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Balkan Flare – day 3
Today we woke up at 8.00 in the morning. Or I shall say we were woken up. First the hotel phone rang. I was still asleep as I picked it up and put it back again to notify the caller that I have no intention to take the call. A minute later someone knocked. Csabi opened…
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Road maps
We are in the middle of the route planning process. Thanks to a lot of useful information (thanks Zoli, Orestis, Dimitris!) and some research we now have what seems to be a close to final route. I say close to final as things will come as they are and they can change anytime on the…
Balkan Flare – day 14
I woke early on Friday as I wanted to update my blog. I sat outside in the sun and noticed with joy that it was quite warm already at 6.00 am. Once Csabi got up and we got our stuff together we had breakfast and left the hotel. We were going to Sarajevo that day but…
Balkan Flare – funnies
Two things I forgot to mention yesterday.When we were having lunch and chatting with the owner of the kebap place he was whining on how expensive everything is in Istanbul and how high the taxes are: 18%… We ended laughing and told him he should be happy considering VAT is 27% in Hungary 🙂The other…
Balkan Flare – day 9
Yesterday was excellent. We woke up quite late and had coffee on the terrace. Orestis came up and we all walked for breakfast to Starbucks 🙂 before following our host on a guided tour in the neighbourhood. We went back to the flat just before noon to pack up and prepare to leave. Once ready…
Balkan Flare – day 5
I woke early yesterday. I slept really well even though it was windy throughout the night. I brewed some tea and prepared chocolate mousse for breakfast from the “Travellunch” stock I brought along. We packed our gear and were on our way just before 9.00 am. We didn’t need to hurry since we only had…

