Category Archives: Enroute

Let’s break for Turkey

Posted on February 4, 2012 by admin

I left Stara Zagora a little late, but the scheduled trip to Istanbul should only take 5 hours (There’s about eight hours of light), but the weather has slowed any journey over the last week. I decided that I had … Continue reading →

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Tarnovo and the Balkan mountains

Posted on February 3, 2012 by admin

I past through Tarnovo on the north side of the mountains before lunch and pulled over. This place is amazing and used to have the honour of being the Bulgarian capital for nearly six hundred years until 1879. This is … Continue reading →

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Heading south

Posted on February 3, 2012 by admin

This morning I had an early breakfast of bread, cheese and jams and have headed south on the E85 towards Stara Zigora. Depending on what I find on the way, I will try to push on to Edirne in Turkey … Continue reading →

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A short push to Rousse

Posted on February 2, 2012 by admin

After heading south for Istanbul on the E85, I decided to stop in Rousse just 70 km south due to the bad weather. The centre of Rousse has deep snow with all of the roads badly affected. The E85 is … Continue reading →

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Children of the night

Posted on January 31, 2012 by admin

I have a 10 hour drive to Bucharest today to get back on track. The weather is really slowing things down. I stopped off about half way to Bucharest for lunch in Hunedoara, now a largely industrial town. There are … Continue reading →

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The road to Budapest

Posted on January 29, 2012 by admin

Have to leave early this morning to get a move on. Today I travel from Prague to Budapest, which takes me through Vienna. I would like to stop off in Vienna for a couple of hours, but the weather was … Continue reading →

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Visiting the family

Posted on January 28, 2012 by admin

Boy is it cold in Meistersdorf today. Before I left it was -5c. This is the home village in northern Czech Republic where my wife’s paternal family come from. It was first named in the 14th century and was renowned … Continue reading →

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The autobahn to Nuremberg

Posted on January 27, 2012 by admin

I left Amsterdam about three hours ago and am currently making my way around the city of Essen on the river Ruhr. This area was of major industrial importance to Germany after WW2 with coal and steal works, and has … Continue reading →

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Here we go!

Posted on January 26, 2012 by admin

The virtual trip has got underway, but had a few issues when my wife banned me from taking the car. Apparently, she will need to use it for real while I’m away!! So I’m going in style in a virtual … Continue reading →

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Leaving home

Posted on January 26, 2012 by admin

Being a virtual traveller is interesting in this digital age. To ‘book’ a ticket on the Eurostar to Calais, I downloaded the Eurostar app to my iPhone and could get a ticket this afternoon. A ‘walk on’ passenger can get … Continue reading →

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