Here's my CSB bike ride. I did a road bike tour in Europe from early September to early October. I got a bike in Utrecht second hand from an employee at the Trek store after they didn't have any appropriate touring bikes in stock for a couple weeks. Spent a week in Holland, a week in Belgium, a few days cycling down the Rhine on the German side, then a week through Switzerland. France was basically shut down to tourists without their covid health pass which I applied for in August and still haven't received. Meh.
I took a series of RER trains though France across the Pyrenees to Barcelona because I couldn't ride the high speed trains without a health pass and many didn't allow bikes anyways. I did one day going south along the Costa Brava from Barcelona then got bored and a repeated flat. I ended up parking the bike back in Barcelona in self storage then wandered Spain by bus and train the last few weeks. I was fortunate that I didn't get a flat until my last couple days when I was riding in Barcelona. So at least it was easy to get it repaired.
I ended up doing about a 1,000 miles. The days varied between 20 and 50 miles depending on the terrain, sites to see, etc... I did a mix of camping, hostels, and cheap hotels. Europeans were out in force so it was more expensive than I anticipated to find a reasonable campsite or hotel. I came across some folks doing 80 to 100 miles per day. I admire that but wanted to be able to enjoy the views and not exhaust myself on my first longish distance ride. I'm going to take some classes on bike maintenance asap. I tried to change the flat and couldn't despite watching a million youtube videos. I'm also getting tubeless tires if I can. Bike trails in the Netherlands are amazing. Flat and easy to navigate. Everyone cycles there. I'm glad I started there.
Riding through cities was definitely stressful, even with all the biking infrastructure and very bike friendly drivers and pedestrians. I camped half the nights and enjoyed it. But it would have been nice to not have the extra weight and awkwardness of the tent, sleeping bag, etc... Particularly when having to board/deboard trains with the panniers and the rack bag. I'm new to cycling so this was definitely a learning and rewarding experience.