As I left Romania some days ago, the temperature almost reached 40 degrees C. Today I had one-fourth of that. As I for the last time went through the Carpathians the temperature dropped to 9 degrees C. And it rained. And it was windy. And it was foggy. For the first time I had to put on warm stuff.

My plan for today was to pass the border in to Poland in the mountains. And I passed it without even noticing it. I had to turn around to make this picture. It is remarkable how we inside the EU takes away all borders. In the east they put up new borders after the fall of the USSR.

It was even though a very nice ride. And I had no idea that I would pass Zakopane. I was surprised as I saw the sign. This was almost the highest point of the whole trip. If you have good eyesight you will perhaps see 1113 m on the GPS. Just another km further on I reached 1240 m. That was the peak. If you plan to do this trip, don’t do it on a sunday. The way down on the Polish side was a parking lot, all tourists on there way down at the same time. Boring. I managed to recalculate my GPS and it showed me an alternative route over a small mountain in to another valley. And it was empty. 😀