by Shirley | May 6, 2015 | Places we have visited
When we cross the border from Romania to Hungary we’re asked to move over to the side while the officials deal with our passports and the bike’s registration papers. It doesn’t take long before a border guard comes over and says ‘welcome and goodbye’ as he hands the...
by Shirley | May 2, 2015 | Places we have visited, Romania
We trickled up the Black Sea coast from Bulgaria to Constanta in Romania. The weather was awful – cold and wet. By the time we crossed in to Romania after a very simple border crossing the rain had stopped but it was bloody cold when we went for a walk along the...
by Shirley | May 2, 2015 | Places we have visited
After a reasonably easy border crossing we rode into the Bulgarian countryside to visit the Rila Monastery, a UNESCO world heritage site. Just to prove it’s a small world before we walked inside the monastery’s grounds a couple of men came up, friends of Nikos,...
by Shirley | Apr 18, 2015 | Greece, Places we have visited
April 5 – 15 Back in 2003 we met Nikos and Judy when we needed passport photos done. We’re still friends and arriving in Athens to collect the bike was the perfect opportunity to renew our friendship. Also in town were friends from Melbourne – Damien and Rae Kingsbury...
by Shirley | Mar 7, 2013 | Australia
Excitement levels were peaking when we landed in Perth. Our old mate, Rex Haw, was there to meet us and we spent the best weekend with good friends Russell and Cathy and Wendy and Merv. We...
by Shirley | Feb 18, 2013 | Africa
We left St Lucia with sad hearts – we knew it would be the last of our ‘real’ Africa experiences with the incredible animals of this continent. We headed west to the land of the...
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