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Category Archives: EUROPE
Gyumri, Armenia: The Land of Water Fountains
Rose and I went down to breakfast because Archer was still sleeping at 8 o’clock, and Katy was still upstairs. The last couple breakfasts the kids didn’t do a great job eating, but it turns out if you separate them … Continue reading
Bye Baku, Time for Sheki and Walking into Georgia
After five nights in Baku, we left. We planned to use the same driver from our first two days, who spoke significantly better English than I speak Azerbaijani, but not always well enough to manage extras. The night before we … Continue reading
Azerbaijan Here We Come
This is a much-delayed post of our trip to the Caucasus. I am starting it after we have been traveling for about 10 days, so the first few days will be more of a recap. Our trip started with Katy … Continue reading
Posted in Azerbaijan, backpacking, EUROPE, Qatar
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Cycling to Logarska Dolina
Day two cycling was another successful day. It started with breakfast consisting of two types of homemade prosciutto and half pork half beef salami. Most of the stuff on the table minus the coco puffs and butter was made in house … Continue reading
Posted in Slovenia, Uncategorized
Tagged Cycle touring, Cyclotouring, Logarska dolina, Slovenia, Slovenj gradec
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Fjords, Fords, Frankfurters
This blog actually has nothing to do with Fords or hotdogs for the record. Like normal, my posts are a little screwed up and not proof read. This one is going to cover time before and after Svalbard, but not … Continue reading
Posted in EUROPE, Norway
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Botiza, Romania, A Contrast Between Old and New
Botiza is a very small town where everyone knows everyone because they live no more than 350 meters from them. It is also a very poor town. Most of the people over the age of 20 have left to go … Continue reading
Romania, where people wonder why you are walking instead of hitch hiking
Today was a day of meeting awesome people. I finished up seeing the sights in Sibiu and took a train to Brasov. There I grabbed a fast food fried pork sandwich with coleslaw and sat at the station near the … Continue reading
Posted in EUROPE, Romania
Tagged backpacking, Botiza, hitching, Maramures, Romania, sighet
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The King has Died
Seriously, the Roma king passed away last night in Turkey. He was from Sibiu which means his body along with 250,000 Roma ( read gypsies) are coming to Sibiu for his funeral in the next couple of days. I am … Continue reading
Bran/Dracula’s Castle is a giant McDonalds play area
My iPad is not liking WordPress so please excuse the formatting errors and typos. It takes way too long to try to fix them. I visited Bran Castle this morning which is “Dracula’s”, but in reality had nothing to do … Continue reading
Far Flung Forays 