France - Slovakia by bike (2017)

Prvoplanovany vylet popri rieke Loire sa zacina z Nantes, kde po cely den mozem bicyklovat po cestickach kde nechodia ziadne auta v prirode vedla rieky. Cakal som, ze to bude asfaltova cesta, no viacmenej cely cas som siel po sice rovnej, ale prasnej a strkovej ceste. Trasa je viacmenej po cely cas dobre znacena, takmer vobec nemusim pouzivat GPS, ale obcas by som bez GPS pobludil... Popri ceste su kempy, oddychove lavicky so stolmi a samozrejme zamky a kastiely v kazdej dedinke. Vecer vcelku unaveny prichadzam do Angers. Mal som havariu so stromom, nastastie som tomu stromu neublizil :). *EN Finally I am starting next to the river Loire from Nantes where I was cycling on cycling routes without any cars. I expected that it will be asphalt road, but it was mostly unpaved road. I almost did not have to use GPS, but sometimes... On the road, there are lot of camping places, benches where one can have a rest or lunch and a lot of castles everywhere. Thousands of castles nex...

Oddychol som si v parku a navstivil som hrad v centre: Tu som sa v parku najedol a hodil slofika takeho, ze by ma kludne mohli obrat aj o gate a nezobudil by som sa :). Na doporucenie domaceho som sa vybral na opacny breh pozriet rybarsku dedinku Trentemoult, ktora si zachovala dobovu architekturu domov z cias, ked sa dedina zivila vylucne rybolovom. Popri rieke je teraz plno restauracii s bohatou rybacou ponukou:  A naspat kyvadlovou kompou: Vecer som stravil s domacim, ktory pracuje ako chirurg, ma vela nadcasov, pretoze maju malo kvalifikovanych chirurgov a cez vikend odpociva, aby zvladol dalsi tyzden. Citil som sa tu super, ako doma. *EN I had a lunch in park where I took a nap. I felt asleep so deeply that it would be easy to rob me. I visited the recommended fishing village Trentemoult with historical buildings from the old times. There are lot of restaurants with specialties from fishes (obviously).  I spent the evening with my host, who is working ...

Adrenalin nekonci. Kedze do Nantes prichadzam v piatok a vsetci su v prekrasny vikend niekde v prdeli a nesedia doma ako by som potreboval, nemam znova ziadneho couchsurfera. Ani viac ako 100 sprav roznym ludom ma nezachranilo, skusal som aj warmshowers portal, no o 18:00 vecer nemam nikoho. Baba cez couchsurfing mi poradila nejaky bar, skocil som teda tam. Prv nez som vosiel, tak sa mi prihovoril dajaky scestovany francuz, barmanka sa ponukla, ze v krajnom pripade by ma mohla ubytovat ale ze nebyva priamo v Nantes a medzitym sa mi ozval niekto na warmshowers, ze mozem prespat. Vyriesene :) Okolo 20:00 som sa ubytoval u starsieho pariku. Ich 2 synovia presli severnu ameriku z vychodu na zapad, su pri Mexiku a idu na juzny cip juznej ameriky. Wau, hovorim si. All inclusiv servis, fakt skveli ludia. Najznamejsia atrakcia v Nantes "Le Machine": Muzeum na vojnovej lodi z 2. svetovej vojny: *EN Adrenalin nekonci. Kedze do Nantes prichadzam v piatok a vsetci su v prekr...

Hadam jedina fotka z cesty v dany den, pretoze som ho stravil viacmenej cely na bicykli (neskoro som vyrazil): Nenasiel som ziadneho couchsurfera, takze som prvykrat stanoval. Nie je to moj styl, ale stal sa zo mna rebel :). Prekrocil som provizornu zabranu s napisom "prive" a po celom dni na bicykli som postavil stan. Kedze nemalo prsat, spal som len pod sietkou bez vodeodolneho vrchu. Pozeral som na nocnu oblohu, obcas by vsetci mali povinne spat takto... Stanovanie - skoro rano: Musel som vstat skoro aby majitelia nahodou neprisli aj s policajtami, nerad si predstavujem sam seba v putach :) *EN I think this is the only picture from that day, because I was cycling whole day (I started quite late): I did not find anybody to host me, so I was camping (always wild camping) for the first time. I crossed barrier with the 'prive' label and pitched the tent - it is not my style to camp in private place, but it seemed, that everything is private in surroundi...

