Round 4: The Balkans (Opa Opa Opa)
Always by hitchhike (no cheat), I finally passed thought Serbia and Bulgaria. I arrived at Thessaloniki yesterday (in 5 hours, I'm pretty proud of me :P)
But will talk about Greece later, how was Bulgaria? The country is very nice, a lot of virgin nature, mountains to hike and the black sea on the Est. Sofia is not so crowded and not so touristic also so I enjoyed it.
I spent most of my time in Sofia and saw a small night life there. I really would like to come back in the country to discover the countryside.
The food is great, a lot of cheese/potatoes based meal with salads and other yummy specialites.
Another great thing about Bulgaria is that is wonderfully cheap: a good restaurant will cost you 5/6Euros. In this case, it's almost cheaper to eat outside than at home.
I also met an nice Dutch girl who was coming back from the countryside after 3 months of Wwoofing. She was going to Barcelona to teach English and lived in Marseille for 2 years (at the same time as me, how did I missed her??)
The last day, I crossed the path of Myriam, a Jerusalemite. She wanted to hike in the area of Bansko so we shared a piece of road and hitchhiked together.
I have planned to stay 2 days at Thessaloniki and then move out to see Istanbul (would be great if I could do few Greek islands on the way). I am very curious about Turkey, every person I met told me it`s a crazy place, and I like craziness.
PS: More photos to come
Hey Rubens !! Dunno if you remember me, we were in college NDLR together, with Arnaud and a some other people !!
I'm following your trip and I really enjoy what you do/write ... I just came back from a humanity month in Brasil, and I'm going to Australia for a year in September, and that's a real pleasure to see that some NDLR students are also roadtrip-lovers and world-travellers ...
Hope everything's OK for you, and that you'll get to your goal !!
Have fun !
Tchou