We hope to arrive there on 26th. August and leave just over a week later for the Croatian island of Korcula, where Marco Polo is supposed to be from. Then we go to Dubrovnik before visiting Mostar and Sarajevo in Bosnia and then heading up to Hungary (we have heard there are food shortages) where we hope to stop at Lake Balaton before arriving in Budapest about 15th. September. We then go to Romania (jokes about going to remain here might follow!) and Bulgaria (and perhaps Moldova, but that has to be mulled over). We should get to Turkey in early October where we plan a swing through the south and west of the country, passing through Cappadocia (land of the Hittites, I think) before reaching Istanbul in the last week of October. So jokes about having Turkey for Christmas are a bit over term.
In November we shall cross northern Greece with stopovers at Travolta and Newton-John. If we get reports that it's safe(ish), we shall cross the Adriatic via Albania, if not, we'll go direct to Italy. It gets a bit vague then. We haven't decided where to go in Italy but "most of it" is favourite at the moment. That should take November.
We then intend to skip (or should it be "prance") across southern France to overwinter in southern Spain. (Let's hope it keeps dry, your tolerance for bad puns might be wearing thin.) Then it's a loop through Portugal and Santiago de Compostela before once more reaching France in Feb./March.
So that's the plan. Anybody fancy meeting us anywhere along the route? Or any ideas where we should go, within reason and decency?
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3 comments:
Bled looks lovely...whay call it Bled? I think your plan looks great and - as I keep saying- when i have found some work..paying work..I shall plan to hook up with you. Glad you have found friends..and travelling shiatsus.
Sorry I have no wits left to write with. very tired after fruitless day in London. Life bit shite from here.
T xx
Lake Balaton is beautiful. Rather long, and quite wide here and there, I believe its average depth is about 10 feet. It's lovely and warm in the summer and thick with ice in the winter. There's only one motor driven boat allowed on it. Go for a swim in it and perhaps take a mud/spa bath (try Aszofo on the north shore - we were there in 1999 and an elderly and now deceased German friend went there every year to relieve himself - of rheumatism). I dare say that in the intervening 9 years it has got more touristy (and expensive) but you never know! We certainly enjoyed the area and experiences.
It looks like you are having a really good time - ants aside. We enjoy reading about your travels and seeing the pictures.
Sue
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