Po ceste bolo viacero peknych dediniek: Okolo obeda som dorazil do Quimperle, kde som sa dohodol prespat u rovnakej baby, takze som si usetril hodiny hladanim couchsurfera. V centre som stravil poobedie, chcel som pisat tento blog, ale bol tu zly signal, ostre slnko a rychlo sa mi na slnku vybija baterka... :) Oddychol som si v centre, podvevercer urobil nakup a vecer som sa siel ubytovat. Quimperle: *EN On the way, I crossed several nice villages: I arrived to Quimperle around noon, where I stayed again with the same lady, (I saved a lot of time with searching for a host on couchsurfing). I spent some time in the old town and I wanted to write this blog, but the signal for mobile internet was poor... :) I rested, did some shopping for the dinner and went to host.

Z Fouesnant som rano vyrazil popri pobrezi a mojim cielom bolo dosiahnut mesto Penmarch. Toto mesto je tiez najzapadnejsim bodom mojho vyletu a od toho mesta sa budem uz len vracat smerom na vychod - domov. Po obednajsej pauze na pobrezi som zamieril do mesta Quimper, ktoreho meno vzniklo podla riek, ktore sa tu zlievaju. Ubytovala ma mila baba z Kolumbie a presli sme sa na mensi kopec s vyhladom na mesto. Penmarch: Quimper: *EN From  Fouesnant I followed the coast and my next stop was the Penmarch. This city was the most western point of my trip and from this place I will only return direction to east - home. After the lunch break next to the coast I cycled to Quimper, named after the 2 rivers which are melting here into the one. I was hosted here by a nice Columbian girl, we took a walk in the evening on a nearby hill with nice view on the city.

Uprsany den, prevysenia a vietor. Dorazil som vcelku unaveny, navyse som zostal len 1 noc, takze som si moc neoddychol. Cestou som sa zastavil v Concarneau, kde na pobrezi mali zachovaly byvali municny sklad: Pobrezie lemovalo mnoho malych pristavov: V samotnom Fouesnant som nebol, aj tak sa mi uz zacinaju vsetky mesta zlievat do jedneho... :) Vecer ma ubytovala mila baba, ktora robila napr. aj dobrovolnicke prace, pokecali sme a siel som spat. *EN Rainy day, lot of small hills and face wind. I started to be tired of the face wind, also I stayed only 1 night in Fouesnant, so that I did not rest enough. On the way I stopped in Concarneau, where I visited the munition warehouse: I did not visit the Fouesnant itslef as the weather was bad and all the cities are starting to look the same to me anyway... :) In the evening I was accommodated by a nice girl who worked also as a volunteer, we had a nice chat and I went to sleep.

Rano som spravil nakup spolu s babou, po obede zobrala auto a sli sme na pilates na plazi. Vecer zobrali bicykle a sli sa prejst po pobrezi. Z obycajneho miesta dokazala spravit toto miesto vynimocne. *EN In the morning, we did a shopping and because she had a free day, she invited me afternoon for a pilates on the beach and we were also swimming in the ocean afterwards. In the evening we cycled to coast and took a nice walk along the coast. She made that ordinary place extraordinary for me.

Z Le Bono som siel cez mesto Lorient popri pobrezi. Lorient vyzera byt vacsie mesto na mape, preto som ocakaval, ze bude mat vela pamiatok. Bolo to zatial najskaredsie mesto bez historickeho centra. Ked som tam zastavil na krizovatke a obzrel sa okolo seba, vsade bolo ticho, na ulici nebol ani jeden clovek a na ceste ziadne auto. Bolo to ako mesto duchov. Este aj kostol bol uplne netradicny: Z Lorient som dorazil priamo do Quimperle, kde som pockal pred radnicou na slecnu, ktora ma mala ubytovat. Ako sa ukazalo, nebyvala priamo v meste, ale v drevenom domceku, ktory si postavil jej kamarat, bol cez leto prec a ona ho v lete vyuzivala. Pripavila vybornu veceru a siel som spat: *EN From Le Bono I crossed the city on the coast - Lorient. It seemed to be a bigger city on the map, so I expected it to have a nice old town with lot of museums and old buildings. But it was the ugliest city without any old town. The city was completely bombarded during 2nd world war... The funny ...

Vytuzeny ocean sa dnesnym dnom stal realitou. Pieskove plaze, skalnate pobrezie, horuci letny den, cisty priezracny ocean. Teplota vody okolo 15 stupnov. Dlho som vo vode nevydrzal, bola mi zima este len ked som stal po clenky vo vode. Napriek tomu som zaplaval, ale na dovolenku k moru (oceanu) by som sem nesiel :). *EN The swimming in the ocean became a reality today. Sand beaches, rocky sea coast, hot weather, beautiful water. The temperature of the water around 15 degrees. I could not swim in the water longer than few minutes. I was cold when my feet touched the water, not even trying to swim there. I tried to swim anyway, but it is really cold even in summer. I would not go there for a "summer vacation to sea" :).

