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European Van Trip 2020-2021
  • Lucy Wignall
  • Chris Brace
  • Lucy Wignall
  • Chris Brace

European Van Trip 2020-2021

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    The shops are well guarded here, click and collect only no entry
    Printing our green card documents ready for the borderWaiting for an appointment that doesn't existGyros... When in Thessaloniki

    PCR's done

    February 11, 2021 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    Bit of a frantic evening due to being in the wrong testing centre at the right time... But we managed to get tested still, and all being well, will still be crossing the border before the blizzard arrives 🥴
    All the Greek people who helped us were so so lovely, definitely one of our favourite nations to chat to... Shame the language is so much harder than Italian to learn 😂    Read more

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    Not the best camping spot, but at least we found somewhere 😂Serres must have a lot of Scousers! ❤️❤️My perfect pen outside the perfect print shopSomething we saw people eating for breakfast and copied... Lots of sesame🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊

    Take 2

    February 13, 2021 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C

    So back to Greece last night, desperately looking for a place to print, in a small town during national lockdown 😵
    Luckily, this morning we found a lovely guy who printed and also gave me a present 🤣 he loved us for some reason and handed me a pen saying "This is a gift from us to you, it's the perfect pen! "
    I have to say, I've tried it out and it IS pretty darn perfect!
    Also managed to pick up a few last greek things before driving the empty motorway back to this time, successfully be allowed into Bulgaria.
    Everyone sounds like Borat, it's incredibly cold, and it seems nice and relaxed once you pass the border 😅    Read more

  • European Van Trip 2020-2021
    Bedroom window this morning
    Thank god the heater is working!Steam from the bathsThe baths, there are quite a few, going from hot to colder

    Rupite

    February 14, 2021 in Bulgaria ⋅ ☁️ -4 °C

    Parked up by the mineral baths of Rupite. The hot springs are full of locals, all bathing surrounded by snow! Pretty amazing for a free camping spot, we even have toilets and indoor showers etc which is a god send in this weather.
    A few GB vans parked here too so had a chat with a British guy this morning for the first time since England which is weird after so long! Ringo loves the snow, and we will go for our snow baths after lunch 😄    Read more

  • European Van Trip 2020-2021
    The van is covered in these
    Steam from the hottest of the bathsOne of Ringo's friendsGreek Hummus and Pitta from Greece. Nicer Hummus from Aldi 😂Our pop up Village 😂

    Neighbours!

    February 15, 2021 in Bulgaria ⋅ ☀️ -7 °C

    Well we finally made some friends! So strange to have gone so many months speaking to no one but each other, then suddenly happen to park up next to a British couple, an Australian couple and a British/Bulgarian couple, all lovely and in a place we can all freely socialise without strict covid restrictions.
    They also have 4 dogs between them, so Ringo is happy playing outside with them, and were away from the road enough to just let them roam free... Until his legs get too much ice on from melted/refrozen snow, and he has to go in to melt for a bit 😂    Read more

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    Swamp Party

    February 15, 2021 in Bulgaria ⋅ 🌙 -3 °C
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    Our Van Village at the bottom of the mountainRingo, Funny Face and AlfieHuman chaining the worst bits 😂

    Cowl 3 Peaks

    February 18, 2021 in Bulgaria ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C

    Was talked into going on a gentle stroll 🤣 turned out it was 3 peaks of a small mountain range... Going up was hard... Going down was sliding on our bums trying to crash into trees occasionally instead of falling off cliff edges 😂 funny way to descend though, now I know I'm not dead!
    Should always take some water on any future strolls to avoid having to eat snow once I realise it's a huge climb    Read more

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    Baba Vanga Memorial/Temple

    February 21, 2021 in Bulgaria ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C

    Vangeliya Pandeva Gushterova, commonly known as Baba Vanga, was a Bulgarian mystic, clairvoyant, and herbalist.
    She says a tornado threw her into a nearby field, leaving her blind from childhood, but with a gift of seeing the future, she spent most of her life in the Rupite area in the Kozhuh mountains in Bulgaria (where we have been for the past week with the hot springs. She made this whole place for people to enjoy)
    People say 85% of her predictions came true.

    (you might remember news stories about her predicting 9/11... She also supposedly predicted Brexit, WW2, and that a cure for cancer will be out this year, amongst tonnes of stuff. But she couldn't write, so there are no records of her predictions, and many/all surface after the real life events have happened)

    All a bit silly... But hippies gonna hip 🤷🏼‍♀️ People round here adore her 😂    Read more

  • European Van Trip 2020-2021
    'wee man'
    'Old lady''Mamma'Ringo is the only dog this dog has ever played with! He hated everyone else until they met 🤣

    Goodbye Friends

    February 22, 2021 in Bulgaria ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C

    Today we left our swampy home of 11 days and said goodbye to our and Ringo's friends.

    Back on the road for 2 nights until we meet up with 2 other friends who left last week, further up Bulgaria.

    Pleased or heartbroken to say the cute puppy who I didn't get a photo of appears to have been adopted by a traveller... Or ran over.    Read more

  • European Van Trip 2020-2021
    Mrs BeethovenOur old/new neighbours 😂

    Rozhen Monastery

    February 22, 2021 in Bulgaria ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C

    Came to sleep away from everything, by an abandoned Monastery, expecting to most likely not see another human until returning to the nearby town tomorrow...
    🤣 We arrived to find 2 friends who left the old spot last week who we have booked to go skiing with on Thursday in our camping spot 😄 what are the odds!
    We also have a new friend, a giant mountain dog with no ears... Who has taken a shine to us and has been lying by the van since dark barking away anything that comes near to protect us 😍😭
    She's far too big to even try and persuade Brace to rescue her! We'd need a bigger van!    Read more

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    My first run 😂 (should have been in next footprint but no room)

    Borovets Ski Resort

    February 24, 2021 in Bulgaria ⋅ ☀️ 5 °C

    So odd to arrive at a resort... Where bars/restaurants and of course skiing is all open (albeit many asking you to go via the back entrance as they are definitely not supposed to be open)
    It's like they hadn't heard about the virus here...Read more

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    The Gondola

    February 26, 2021 in Bulgaria ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C

    The Gondola is the biggest ski lift, it takes you right the the top of the mountain and takes 25 minutes to get up there. As skiing is quicker to pick up my instructor took me there day 2.

    It was amazing riding up, but TERRIFYING skiing down the bits we did 😱Read more

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