Dear all,
The day started at 7h00, because Diana should leave for work at 7h30.
Thank you so much Diana for your kind hosting! Anytime in Lisbon let me know. I will be more than happy to host you and show you around! The same for you Chris! Cheers!!
Yesterday night I did not access to the internet, so I planned only with the map to take the main road from Parnu towards Tallin and somewhere after Marjamaa, head towards Paldiski and from there cycling route number 1 again to Tallin. The cycling route 1 goes really all the way along the costline and also on the islands, so I had no chance this time to make all that route.
In the morning I remembered that when approaching to Parnu I saw signs for cycling routes 2 and 5, so I decided to check where that goes. If you plan to visit Estonia by bicycle, just check this website: http://www.bicycle.ee/
It has all the information you need to know about the routes (well, maybe not the places for sleeping, but the routes itself)! Then, as I wrote yesterday, navigating is very easy!
So, the cycling route 2 is about 250km, connecting Parnu and Tallin, passing also on the waterfalls, that should be interesting. And avoiding the main road seemed a good plan to me. Bit heavy in what it concerns to cycling, but yeah, it will be the last 2 days on the road!
After the "internet stuff" I went to the beach to take some picture and look for a place for breakfast.
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| Fully packed and ready to go! At the beach in Parnu |
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| Didn't go swimming today! |
The weather was looking quite scary but luckly was just a threat:
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| Will it rain? |
When I was searching for a place to eat I passed near a nice hotel, with a nice name:
Sorry for the low quality of the next picture, but I like the phrase and thought that I should shareit with you :
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| Nice phrase! |
I made a small stop at tourism information point to send some postcards and they suggested me to cross the river and catch the cycling paths towards the cycling routes later on.
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| Crossing the river in Parnu |
I had already about 30 km of cycling when I found out the following sign:
That would mean that no way to think of doing less than 110 km today!
Cycling route number 2 is very nice, with the views changing quite often:
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| Morning light on cycling route 2 |
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| Keeping strong, building some kilometers! |
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| Very nice road |
One thing that is impressive is the amount of apple trees you find. There is a lot in the yards of houses and even on the roads:
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| Apple trees! Very very low traffic |
As already told, navigating on this cycling routes is very easy and this one takes you on this brigde ( it does shake a lot when you cross it):
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| Indiana Jones bridge |
On the other side of the bridge you will find about 10 to 15 km of gravel road, but somehow soft:
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| Gravel road |
Back to the tarmac roads some kilometers after:
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| Countryside Estonia |
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| Playing with shadow and bike |
I cannot remember exactly who told me (Marta or Zita), but this type of tree, when it gets this colour, somehow indicates the end of summer and beginning of the autumm:
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| Endof summer sign |
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| End of summer! |
One thing but me told about the Estonians: you see some bicycles on your way and very seldom they don't wave back! Seems friendly!
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| Cycling on route 2 |
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| Keeping strong after 80 km on the legs |
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| You gotta love these views |
There is also one thing that is very typical in here. They seize the warm season for storing wood that will use for winter time. Afterall, they will have -30 degrees in some months:
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| Having a break! |
Not much time way, it come the 100 km milestone of the day:
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| Reaching 100 km on the day! |
On a crossing, you can really understand how simple it is to navigate through the cycling routes in Estonia:
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| I kept on route 2, despite the extra kilometers |
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| At the end of the day! |
I could not find the hotel at the next city and it was there where I took the picture of the day. I actually stayed at the next town, 5 km after.
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| Me in Vaatsa |
I arrived to the hotel already at night. It is a bit expensive, 47Euro, but nice. Did not find any campings andis rather cold outside. Guest houses could be a possibility, butb.i felt like ending the day as soon as possible to rest!
Somehow late at night I got a reply from Katre, saying that she will be in Tallin and can host me! Great news!! Cheers Katre!!
Summary of the day:
- Daily distance: 124,18 km
- Daily time: 6h55m39s
- Average speed: 18,09 km/h
- Maximum speed: 51,93 km/h
- Total traveled so far: 1169,72 km
- Total time cycling: 65h42m21s
And that is all for now folks!
Best,
Peter
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