risen so high that this lower road was completely covered with water. |
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| Leaving Szeged on the way to Serbia, it was about -2 and the closer I got to Serbia it started to snow. |
