Diary

The trip, day by day

Sixteen days from Pirna to the Adriatic and back. Each day has its own card. Once the trip is underway, real diary entries replace the planned ones. Quiet days stay quiet — wind, water, nothing to file. Open any card to read the full dispatch or plan.

Day 1 · 2026-06-11 Published

Departure: Pirna to Dortmund

Pirna → Dortmund · positive, tired, quietly proud

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Day 2 · 2026-06-12 Published

Dortmund before the south

Dortmund · spent, social, already halfway to the beach

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Day 3 · 2026-06-13 Published

Dortmunder U before the night flight

Dortmund → Köln Flughafen → night flight · tourist mode, culture reset, airport sorting

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Day 4 · 2026-06-14 Published

First sand at Velika Plaža

Podgorica → Velika Plaža · exhausted, barefoot, finally coastal

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Day 5 · 2026-06-15 Published

First kite lesson

Velika Plaža · clear head, humble start

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Day 6 · 2026-06-16 Published

No more theory, finally water

Velika Plaža · wind, water, good people

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Day 7 · 2026-06-17 Published

The pause day that refused to pause

Velika Plaža · exhausted, salty, not finished

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Day 8 · 2026-06-18 Published

Bojana border walk, kite fight

Velika Plaža · Bojana River · wide awake, sand-polished, politely blistered

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Day 9 · 2026-06-19 Published

Wind clock, sand tax

Velika Plaža · salted, fed, administratively tired

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Day 10 · 2026-06-20 Published

Last wind on the long beach

Velika Plaža · safe, grateful, properly wind-shaped

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Day 11 · 2026-06-21 Published

The nap into Kotor

Ulcinj → Kotor · caffeinated, vertical, slightly geographic

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Day 12 · 2026-06-22 Published

Five hours around the bay

Kotor Bay · lazy, loud, slightly shaken

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Day 13 · 2026-06-23 Published

Budva, or Little Miami with older stones

Kotor → Budva · alive, slightly crowded, sea-scented

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Day 14 · 2026-06-24 Published

Budva: the mountain said no

Budva · slow coastline rhythm, safety first

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Day 15 · 2026-06-25 Published

Tara steals the final coast day

Budva · Tara River Canyon · properly rinsed, deeply satisfied

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Day 16 · 2026-06-26 Quiet day

Home in Pirna

No update — wind, water, nothing to file.

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