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…
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…
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…
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…
Yesterday was an excellent day overall. We woke up at 7.00 am to a beautiful view of the Meteoras. We packed our gear and went for breakfast. As our host Kostas would say: very special the best. In fact everything was “very special the best” for him. Great guy 🙂 We then headed up…
Another excellent day on Balkan Flare despite a dodgy start to the morning. It was raining throughout the night and the air was quite humid and cold when we woke up. The clouds were low and aplenty. We packed up and had breakfast and coffee as usual but the campground reception was empty when we…
