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18 November 2018
After nearly three weeks in Greece, it’s time to move on. Unfortunately our overall impression of the country hasn’t been that great for 3 main reasons: 1. For such lovely scenery there is rubbish absolutely everywhere which completely spoils it, and in our view is completely unnecesssry as most of it is recyclable. Not very […]
14 November 2018
So after five tough days on the road we set out from our indoor accommodation (which felt positively luxurious!) hoping for a couple of easier days on the road as we made our way to Kavala. Mileage-wise we planned 2 relatively short days to get there and expected the terrain to be easier, but you […]
6 November 2018
We haven’t seen the sea since Gdansk in Poland (31 May), so we are quite excited to head towards Thessaloniki for a few days off by the coast. It’s over 100km away so we had a choice of taking one full-on day to get there or two smaller more manageable days. Having just done 12 […]
29 October 2018
So we arrived in Greece without a welcome sign and as we came through the border we saw 2 cyclists coming up the hill towards us, so we all stopped to have a chat. Erik and Irini are a lovely young German couple who have been cycling around Europe for 4.5 months and they had […]
26 October 2018
In the few days since we left Kresna we have noticed quite a few border police driving around. We can only assume it’s to patrol the mountain areas for refugees coming across the border from Greece. So on with our journey, our intentions had been to visit Rila and Melnik and then take the […]
19 October 2018
So after a night of wild camping in the hills 40km east of Sofia, we woke up to ice on the tent…a chilly start! We knew it was cold during the night, but not that cold!! And our camping fuel had just run out after cooking dinner last night, so no tea for us – […]