5th stage Arrival.

Destination reached, Transnistria, Tiraspol and Bender. Promise fulfilled. And there is this country after all!!!

This morning I got back on the saddle and rode the approximately 70km to Tiraspol, taking the northern route through the vineyards and past the largest wine cellar in the world in Cricova, unfortunately I didn't have time and besides, it's 0.0 everywhere here, a few checkpoints further east, Russian buffer troops monitoring the ceasefire and crossing the Dniester, paid 4€ toll and got a few forms, surprisingly my nationality is zero! 😆 Now it's official!

Well, I briefly 'strolled' in Tiraspol, took a few proof pictures and in Bender, the only Transnistrian city 'behind' the Dniester, visited the fortress and after a few hours went back on the southern route. That's it. Oh yeah, for the 4€ at least there were properly drivable roads.

Note, I also added one more country point, FK Kodry vs. FC Sheriff Tiraspol 0:2, the game took place on the side field of the Zimbru Stadium complex, in the main stadium there were the witnesses and some other sect. But it was free.