My first stop today was Velehrad (Great castle), a small village with great heritage: It was planned to become the capital of the Great Moravian Empire. However, Uherské Hradiste took over that role, and thus grew bigger. I rolled into this town some hour later, took a look at the big square and rolled out again.

After 20 km (12 miles) on the heavily trafficed road 55, I finally reached the side road that would take me up the hills to Rusava, where I planned to stay the night. But this side road was closed for some reason, so I had to continue on road 55 for another 20 km.

I have planned my way so that there are mountains or hills on both my left and my right side. On my Michelin map, I have drawn a blue line that will guide me through valleys to the Polish border. On the sides of the blue line there are dark shadows, which means mountains. And I'm fed up with climbing – I wanna go to Kraków now!

As I write this, I'm sitting at the restaurant Obecní dum in the center – or rather fork – of the little village Rusava. And yes, you got the fact sheet in the beginning right: The camping is one dollar (30 Czech crowns).

I'm watching the European Championship in athletics on tv and having a beer. It's quite nice.