On our first night out from the group, after hoofin' it up a long hill, we asked to sleep at the fire station! What a great grou
Date: 06/29/2008
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A man befriended us on the street in Turkey, and bought us meatballs, tea, bread, and even offered to take us to his house and l
Date: 06/29/2008
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As we were riding in Turkey, Jim met some fellow bikers out for the day riding. They chatted on a very steep hill. Notice I keep
Date: 06/29/2008
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This is a cooling off hut along the roadside in Turkey.
Date: 06/29/2008
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I love to see all the cows and other animals being herded along the roadside.
Date: 06/29/2008
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Wow, one night - late we ride - hoof it up a long hill into a mountain village, and these people set us up with a room with a si
Date: 06/29/2008
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Jim is so kind to put a sit upon on the ground for me for lunch or dinner - I do not like the bugs or the sticky grass!
Date: 06/30/2008
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These are storks. We have seen them raise their new babies, and now the babes have flown... what a treat to see these huge birds
Date: 07/01/2008
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Here is a future recycler! Yeah for him - he can teach us all how to use our bikes in different ways.
Date: 07/01/2008
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Typical crowded traffic town. Great dinner that night of my first Turkish meatballs!
Date: 07/01/2008
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All along the way, Jim and I have been able to pick red and yellow plums, apples and pears! What a switch from Montana fruit at
Date: 07/01/2008
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This young man gave Jim a free ice cream after hearing about his trip.
Date: 07/01/2008
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Jim, barely visible picking yet more plums for his mom while in the hot sun in Turkey. I guess it was getting up to 113 degrees!
Date: 07/02/2008
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These two women sewed some lining onto my biking shorts in Edrienne. Somehow, I found a seamstress up three flights of stairs on
Date: 07/03/2008
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When Jim is with the real group of bikers, he camps; however, he is with the wimp now and has to stay in hotels.
Date: 07/01/2008
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This photo does not capture the incredible views of sunflowers that we have seen!
Date: 07/02/2008
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These are the Turkish tea servers in the police parks. People sit around at round tables, with table cloths and sip sweet tea or
Date: 07/03/2008
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These men in Greece, hailed us down as we stopped to turn, invited us in for a beer, and we ended up staying for hours, eating a
Date: 07/04/2008
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Found this snake on the road. A free treat to whomever correctly identifies it. The next snake we saw, I actually ran over it wi
Date: 07/04/2008
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Imbibing with Turkish tea! Notice biking gloves- I wear them constantly - but have had them washed once.....
Date: 07/04/2008
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One of the Greek houses along the route.
Date: 07/04/2008
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Entering Bulgaria, one sees many abandoned buildings in the small villages, towns and cities.
Date: 07/05/2008
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In Bulgaria, everyone, without fail, points with their whole arm always up.... go this way. This is an example of Jim asking dir
Date: 07/07/2008
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This couple actually ran out of the field they were working in with an older woman and gave us this huge melon. I strapped it on
Date: 07/07/2008
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Drying the kernels of wheat.... on the street is very typical. Sometimes rocks are placed along the edges to head off the cars o
Date: 07/07/2008
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Jim has copied down the Bulgarian alphabet so that he can read these signs along the road. We always stop and he deciphers the l
Date: 07/07/2008
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One of the Eastern Orthodox Churches I visited in Plovdiv along with some other museums.
Date: 07/08/2008
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Autumn and Jay finally make it into Plovdiv one night. Jim and I sat at the bus station for 3 hours waiting for them. Then we ha
Date: 07/08/2008
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Trying to pack up to begin the journey to meet the FBR crew back in Turkey.
Date: 07/10/2008
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Camping along a clean river.
Date: 07/10/2008
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Autumn setting up her campsite. We had to lift the heavy bikes over a huge guard rail, apply brakes as we slid down a heavily wo
Date: 07/10/2008
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This couple helped Jim find the internet in Laki to check in with FBR. They did not trust the boy who has navigated for 11 month
Date: 07/11/2008
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Along the roads, especially in the mountains, we encounter these roadside springs. Water is usually running constantly. I have s
Date: 07/12/2008
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A house along the mountain road in Bulgaria. It is hot, but some shade and not as hot as the plains.
Date: 07/12/2008
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We see adults and children herding their cows, sheep or goats along the roadsides. Those cows look so soft and dewey. Some wear
Date: 07/12/2008
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Camping along the diarrhea river. We had to camp and quickly because it was dark.... but boy did it smell. This is our diarrhea
Date: 07/12/2008
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