Tag: Bulgaria

  • Day 32 🇧🇬 The amazing seven Rila lakes

    Saturday August the 7thTotal distance driven: 5.704 KmToday’s distance: 113 KmWalked distance: 13,4 Km It’s August and the temperatures are rasing, especially in the cities. Plovdiv registered 41 degrees Celsius the day I left it. Everyday I face 38-39C which is nice when you are at the lake or at the beach but with my…

  • Day 31 🇧🇬 Sofia

    Friday August the 6thTotal distance driven: 5591 KmToday’s distance: 0 KmWalked distance: 16 Km Today is one month I’m on this journey. It’s great to be with my Ducati discovering the Balkans and meeting new friends but I also miss my wife, my boys, my family and friends at home. Travelling for long times has…

  • Day 30 🇧🇬 Devil’s Throat Cave & a Great Ride

    Thursday August the 5thTotal distance driven: 5591 KmToday’s distance: 348 Km in 5:49hWalked distance: 8.1 Km It wasn’t easy leaving Plovdiv but the next destination promised to be an exciting one: a huge cave called devil’s throat. Little that I know, the best part was going to be the ride to get there. As most…

  • Day 29 🇧🇬 Veliko Tarnovo and Plovdiv

    Wednesday August the 4thTotal distance driven: 5243 KmToday’s distance: 238 Km in 3:39hWalked distance: 14 Km Veliko Tarnovo, the old capital of Bulgaria. There is only one camping out of town and it’s five stars. Very nice, with a big swimming pool and completely in the nature. But it was almost empty. I counted 3x…

  • Day 28 🇧🇬 Madara and an impressive Monument

    Tuesday August the 3rdTotal distance driven: 5005 KmToday’s distance: 281 Km in 3:56hWalked distance: 12,8 Km We had a running gag with Alexey about the glue. He always asked me to remind him to search for the glue to fix his boot. The problem was, he asked me while we were drinking and of course…

  • Day 27 🇧🇬 Varna and Vodka

    Monday August the 2ndTotal distance driven: 4.724 KmToday’s distance: 103 KmWalked distance: 6,9 Km I woke up with a little headache and memorable conversations of the night before. We had finished the bottle. It was around 7:30 am. No sign of Alexey besides his motorcycle and tent. The showers and toilets of the camping where…