• Bernd Zehentbauer
  • Highländer66
  • Bernd Zehentbauer
  • Highländer66

Balkan Express Rallye 2022

Eines der abgefahrensten Abenteuer Roadtrip's unseres Lebens - durch den Balkan, kein GPS und Navi, über 4.000 km durch über 13 Länder in 14 Tagen. Das ist der Balkan Express! Read more
  • Trip start
    August 18, 2022

    Vorbereitung / Preparation

    August 5, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    Nur noch 1,5 Wochen zum Start und langsam steigt die Nervosität. Wir sind mitten in den Vorbereitungen, wie mit Aufklebern das Auto zu verschönern, Kartenmaterial zu besorgen, sehen ob wir was vergessen haben, etc.
    Der Plan ist, dass wir bereits am 16.08 nach Dresden fahren, da ja am 17.08 der Start Event stattfindet und dann am 18.08 ist der Start!
    Only 1.5 weeks to go and the nervousness is slowly increasing. We are in the middle of the preparations, like beautifying the car with stickers, getting maps, seeing if we forgot anything, etc.
    The plan is that we go to Dresden on August 16th, since the start event is on August 17th and then the start is on August 18th!
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  • Only three days!

    August 15, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

    The preperation are almost finished. Tomorrow afternoon we will drive to Dresden. The tension is slowly growing and we are looking forward to it when we finally hit the road!

  • First Road Missions!

    August 18, 2022 in Czech Republic ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

    And now it is going to the Bohemian Paradise. Starten with the Castle of Kost, then the Castle of Trosky (very impressive). And finally we end this mission at the Prachov Rocks. From here we were heading further southeast direction Moravia/Mähren a historical country in the Czech Repulic towards its capital Olomouc/Olmütz.Read more

  • First technical issues!

    August 18, 2022 in Czech Republic ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

    Surfing the trip of the first day we were facing already the first technical issue. As you can see on the attached picture the dashboard indicates the first problem! We believe that we can fix it easily - lets see. More infos will come. Also you can see that we reached a temperature of 36 degree! Uff!Read more

  • Road Mission second day

    August 19, 2022 in Slovakia ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C

    During the Rallye we have to fullfill certain missions, e.g. road missions, detour missions and misson photo competion. Today we have finished a detour mission in Bratislava the capital of Slovakia. The task was to find Cumil and stroke his head! See picture!Read more

  • Finalisation of the third day!

    August 21, 2022 in Romania ⋅ 🌧 17 °C

    Yesterday we drove from Budapest towards Romania. Around midday we crossed the border and headed towards the National Park „Parcul Natural Apuseni“. Here we were visiting some caves from the road book. After a challenging search for an accomondation, we stayed in the town Campeni. Unfortunately, the weather changed and we had quite a lot of rain.Read more

  • Dracula!!!

    August 21, 2022 in Romania ⋅ 🌧 18 °C

    After the Detour Mission we decided to drive to the birthplace of Vlad Dracul (1431) - DRACULA!! We also finalised another Mission - find a garlic chain, arm yourself with a wooden flock and a crucifix. Take a picture with a Dracula look-a-like! Beside this the town of Sighisoara is a very picturesque town. See pictures!Read more

  • Detour Mission!

    August 21, 2022 in Romania ⋅ 🌧 18 °C

    Today we fullfilled another Detour Mission - the toxic lake - Geamana. The task was to touch the top of the steeple top of the church. Mission accomplished - see picture.

  • Finalisation and Party time fourth day!

    August 21, 2022 in Romania ⋅ 🌧 17 °C

    Today it is planned to have for all Rallye participants a Party with food and drinks! On the way to the location we got caught in a very violent storm. Before arriving we had a look at the castle of Eisenmarkt. But now let‘s Party!!Read more

  • Today‘s Mission!

    August 22, 2022 in Romania ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    Our goal was to master one of the two famous pass roads in the Southern Carpathian Mountains, also known as the Transylvanian Alps. We decided to drive the Transfagarasa road number 7C. It is the second-highest paved road in Romania and one of the most spectacular roads in the world.
    On the way to the pass we passend the City of Sibiu/Hermannstadt and it is the center of the Transylvanian Saxons.
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  • Finalisation of the 5th day!

    August 22, 2022 in Romania ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    After managing the pass Transfagarasan we decided to take on the Detour Mission Bucharest. So we drove to the capital of Romania. Here we had to take a foto of the heaviest building in the world! See picture. The Palace of Parliament in Bucharest. At 4,1 million tons, the 270 meter long, 245 meter wide and 45 meter high building is the heaviest in the world according to the Guinness Book of Records. After taking the fotos we finished the day with some local Food.Read more

  • Finalisation of day 6!

    August 23, 2022 in Bulgaria ⋅ 🌧 16 °C

    After crossing the border to Bulgaria over the Danube river via the Peace Bridge. We went to our Detour Mission and then drove to Sofia where we accomplished our Road Mission. We had to find the Stone River Zlatnite Mostove „Golden Bridge“ on Vitosha mountain. Luckily we found a Motel close by behause it started raining again and enjoyed some Bulgarian cuisine. Enjoy the pictures from the tripRead more