I’m back with my negativity just as intact as ever. But… I do have a bity of good news. After harrassing the Bulgarian consulate with phone calls and email, they finally issued Nakia a 10 day passport. It’s short enough to be almost useless for people hoping to bike through a whole country.
From here we have several options. We could throw in the towel, focus on a Western European visa, or just bike in Turkey.
The other option is sticking with our initial plan. I feel Nakia’s treatment has been unfair and unjustified, and it angers me to think what happened with Bulgaria may soon repeat itself with Serbia.
Despite our frustrations, we remain convinced that most people are good at heart, that talking with people of all cultures and countries is a good way to build peace. We remain convinced we can cut through the bureaucracy to real humans.
You can help us convince the Serbian consulate to join FBR in it’s mission and not to oppose us!
If you have a moment, you can email any of the people listed below. All you have to do is explain you are emailing on behalf of FBR and Nakia and feel that she should be given a visa, as our mission corresponds with the interests of Serbia.
Thanks for your help!
Vladimir Curgus, Ambassador, EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA, Ankara TURKEY embserank@tr.net
Dragan Markovic, Consul General, CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA, Istanbul TURKEY gksrb@tr.net
Vuk JEREMIC, Minister of Foreign Affairs, msp@smip.sv.gov.yu
Mirko STEFANOVIC,Secretary General, kgs@smip.sv.gov.yu (I DID NOT email)
Branko RADOSEVIC,Ambassador, Assistant Minister, Director General for Consular Affairs and Diaspora, branko.radosevic@smip.sv.gov.yu (NOT emailed)
Thank you for being there and sorry for this terrible terrible drawback.
Nakia
Passion is you is me is we… is truth.
Hi Nakia and Everyone,
We called the Bulgarian consulate this morning. We couldn’t get through to Mr. Voldenski. We could only talk to the secretary. She said they would know tomorrow whether or not the visa was approved by Sofia. We’ll try to call again tomorrow at the same time, but I’m not sure where we’ll be.
We will start heading back towards Turkey today. We hope Mr. Voldenski is able to expedite the process. Hopefully we can meet up soon and continue to spread peace and understanding through Europe.
I have emailed as your requested and continue to pray for a breakthrough. It is so good to see everyone working together for this and showing the bonds of friendship in the group!
Dear FBR, I hope my request to all 5 will soften their hearts during the decision process.:)