Having rolled over the border in about 30 minutes (literally nothing more to say on that!) we are just beginning to put the Turkey border issues out of our minds. As we continue our eyes widen and we stare at the magnificent view in front of us. It already feels amazing. Running out of patience… Read more

Heading out of Edirne we head to the Pazarkule Yolo crossing. Following the same logic as we had in the Bulgarian crossing this route on the D-100 is renowned for being a quick back road to Greece. With 500km ahead of us that sounded perfect! With temp to 32c, and closing in on the border,… Read more

So we pick up on the road to Turkey. Leaving the back way we wanted rural roads and to avoid the major land crossing, Kapikule just by Kapitan Andreevo (around 400,000 cars and 4 million people a year go through that crossing!) I highly recommend the route as it took in winding Forests through Bulgaria.… Read more

So we have arrived! Flight was easy, direct from Luton, passport control a breeze. On to Europcar to collect the wheels we will need. Some ‘minor’ issue arose around the hire car being able to transit the countries we want – explicitly “DO NOT TAKE THIS CAR TO TURKEY, no, no, no.” And “Kosovo? Where… Read more

Follow us as we travel as many of the Balkans as we possibly can (aiming for 9 countries!) on a two week vacation (21st Aug – 3rd Sept) with just two bags, £20 in local currencies, and a shiny new International Drivers Permit to show I can drive (presumably vaguely better than most I hope).… Read more