But as I've said: It started raining and therefore in the next morning the towel was even more wet than it was before. Never mind. The tent is wet again, too. So once more next to the tent I pack in a lot of water. The whole day is full of some rain clouds. And so in Starý Plzenec on the wet road I enter the town at a speed of 70km/h. Downhill of course and without any supporting pedaling. I see a left turn coming closer. How was it with effective braking? Brake late and hard. Okay, let's have a look at the turn, maybe it isn't that sharp.Well... it is sharp enough and I decide to brake. But hey... why don't the brakes do what they should? Let's pull the levers somewhat stronger. Oh... now the water seems to be off the disks and they react powerfully. What a pitty that now it's somewhat too much. The front wheel starts lurching somewhat, so I release the brake a little bit to get the bike stable again. Hm... but the left turn didn't disappear in the meantime. It's quite close now and somehow I will have to get the bike around the corner there. I don't know if only the tyres gave a strange feeling but anyway: The bike seems to slide through the corner on both wheels and I am very happy when the corner is over and I'm still on the bike instead of next to it. I definitely have learnt something about braking strategies.
I find a camping site/guest house in Plíškovice. The boss of it is Dutch and comes from *the* town: Groningen. What a big surprise for both sides. Also on the camping site: An Italian camper. While I wait for the rain to stop for allowing me to put up my tent, 5 or 6 racing cyclists arrive at the camping, too. They belong to the camper. All of us get a shower and then they start a big dinner in the barn that belongs to the camping site. I get there to sit under the roof, too. And they invite me to their dinner. In the chat with the only English-speaking Italian I hear that they come from Venice and every year they make a supported bicycle trip to one of Europe's capitals. Last year they have been to Budapest, this year it's Prague they want to reach by bike. They have cycled 250km today and tomorrow will be their last day. Therefore they are quite happy of course. The boss of the camping site comes along to sit and talk later, too. So all in all it becomes one of the best evenings that I had during my whole trip. When I get to the tent the rain has stopped and only the cold, clear sky shows up. Also the road next to the camping site becomes rather quiet.