ljubljana again

came back from the mountains more exhausted than i would've hoped, but suddenly all the more optimistic. i have way to many plans, way to many choices, so i had to take some time to really think everything through. i could continue down the balkans the way i had done it in italy: spend one or two nights in a hostel, then take a bus to the next city. but that isn't what i came for and i wanted to start actually hitchhiking again.

i could go straight east to zagreb, the capital of croatia, or further south towards rijeka and the mediterranean. ultimately i decided for the latter, but wanted to take a smaller road through the mountains instead of a highway. in hindsight, some would call it a mistake.

i was in the same hostel, but in yet another room. this time, the vibe was way better, i met guys from slovenia, france, spain, the us and kasachstan. i might meet the frenchman again, he's going to athens, but bikepacking.

also finally got my phone battery replaced for 70€. so far (3 days after) i don't notice any improvement, but at least the guy didn't break it. either, the battery isn't running at full capacity yet, i misjudged that the battery should be better, or another phone component is faulty and eating up all the power. i really hope it's the first, but i'll probably have to buy another powerbank anyway.

i'm now also thinking about buying microspikes and perhaps even an ice axe. it really bummed me out not to be able to reach the summit of skuta just a couple hundred metres above the shelter and it was certainly neither the last nor the highest mountain i'll climb in the future. brown bears, stray dogs and the like are also becoming way more common now and as dumb as it sounds, i'd feel a lot safer with an ice axe now that my knife has been taken by the french.

oh yeah and also i might just get a mulletRead more