Yesterday I left Bulgaria and arrived in Greece. I was greeted with a smile at both the Bulgarian and the Greek border posts which always makes the day seem better. I was heading to the town Serres and planned to arrive at lunch time so I could have a relaxing afternoon in the sun. Once […]
Bulgaria just gets better
We left Motocamp, Bulgaria yesterday and headed in the direction of Greece . This took us back over the Troyan pass in the opposite direction that we had travelled along it on the previous day, the photo’s are of the monument erected at the top of the pass that is dedicated to the memory of […]
Bulgaria’s Space ship
We decided to stay at MotoCamp for another night, it seems to be the norm around here, people arrive intending to stay one night and then fail to escape its charm and stay on for several days. Having decided to stay we went to out for a ride to discover some of the local sight. […]
MotoCamp Bulgaria
It was a short ride from our hotel to the Bulgarian border, we were delayed for a short while in the no mans land between Romania and Bulgaria while an army unit passed through, interestingly the army unit looked to be American. The Bulgarian border guard had a cursory look at my passport before I […]
Bulgaria
We left Bran, Romania in cool weather with cloud cover. The mountain roads to the South of Bran rise to over 1250 metres and provide the twists and turns to be enjoyed on a motorbike. Some sections had heavy traffic, particularly HGV’s belching out black smoke and crawling up the steep sections. Later on in […]
Dracula
It’s less than 100miles from Sibiu to Bran, Romania, this allowed us to arrive earlier this afternoon find some excellent accommodation and visit the castle. The castle is well kept and is linked with the Irish writer Bram Stoker and his Dracular novel. The name Dracula comes from the surnames of Vlad the Impaler’s father, […]
Transfagarasan
Set off this morning to ride the Transfagarasan highway. Some of you will remember Top Gear taking super cars along this road. I particularly remember the helicopter pilot who seemed to fly incredibly low over the road. The last time I rode this road was in 2008, on this occasion I followed a snow plough […]
Sibiu a jewel
Sibiu, Romania has two main squares surrounded by impressive buildings with pavement cafes and restaurants, all in all it is a beautiful city to rival any other in Europe. We ate last night at a restaurant in the smaller square of the two for much less than you would expect to pay in other European […]
What road
Today we leave Hungary and head to Romania. The first story is about changing Hungarian Florints back into Euros before leaving Hungary. I stood in the bank for 30mins, totally ignored, I thought I was invisible, they must have been able to smell me after 11days of high temperatures in heavy motorcycle clothing. I eventually […]
A Bank not a Vet!
Yesterday morning we eventually forced the steel gate open and exited the deserted campsite, our escape was watched enviously by some locals as they stood around a barbeque they had started at 9.00am. A queue of youngsters was forming at a pedestrian gate ready to pay their fee to use the pool and listen to […]