Oddych cely den po velmi narocnom predchadzajucom dni. Kedze ma vcera vecer privitali s vecerou, tento den som lezal v posteli cely den a upiekli sme kolac. Zostalo mi trocha muky a chalan slubil, ze upecie kolac on pre svoju polovicku. Verim, ze slub dodrzal :) Dedinka Le Bono: *EN Rest whole day after very hard previous day. Afternoon I did a small trip nearby and because I was welcomed with a nice dinner the day before, I decided to bake the cake for my hosts. Some flour left and the guy promised to bake the cake. I believe he kept his word :)

Cely den na bicykli - osobny rekord 186km za den. Dovod - nenasiel som po ceste nikoho kto by ma ubytoval a zobral som to ako vyzvu. Bolo by to v pohode keby neprazilo cely den slnko a nefukal protivietor. Pozeral som sice predpoved, vedel som do coho idem, ale akosi pud sebazachovy nezafungoval, skor naopak - moje sialene ja si povedalo, ze vyzva na druhu... Povodnych 135km sa zmenilo na 155km podla mapy, lebo som nevyrazal priamo z Rennes ale kusok z pred Rennes a namiesto Vannes som nasiel ubytko v Le Bono, co tiez pridalo par km. Navyse som sa rozhodol ist po cyklocesticje cez Redon, co bolo asi dobre rozhodnutie, lebo to bola rovina, ale opat to pridalo par km. Vo vysledku 186km :). Do Le Bono som dorazil vecer po 22:00, kde parik, ktory ma ubytoval mi pripravili vybornu veceru. Chvilu sme este pokecali a unaveny som si konecne lahol spat. Tesne pred prichodom do Le Bono som sa trocha zlakol ci som nezabludil, alebo uz mam fatamorganu po tolkych km, hadam vidite to iste c...

Dnes som pozrel centrum Rennes, ktore je cele dlazdene kammenou dlazbou, bicykel mal skutocne narocny den :). Pekne historicke centrum, krasny park. Vecer, ked som sa vratil som este pripravil zapekany karfiol so zemiakmi, posedeli sme chvilu vonku so spolubyvajucimi na zahrade, kde grilovali syr. Park v centre mesta: Najvyssi sud (Brittany) Notre dame *EN Today I was in the Rennes, visited the old town, which has mostly stone pavement, so the bike had a hard day :). The historical center was nice, the park was beautiful. In the evening, when I arrived back, I prepared roasted cauliflower with potatoes, we had a nice chat in the garden with flat mates where we also roasted the french cheese.

Po ceste som stretol skota z Edinburgu, ktory bol na ceste do Pyreneji, ktore planuje prejst bicyklom. Mam noveho kamarata :) Pohodovy typek, jktory nejaky cas pracuje a nejaky cas cestuje ked zarobi dostatok penazi na cestovanie. Uprimne dobry clovek. Cast trasy sme v ten den dali spolu, naobedovali sa a rozdelili, kedze on nabral kurz Saint Malo a ja Rennes. Vyse 100km mi zabralo opat cely den... Po prichode do dedinky vedla Rennes, robili hostitelia veganske sushi - a nie malo. *EN On the way to Rennes I met a guy from Scotland, Edinburgh, who was cycling from Scotland -> France -> Spain, where he was going to cycle the Pyrenees and then back home. We cycled part of the route that day together, had a lunch and then separated as he was heading to Saint Malo. I have a new friend :) More than 100km took me whole day... After I arrived to the village close to the Rennes, the host with flat mates did vegan sushi - and it was quite a lot of sushi.

Nespoliehal som sa tentokrat na nikoho, pozrel som si spoj(e) a podarilo sa mi zmanazovat dopravenie sa do Le Mont Saint Michel. Chodi tam jediny autobus raz za den. Le Mont Saint Michel je udajne 2. Najnavstevovanejsim miestom vo Francuzsku a je to skutocne unikat. Na skalnatom ostrovceku sa postupne vybudoval kostol s dedinkou: S prilivom a odlivom je cesta k ostrovceku zaplavovana. Nadvorie Kostol: * EN I did not rely on anybody and I checked the connection myself and I managed to get to Le Mont Saint Michel. There is only 1 bus line per day, so it is better to not being late. Le Mont Saint Michel is 2nd most visited place in France after the Paris and it is really unique. The Church with small village on an island with road flooded by the sea with ups and downs.