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The Route in Frames

A gallery by route stop: from Pirna to the Adriatic, through the kite week, along the coast and home again. Tap a photo to see it large; the day link under it opens the diary.

01 · Day 1 · prologue

Pirna — the launch

The home base before the route bends west and then south.

Day 1 · Departure: Pirna to Dortmund
02 · Days 2–3 · team stop

Dortmund — before the south

A work stop, festival light, and the last German hours before the trip turns into travel.

Day 2 · Dortmund before the south
Day 2 · Dortmund before the south
Day 2 · Dortmund before the south
Day 3 · Dortmunder U before the night flight
Day 3 · Dortmunder U before the night flight
Day 3 · Dortmunder U before the night flight
Day 3 · Dortmunder U before the night flight
Day 3 · Dortmunder U before the night flight
Day 3 · Dortmunder U before the night flight
Day 3 · Dortmunder U before the night flight
Day 3 · Dortmunder U before the night flight
Day 3 · Dortmunder U before the night flight
03 · Day 3 · transit

Köln — gate to the Adriatic

The airport chapter: bags, gate light, and the night flight south.

Day 3 · Dortmunder U before the night flight
Day 3 · Dortmunder U before the night flight
Day 3 · Dortmunder U before the night flight
04 · Day 4 · arrival

Podgorica — first Montenegro light

Dawn arrival, first coffee, and the first proof that the map is now real.

Day 4 · First sand at Velika Plaža
Day 4 · First sand at Velika Plaža
Day 4 · First sand at Velika Plaža
05 · Days 4–11 · kite week

Velika Plaža — wind week

Sand, school, repeated attempts, wind lines, and the long beach doing its work.

Day 4 · First sand at Velika Plaža
Day 4 · First sand at Velika Plaža
Day 4 · First sand at Velika Plaža
Day 4 · First sand at Velika Plaža
Day 4 · First sand at Velika Plaža
Day 4 · First sand at Velika Plaža
Day 5 · First kite lesson
Day 5 · First kite lesson
Day 5 · First kite lesson
Day 5 · First kite lesson
Day 5 · First kite lesson
Day 6 · No more theory, finally water
Day 6 · No more theory, finally water
Day 6 · No more theory, finally water
Day 6 · No more theory, finally water
Day 6 · No more theory, finally water
Day 6 · No more theory, finally water
Day 6 · No more theory, finally water
Day 6 · No more theory, finally water
Day 7 · The pause day that refused to pause
Day 7 · The pause day that refused to pause
Day 7 · The pause day that refused to pause
Day 8 · Bojana border walk, kite fight
Day 8 · Bojana border walk, kite fight
Day 8 · Bojana border walk, kite fight
Day 8 · Bojana border walk, kite fight
Day 8 · Bojana border walk, kite fight
Day 8 · Bojana border walk, kite fight
Day 9 · Wind clock, sand tax
Day 9 · Wind clock, sand tax
06 · Days 11–13 · bay

Kotor — stone and water

Bay light, old walls, and a slower rhythm after the beach.

Day 11 · The nap into Kotor
Day 11 · The nap into Kotor
Day 11 · The nap into Kotor
Day 11 · The nap into Kotor
Day 11 · The nap into Kotor
Day 11 · The nap into Kotor
Day 11 · The nap into Kotor
Day 11 · The nap into Kotor
Day 11 · The nap into Kotor
Day 11 · The nap into Kotor
Day 11 · The nap into Kotor
Day 11 · The nap into Kotor
Day 12 · Five hours around the bay
Day 12 · Five hours around the bay
Day 12 · Five hours around the bay
Day 12 · Five hours around the bay
Day 12 · Five hours around the bay
Day 12 · Five hours around the bay
Day 12 · Five hours around the bay
Day 12 · Five hours around the bay
Day 12 · Five hours around the bay
07 · Days 13–16 · coast

Budva — coast mode

Warm stone, evening streets, and the closing coastal days before the early flight.

Day 13 · Budva, or Little Miami with older stones
Day 13 · Budva, or Little Miami with older stones
Day 13 · Budva, or Little Miami with older stones
Day 13 · Budva, or Little Miami with older stones
Day 13 · Budva, or Little Miami with older stones
Day 13 · Budva, or Little Miami with older stones
Day 14 · Budva: the mountain said no
Day 14 · Budva: the mountain said no
Day 14 · Budva: the mountain said no
Day 15 · Tara steals the final coast day
Day 15 · Tara steals the final coast day
Day 15 · Tara steals the final coast day
Day 15 · Tara steals the final coast day
Day 15 · Tara steals the final coast day
Day 15 · Tara steals the final coast day
Day 15 · Tara steals the final coast day
08 · Day 16 · return

Podgorica — return runway

The compressed morning return from coast to airport.

No photos from this stop

Transit, mostly. The diary day tells what happened there.

09 · Day 16 · northbound

Berlin — return north

A transit afternoon between the Adriatic and Saxony.

No photos from this stop

Transit, mostly. The diary day tells what happened there.

10 · Day 16 · epilogue

Pirna — home again

The final frame: the route closes where it started.

No photos from this stop

Transit, mostly. The diary day tells what happened there.

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