“I am 60 km from Sofia in ‘Stara Planina’ mountain at 1400 m altitude. If you wish to guests and me to show you the area of the mountain type. You have to catch a train to Karlovo or Pirdop and get off at the village Bunovo.The train station is […]
Month: October 2014
Achievement Unlocked
Sitting in a bakery at 4 a.m. next to the central bus station in Skopje, I’m distracted by the painfully bright purple and yellow lights dancing along the dusty windows. They sporadically flicker from a distance, constantly changing pattern and pace as if trying to induce a seizure. Usually things […]
Hitching the Transfăgărășan
“From above, it looks like every great corner from every great race track in the world has been knitted together to form one unbroken grey ribbon of automotive perfection” These words were stated with sincere passion by Jeremy Clarkson, host of the renowned British television series, Top Gear, as he […]
Where is the железничке станице?
As I try to catch up on some posts, here is the latest from the road. It has been 10 days since I arrived in Serbia, and I have no idea where the time went. Yet again, I have added another country to the list of places I must revisit […]
100th Day Update
Leaving Budapest felt very strange. One would think that after three months of traveling, departing and arriving would be as natural as eating breakfast in the morning. But the city had drawn me into its quirky energy, so much so that constantly discovering a new, completely different and uniquely beautiful […]