Tag Archives: 2010

Putting Down Carpet

One of the very first – and most significant – changes we made to the van was laying carpet. All it took was four hours, one roll of carpet, a tube of glue and a very sharp knife and the … Continue reading

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Flat Tyre in the Middle of Nowhere

Major excitement was to be had when one of our tyres blew out dramatically at high speed, relatively speaking, on the main road from Krakow to Košice in Slovakia. This was 5 days into our 2010 trip and I see … Continue reading

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Driving to Rijeka – 28/7/2010

We were getting our bikes off our van before heading into town yesterday when a man walked up to us and started speaking Bulgarian to Jay. The two of them had a conversation about bike racks in Bulgarian / broken … Continue reading

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Rila Monastery, Bulgaria – 26/7/2010

We woke up in Velingrad and the weather was still shitty. Our plan to use thermal baths and spas didn’t really work out because we felt too cold and lazy to even walk around to find one. For some reason … Continue reading

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Velingrad, Bulgaria – 25/7/2010

We woke up at 10 a.m. after a good night’s sleep, thanks to the pack of stray dogs protecting our van. In the morning, a cat with her kittens took over the guard so we felt very safe. We looked … Continue reading

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