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Day 40 – Slovakia
I have a few inaccuracies to clear up from yesterday’s blog post: The peak we climbed called Rysy is 2500m high, not 2900m and we did not catch the train back. (Mores the bloomin’ pity) Right, on with today. Early start and out the door by 8.15am. Probably a record for us. And we made…
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Day 39 – Romania/Hungary/Slovakia
Woke up to rain this morning. Apparently there had been a big thunderstorm earlier. I had slept through it, probably because I’d been kept up by partygoers coming back at 3 in the morning, banging on hotel doors because the person they were sharing with had fallen asleep and locked them out. This is one…
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Day 38 – still Romania
Our next major stop is Slovakia where we hope to do some walking. I certainly need to, my stomach is beginning to show the signs of way too much food and alcohol. Today was a long travel day. Romania has few motorways and most of the roads are like the UK’s were 40 years ago…
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Day 38 – Romania
Today we visited peles castle in Sinaia. It was built in the 1800’s before the days of communism. It is in a beautiful situation, surrounded by the carpathian mountains. Many of the rooms were very sombre with dark wood and heavy furniture but some had fabulous chandeliers and mirrors, similar to the Linderhoff castle we…
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Day 37 Brasov, Romania
We had a very jolly time last night – drank some beer and wine (delicious here by the way), ate typical Romanian food and then back to the city square for Irish coffees. I was fine and slept like a log but Steve was feeling a tiny bit fragile this morning. Best thing for a…
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Day 36 – Bulgaria/Romania
Our route today took us from Veliko Tarnarvo ,through Russe, across the Danube and into Romania. The drive through Bulgaria was easy and civilised. Definitely a country I would return to. All our problems were in Romania, starting with crossing the border. We were stuck in roadworks on the bridge crossing the Danube for an…
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Day 35 – Turkey and Bulgaria
Felt very groggy today after a bit of a restless night. I really don’t enjoy the Turkish way of sleeping under a scratchy blanket rather than a sheet. It was clean though, better than a grotty towel aka an experience had in Thailand. The roads were much quieter today and we made very good time…
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Day 34 -Still Turkey
Tedious and long driving day today. We set off from Dalaman at around 7.30am and arrived in Eceabat at about 4.30pm. Lots of traffic due to the end of Bayram and the start of children’s holidays. Couldn’t have timed it better for the ferry – literally arrived at the terminal, queued for 10 mins and…
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Day 33 (Sunday 19/7/2015) Talking Turkey
14 very lazy days spent in Dalaman. The first few days were spent in complete avoidance of getting in the car. My knees certainly enjoyed the rest and no longer ache from hours sitting in the same position. We caught up with Dalaman ex pats, performed some chores and generally pootled about. On…
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Day 19 – Turkey/Dalaman
Plans are there to be changed. Up early and on the ferry to Çanakkale by 9am. Took all of 15mins. Quite scary though, you seem much more vulnerable on a little ferry. Because it was Sunday and most people weren’t working, it was easy getting out of the town and we were soon making good…
Middle-aged flash packers
The ramblings and wanderings of two middle-aged travellers up for adventure
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- Road Trip to Anywhere – France, Italy, ? 2022
- Roaming the Rhodope – Bulgaria
- Sicily wanderings – on the volcano trail
- Tea, Trains and Temples – A journey around Sri Lanka 2017
- Tenerife 2024
- The Grand Tour – Driving from UK to Turkey and back again 2015
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- The Silk Road – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan 2019
- Turkey – 2020
- Wainwrights Lake District UK part 2 2022 March
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