The rain woke me up today. So I decided to dispel it by yoga Sun salutations. Apparently no coincidence, it worked.

A few minutes later my daughter texted me if I was going to cycle through the city of Usti. Her boss had just ask her to participate in a business meeting there. A two-hour drive for her by car from Prague, a two-hour bike ride for me from Litomerice. So, no coincidence that we managed to meet in Usti later.

I always book my rooms the same way. When feeling my body battery goes down, I look up the Internet and start calling hotels or B&Bs which are approximately 20 km ahead of me.
Today this happened at the castle of Decin where a crowd of people was getting ready for some celebration. I called the first number, a friendly hotel owner confirmed he would have a room and asked me when I plan to arrive.
“It is two hour cycling I guess”, I replied and continued:“I am at the Decin Castle now and the road to you is rather hilly”
“Do you have a green bike? “The voice on the phone asked
“Yes, how…, how do you know? “ I stuttered
“Since I believe to see you. I am standing 20 meters away from you”

Yes, the hotel owner was at the Decin castle, too. As a co-chairman of the society that was having the festivity there.

As I already mentioned, there are no coincidences.

In any case, it was 83 km today with the final ascent to the hotel of almost 600 m elevation gain (and sweat)