Berlin to Istanbul

~3,400 km | 32 cycling days (plus a few rest days)

~108 km/day | ~34,000 m climbed | Longest day 179 km

Highlights:

• Following the Elbe
• Lakes in Austria
• Island hopping in Croatia
• Many older Mediterranean men gifting me water and fruit along the way
• Rest dips in the ocean
• Mountains of Montenegro
• Swiss Couple in a van giving me a cold beer at the end of a big climb in Albania when I was feeling super flat
• Macedonian Borek
• Roadside Mercimek Corbasi in Turkey
• Traffic weaving & the final boss (entering Istanbul)

Lowlights:

• Austrian farmer kicking me off his field before sunrise
• Phone breaking after to getting caught in big rainfall in the alps
• Roads (or lack thereof) in Montenegro (never ride to Podgorica, nightmare material)
• Dogs in Greece, until I got my airhorn.
• Only 2 good days of tailwind , but many more of headwind.
• Bora crosswind with 70km gusts in Croatia knocking me round.

Overall amazing time, thanks to those I met along the way and helped me!