TurchiaİstanbulAnadolukavağıKavak Burnu41°10’28” N 29°5’17” E
10 agosto 2019, Turchia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Our last day in Istanbul and after dropping our bags off at the train station luggage storage we went to the docks and now we’re on a cruise up the Bosphorus. We are currently at a small fishingLeggi altro
TurchiaİstanbulFatihKumkapı41°0’11” N 28°57’43” E
10 agosto 2019, Turchia ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
After finishing our tour of The Bosphorus we got off the boat at Besiktas so that I could get an Armada Sur photo outside with my scarf. We then got the train back into town and had a walk through theLeggi altro
Viaggiatore Have loved every minute of your trip so far. Safe journey and catch up in Bulgaria. xx
TurchiaEdirneKemalköyKapıkule İstasyonu41°43’8” N 26°21’42” E 11 agosto 2019, Turchia ⋅ 🌙 23 °C
Passport control at Kapikule on the night train to Sofia.
And.... REVENGE!!
BulgariaSofia-GradStolichna ObshtinaSofia42°41’58” N 23°19’11” E 11 agosto 2019, Bulgaria ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
We arrived in Sofia 2 hours late, but that wasn’t a problem because our check in wasn’t until 1pm so we could take our time. We reserved our next train to Belgrade so that we knew it was ok andLeggi altro
BulgariaSofia-GradStolichna ObshtinaSofiaSofia University42°41’31” N 23°20’3” E 12 agosto 2019, Bulgaria ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
No, not the band. Sofia is Church capital! Most charge you to take photos, but we managed to do some sneaky ones.
Plus another panorama outside the oldest church in Sofia, St Sofia Church. The cityLeggi altro
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Where’s Wally? This is tricky - possibly two Alex’s and three Elena’s if you count the one behind the post....?
BulgariaSofiaKalotinaEzhovitsa42°59’39” N 22°50’36” E
13 agosto 2019, Bulgaria ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
We are currently on the Balkan train going from Sofia to Belgrade and have just stopped at border control entering Serbia 🇷🇸
The passport and customs officers have just taken our passports...Leggi altro
SerbiaCentral SerbiaDimitrovgrad43°0’41” N 22°45’56” E
13 agosto 2019, Serbia ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Waited an hour on the Bulgarian side, now on the Serbian side and our passports have been taken again...
SerbiaCentral SerbiaPodunavlje DistrictPokajnica44°18’46” N 21°5’3” E 13 agosto 2019, Serbia ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
We were supposed to arrive almost an hour ago, yet we’re still 1 hour from Belgrade on what has to be the slowest and hottest train in the world.
It has a disgusting toilet and no aircon too, withLeggi altro
Viaggiatore Sounds a bit like the Transpennine here...slow, hot, dirty and always late! Nil carborundum.......
SerbiaCentral SerbiaStari GradBelgrade University44°48’54” N 20°27’32” E 13 agosto 2019, Serbia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Finally got to the apartment at 22:30. Had showers and now going to sleep in order to get a little done tomorrow. If the next train is also really late, we may skip Ljubljana and go straight toLeggi altro
SerbiaCentral SerbiaStari GradBelgrade University44°49’8” N 20°27’13” E 14 agosto 2019, Serbia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Belgrade has turned out to be one of the best stops so far. We wish we had another night here.
The apartment we had for the night was gorgeous and the shower was simply fantastic. Our host, Borjan,Leggi altro
Viaggiatore Looks fabulous, even with clouds, Now you know Borjan, maybe worth a return visit? Hope the onward journey goes to plan. xxMeanwhile back in Istanbul, Liverpool beat Chelsea in Penalty shoot out...
