John Reynolds
- Sep 2
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Gorge and Salt mine Turda
Moved down to Turda yesterday , a perfect afternoon for a walk in Turda Gorge (Cheile Turzii). It covers an area of 170 hectares, has a...
John Reynolds
- Aug 31
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Wood Monastery & Happy Cemetery
We stopped overnight again at the railway before heading off. Big wooden gates and monasteries, a Nobel Peace Winners House, a Prison, a...
John Reynolds
- Aug 29
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Cable car and Train ride.
Leaving the Monastery’s behind we headed northwest over the mountains to the train ride at Gara CFF Viseu de Sus. On the way we saw a...
John Reynolds
- Aug 27
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Monastery’s in Northeast Romania
We did over 2 days visit 5 painted Monastary’s in northeast Romania. The first Varonet a very busy place but a lovely place with...
John Reynolds
- Aug 25
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Mânoaia and Suceava
Moving north we stopped at a couple of sites a lovely one at Mânoaia with lots of horse drawn carts and a nice quiet park. We headed...
John Reynolds
- Aug 22
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Danube Delta
So over the border to Romania and an overnight on the north side of the Danube. Then onto the Danube Delta, a 6am start! With a lovely...
John Reynolds
- Aug 16
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Kavana and Ivanove
Our last few day in Bulgaria we visited the tip of Kavana a very windy cape. Then across the nature reserve at Srebana a little...
John Reynolds
- Aug 14
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Nessebar and Shkorpilovci
We decided to have a night in Nessebar a World Heritage Site. We parked in the harbour car park under trees. We walked it was very...
John Reynolds
- Aug 11
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Burgas
We called in the nature reserve to the south of Burgas. Saw a few birds including a purple Heron and a Pelican also some dragonfly’s. ...
John Reynolds
- Aug 9
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Sozopol
Sozopol, really like it here, parked in the marina with the super yachts!! Lovely old town, fishing harbour and more. The temperature,...
John Reynolds
- Aug 7
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Antopol
Three nights at Camping Delphin, not quite what you would expect but ok! Aired showers but clean as were the toilets. Lots of “chalets”...
John Reynolds
- Aug 4
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Freedom Monument and Veliko Tarnovo
Spent yesterday morning visiting the Freedom Monument high up in the cool hills, bliss. Arriving in Veliko Tarnovo, one of Bulgaria’s...
John Reynolds
- Jul 31
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Buzludzha and Shipka
Long day visiting. First stop was the Buzludzha monument. On the remote Buzludzha Peak stands an unusual abandoned monument. The peak...
John Reynolds
- Jul 30
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Kazanlak
20c and rain! That’s what we woke to yesterday, but it soon dried up and became a pleasant day, reaching 28c by 4pm. We cycled into the...
John Reynolds
- Jul 29
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Plovdiv
Plovdiv at 31c was warm after the coolness of the hills! A walk into the “new” town where we had a 3D experience of the stadium of...
John Reynolds
- Jul 27
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Rila Lakes
We arrived in the Rila Mountains early evening Wednesday with the plan to walk the 7 Lakes on Thursday. Sadly, this had to be put off...
John Reynolds
- Jul 25
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Melnik and Rila
We dragged ourselves away from Camping Paradise after 3 nights, this is such a relaxed place with friendly hosts and just 1km from the...
John Reynolds
- Jul 22
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Ancient Philippi and Lydia
Philippi built around 360BC. The New Testament records a visit to the city by the apostle Paul during his second missionary journey...
John Reynolds
- Jul 21
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Ouzouni - Nea Iraklitsa
We decided with the temperature now in the upper 30C to head for the sea. Back to our very first campsite some 6 weeks ago. We found it...
John Reynolds
- Jul 19
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Veria-Vergina
Driving up the motorway passing signs for possible Bears. We headed for the city center car park of Veria. Paid our €1 to park and told...
John Reynolds
- Jul 17
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Meteora Monasteries
We are in the middle of a heatwave!! We are having temperatures of 40 in the shade with overnights of 25, without air con we are sleeping...
John Reynolds
- Jul 13
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Plataria
Delphi to Plataria on the northwest coast with a view out to Corfu. A long drive with a road closure made it even longer plus it was very...
John Reynolds
- Jul 11
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Delphi
A wonderful campsite with views to die for and made friends with an English couple. A local bus ride at 7.30am so we were 2nd to get into...
John Reynolds
- Jul 10
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Patras and Reo onto Delphi
We had a long hot day drive from Olympia and up to Delphi via the Reo bridge which we decided to take the ferry. Stopping for a quick...
