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The Plan

This year the annual trashhh reunion is being held in Albania. The trashhh organisers insist that it's a wonderful country to spend some time in. So I decided, what the hell, I've been to nearly every trashhh weekend since the very start, so I should be there in Albania, too.

So the plan is to drive down there from Amsterdam. That's about 2.200 kilometres. And Google Maps tels me I can do it in about a day.

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But that's not the plan. The plan is to load up my car with (mostly) old camping gear and see if I still remember how to set up a tent. I have exactly a week (Friday to Friday) to get to my destination, so that should be more than enough to take it fairly easy.

I was thinking of aiming for south Germany for the first day of driving, probably somewhere south of Augsburg. Then the next day push through to the vicinity of Trieste, Italy.

From Trieste to Albania is more than 14 hours driving according to Google Maps, but part of that is probably because it's sending me on a detour with a ferry. Google hasn't gotten round to mapping Bosnia and Herzegovina for some reason, apparently, as it's unable to route through there. Which is the reason, I assume, it sends me on a detour with a ferry to stay in Croatia, instead of through Bosnia and Herzegovina. So I'm guessing the real time to get from Trieste to Albania is a bit less than 14 hours. Still, not something to do in 1 day, so say we split that distance in two and do about 7 hours both days.

That comes down to 4 days of driving, with three days of about 7 hours driving and one of about 5. But I have 7 days to get there. So I'll probably drive the two days to get to Trieste back to back and then spread out the rest of the trip over the remaining 5 days. I just need to find the places I want to camp at between Trieste and Albania. Any suggestions?

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