Sov inte många timmar inatt eftersom det var galet kallt. Att slå upp sitt tält i nerförsbacke är inte att rekommendera då jag vaknade som en boll i fotänden av tältet.
We wave the farmer family and happy ecologic animals goodbye and ride towards Bosnia. This is the first border crossing where they ask for papers on the bikes. When we cross the border we notice that the traffic picks up in speed and cars are less maintained. They drive fast and pass us in the most dangerous ways. We are happy to find a road broken enough to be left alone just for us! The small mountain road takes us trough wooden bridges and light green trees on
We left the spring in Gothenburg on the 9th of april 2016. Slept on the Kiel boat and woke up in Germany. We rode to Hamburg trough Lubeck. Lubeck is a charmin city with lovely apfelstrudel and music on the streets.
We slept on the train from Hamburg to Wien and woke up redy to explore. Austria gave us a sneakpeak of whats to come at the end of this journey. Hungary gave us a sunny welcome with summer temperatures.
On day 3 we arrived to Balaton and the huge and shallow lake that changes color every day.
It´s bright orange and shines like a diamond. Jonas brand new KTM 1190 Adventure is not a discreet creation….or at least it wasn´t. Jonas wrapped the bike in a antracit matt color to protect his shiny love!
It´s time to wipe the dust if my Kalamata and get going with the planning. With only 53 days left until departure we have some work to do. Departure on the 9th of april.
-Hey, it´s Martin Freinademetz. Do you want a reporter job at the extreme enduro rally Red Bull Sea to Sky in Turkey?
-Hell Yeah, I do.
-You gotta write a article and get it published in a magazine in scandinavia.
Bananas! I have never written a article in my life. But ok, lets see if this is possible. I call to the magazine BIKE in Sweden and ask if they can promise to publish my article. They can! I just need to focus on scandinavian riders.
I call Martin and ask for a start list so that I can contact the Scandinavian rider… But there are none.
The only way to get this job is to start myself.
Three weeks later Im at the start line of a extreme enduro rally in Kemer, Turkey. I get a KTM bike and get a paddoc space between Chris Birtch and Johnny Walker. I am the only scandinavian rider and the only girl.