5000km Solo EuroTrip 100 days LT – PT

Started this year in May, left my office job cause I was feeling a bit burned out. Goal was to go from Lithuania as far west as possible – so the goal was Cabo do Roca in Portugal (westernmost point in continental Europe). I followed mostly EuroVelo roads. Included Netherlands, Belgium and other major cities even thought it wasn't the most efficient route – always wanted to see how everyone else is living in EU, as I usually just went south for vacation. I am very much in to history, architecture, culture in general, so I enjoyed every stop. Also play GeoGuessr 🙂

Bike: I could call this BagMaxing not BikePacking trip 😀 I brought a tent with me and a lot of comfort items, including things like a steam deck. In the end I ended up camping about 50% of the time and other times in hotel, due to bag weather or no camping sites available. Didn't do much wildcamping unfortunately cause it didn't feel comfortable doing alone and with a lot of gear. Before the trip I changed tires to Schwalbe Marathon Plus (they are really thick and weight a lot), but they lasted with no problem first 4000km, then I had 2 punctures in Spain on rugged roads. Wheels I also upgraded to Mavic Crossride which lasted well until last 250km of the trip, when they broke due to constant stress of riding over potholes.

Next time I would like to do a similar trip, but maybe with someone that I could shared these cool moments with. But then again at times it was really difficult, especially pushing this 50kg bike in Galician mountains.

I also made a new IG account and uploaded 20 photos from each day, so choosing just 20 for this post was too impossible. If you would like to see more pics they're here https://www.instagram.com/gs2pt/ !