Dolenska Reka

Travel stories... Last night, I chatted with a French cyclist regarding the border crossing into Turkey. When he heard where we were, he recommended to meet two Bulgarian sisters who are running a social project in Madan. So that's what we did. We met Sisi, the volunteers and the rest of the crew at a café for breakfast. They do art projects with people with special needs, so some of them are deaf or blind or have down syndrom or whatever. This Friday, there's an exhibition where they are going to sell the work. So we created some art-like work with minerals which they mine in this region.
Sisi and her sister Suzanne also organized a visit to the mineral gallery where we got a short tour. Afterwards, we had lunch with everyone again. A morning full of fun and laughter altogether!
However, we still wanted to cycle at least a little bit further. So at about 4pm, we said goodbye to everyone and started with a climb. The last time we were above 1000m for a while I guess. The climb was followed by a great descend. When we saw a river bed, we pulled over to camp. A couple of Bulgarians came to pick some berries. When they left, they gave us some cookies. Then, a cowherd passed by with his herd. One of the young ones was really interested in our tent, but walked on eventually. All in all, we expect a quiet night here.Read more