(written by Dave) It rained much of the day today, a nice day to be off the bikes.  Tomorrow’s forecast is not much better but we’ll deal with that when tomorrow comes.  Today we barely did anything worth reporting.  I guess that’s how it goes on a rainy day in Bulgaria. Nancy mentioned in yesterday’s … Continue reading Wet day in Plovdiv

(written by Nancy) Well, Dave did manage to get Chinese takeaway for dinner last night in this little town in Bulgaria and it was actually pretty good!  We haven’t had rice for ages and that and the spicy chicken (not very spicy) hit the spot.  Completely different to the food we have been eating for … Continue reading Bulgaria getting better – Haskovo to Plovdiv (79/15,860k, 340m)

(written by Dave) You can probably tell by the title of the post that Nancy felt ok this morning and we broke free of the Svilengrad border town vortex.  As noted yesterday, Svilengrad was not an exciting town and I feared having to stay there one more day.  I made over a dozen trips up … Continue reading Nice ride in the Bulgarian countryside to Haskovo (67/15,780k, 325m)

(written by Dave) We had hoped to leave Svilengrad this morning but issues with something Nancy ate had caused us to have other plans.  After a very un-restful night, we decided to stay another day here and let Nancy’s “Bali belly” have a day to work itself out.  We shared much of the same food … Continue reading Down day in Svilengrad

(written by Nancy) Well, we made it through 4 border checkpoints today and into Bulgaria!  We left the hotel after a good breakfast (toast even!) and headed out of town toward Greece.  The Greek border was only about 8k from Edirne and we checked out of Turkey with a quick stamp in our passports.  We … Continue reading Three countries in one day – Edirne Turkey to Svilengrad Bulgaria (50/15,713k, 225m)