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//Day 71 /21-05-22 /Maribor-Prebold

The summary of today : a relatively short (90K), relaxing cycling day with plenty of camping chill time…and probably just escaping the thunderstorm which was forecasted today but rolling some kilometers away over the mountains. I started cycling around eight in the morning after my  breakfast on the Maribor town square. I left Maribor via an industrial zone and some bigger roads but was soon on small roads of perfect quality. Not a lot of things happend today. I enjoyed the beautiful landscape while listening to my favourite Saturday morning radio programs. Sometimes stopping in a village shop to have a cold drink. Live can be simple. I had to climb some hills but nothing dramatic. I was cycling to a small camping in a small village called Prebold where I arrived already around 13.00. Besides 1 camper I was the only visitor. Before installing I first cycled to a local shop to buy lunch and dinner. I had a nice lunch of bread, sardines tomatoes and mayo…Dinner will be pasta with Bolognesa a la crema and some chocolat mousse as dessert. 

I took plenty of time  to setup camp. I spend some time getting my MSR cooking stove back functional as the last time it failed to work. The rest of the afternoon I enjoyed reading in my camping chair. As mentioned in the summary today was really a chill day.

Tomorrow I have booked a hotel in the Ljubljana city center for one night. We have visited the city this summer with the family so no reason to stay 2 nights. In addition, since Croatia the prices of hotelrooms have significantly increased, certainly in big cities. My plan is to camp as much as possible from now on…Ljubljana is only 60 K away so tomorrow will be a slow start as I can not check in before 14.00. Monday morning I have a appointment to swap mu tires, they are probably still useable but swapping them in Slovenia cost less than todo this in Germany or Belgium…

Finally I managed to escape the thunderstorm but not some rain….It was only a light rain and as the saying goes after rain comes sunshine….which it does as I’m writing…..
























Lessons learned :

  • Not every day needs to have a big target/objective. Doing nothing is perfectly fine.
  • Sometimes there are no lessons to be learned.

Comments

  1. Leentje Vanlee5/21/22, 8:24 PM

    Looks like you had a great day, despite a little rain! Have a nice sleep in your tent! Loved the photos again!

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  2. Liliane vanlee5/22/22, 6:41 AM

    Zoals ik hoor een rustige en prettige dag gehad.
    Weeral heel mooie fotos.
    Geniet van je rit naar lubjilana.
    Groetjes

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  3. Lieve meirsman5/22/22, 8:39 AM

    je ziet het ook aan de foto's dat je in heel ander landschap bent dan de laatste dagen, een rustige dag kan ook eens mooi zijn, geniet ervan en morgen zien we weer wat de dag brengt.

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