42 days      9360km   120h 52m
  1304km 335.77km   11 Countries

I would be lying if I didn't express my deep disappointment that I failed to ride through Azerbaijan.
It's still pretty cool to be able to say that I've ridden through or in every European country except one, but to finally be able to say I've ridden all of them would have been a lot nicer.
In terms of riding, this was basically the exact opposite of the Ireland trip.
Where Ireland was pretty much just about the riding while this one was basically all about the destinations.
Admittedly, it's partly a consequence of the weather.
I had for example planned to do a lot of scenic routes in Cyprus but I simply couldn't bring myself to get on the bike in 40ºC (104ºF).
It was hard enough to handle that temperature in shorts and a t-shirt.
And that brings us to the single biggest mistake of this trip. The temperature.
From the time I got off the boat in Georgia until I got back up to northern Hungary, the temperature never fell below 30ºC (86ºF).
I should have delayed this trip by at least a month to allow for seasonal temperatures that would have been more manageable by Swedish standards.
However, it should also be said that even though there was an incredible amount of motorway driving, it was by no means without entertainment value.
They were often both curvy roads and scenic environments.

The traffic culture in Georgia came as something of a shock.
Obviously I hadn't expected very defensive driving in this part of Europe, but I really didn't expect the frantically aggressive and egotistical driving style that was the norm and not the exception.
Georgia knocks Albania down off first place as the European country with the worst traffic culture.

Türkiye has an idiotic and in my opinion dangerous system where motorcycles are legally required to be driven at a lower speed than cars on motorways.
Where cars are allowed to drive 120km/h, motorcycles are only allowed to drive 100, which is basically the speed buses and lorries drive.
From what I experienced, lorries free-roll downhill in the entire Caucasus region and most of Turkey, so a truck careening downhill at 110kph is not uncommon.
I kept the sign-posted speed throughout all of Türkiye.
Drivers have a pretty relaxed approach to speed limits so I was by no means among the faster vehicles but at least not unpredictably and dangerously slow.
Either no one cares if you don't actually exceed the posted speed limit or I was incredibly lucky because I probably drove just under 3000kms on the highways in Türkiye and I didn't get a fine.

But with that whining out of the way, I still think it was a very felicitous trip with very few setbacks (Azerbaijan being the major exception).
Being able to cross the Black Sea by ferry instead of having to travel overland both back and forth through Türkiye was extremely practical and, despite the somewhat spartan existence on board, it was definitely worth it.

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