I’m in Turkey! Last evening, between my five hour “afternoon nap” and the eight hours of sleep I got at night, I went over the possibilities for today’s walk using my GPS app and searching for hotels, motels, hostels – anywhere I could spend […]
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Horsepower
They offered me a lift, but I was happy to keep walking in the sun. http://flic.kr/p/r8BfYF
Catching up…
After leaving Plovdiv, I had several long days. The distances weren’t all that great, but it was well past nightfall when I arrived in Parvomay, Haskovo, and Harmanli. As I mentioned in my “brief update,” the walk to Parvomay was not an easy one. […]
Brief update: scattered observations from Parvomay
In spite of the wonderfully caffeinated beginning to my day, it was not an easy walk. I just couldn’t seem to hit my stride until quite late in the day, when I was already tired. It remained overcast all day, and there was a […]
Feb 4 – 6: Three Nights in Plovdiv
Breakfast was included with the price of the room in Pazardjik on Wednesday. It wasn’t particularly memorable, but at least it provided calories for the day of walking ahead of me. In Sofia, the staff at the hostel had recommended a hostel in Plovdiv, […]
Road Closed
“Road Closed” usually means several kilometres of walking with no traffic. Today I got a little more than I bargained for when I had to make a 6 km detour to cross the river. http://flic.kr/p/q7tqYt
Feb 3: Pazardjik
The snow that had been forecast overnight failed to materialise and the morning dawned bright and clear. Since I knew I only had to cover 18 kms today, I slept in and had an extra cup of coffee with breakfast. I was walking along […]
