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Entries from September 27th, 2009

Day 415: Sofia, Bulgaria: 27 Sept 09

September 27th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Bulgaria

Its been a blur here in wonderful Sofia. Feels like we arrived minutes ago and we leave when the sun rises. But I’ll try to summarise… Rains out of Istanbul soaked us for days, as Andreas became accustomed to the realities of life on the long road. Passing through the hills north west of Istanbul [...]

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Day 406: Istanbul, Turkey: 18 Sept 09

September 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

The Bosphorous is said to separate Europe and Asia. For me it separates the Beginning and Middle from the End. We leave this immense, mystical city tomorrow to head to Sofia and on through the capitals of Eastern Europe in the build-up to Copenhagen. The world feels so much smaller now I have cycled from [...]

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Day 390: Samsun, Black Sea Coast, Turkey: 02 Sept 09

September 3rd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized

Turkey, we’ve been here for over a week now. Less than 2 weeks and we’ll be in Istanbul. Its still strange to write we after so long travelling on my own. Rich is still here, keener than ever. When last I wrote we were in Batumi, in Georgia. We left on a bad note. Well, [...]

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