going down

istanbul – rest day

a day for some serious sightseeing and extrem-blogging! 😉

inside the dervis coffee / teahouse

yassioeren – istanbul

50km

the “city” starts about 25km before the center a nd then you enter this very special atmosphere. mosques, tea-houses, markets, steep cobble stone roads….

vize – yassioeren

90km

we had lunch at one of those many picnic-places along the road and met theo, another french cyclist.

a nice guy offering some chicken BBQ

got milk!? 😉

kirklareli – vize

72km

“hi and welcome to turkey” is what we here often and most business is accompanied by some tea-drinking.

tsarevo (carevo) – kirklareli (turkey)

97km

nice climb on the old rough road through the forest to the border. the border crossing was kind of buerocratic with lots of passport controls and stamps. in turkey the road turns into a new highway and rolls “down” to kirklareli. just a couple km before the city i met emil & oscar from sweden (www.thebigtrip.com) who are on the way to bejing.

obzor – tsarevo (carevo)

146km

still overcast and cold winds with rain. not really what i hoped for, but the landscape and the poeple are even in this circumstances very interessting.

kranevo – obzor

91km

it is still windy and cold. the season at the bulgarian black sea coast is short and most hotels & restaurant are still closed.

i scream for ice-cream….

trevel – kranevo (black sea)

90km

interesting culture & architectur around the city dobric and finally rolling down to the black sea.

tutakran – trevel

122km

hard to find an open shop on a easter weekend. but nicolai who worked in london for 2 years invited me for lunch.

zimnic – tutrakam (bulgaria)

122km

met Walter, Virginie & Elio from france (www.solidariterre.top-depart.com) nice to meet some other cyclists and exchange some thoughts, ideas and information.