Day 40 Mihaylovo to Pleven
In which Sid and Doris find nodding donkeys, some beasts which might be water buffalo, and unselfconscious folk dancing.
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Category: Cycling
Day 39 Vidin to Mihaylovo
In which Sid and Doris meet the electric Bulgarian, see our first donkey and leave the Danube for The Highland Farm.
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Scheduled Route Re-Plan #1b
Bulgaria has proved harder than we thought.
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Look what I fpotted
Mifter Bat says: I saw this statue today. It looks very ‘armless! Hee hee hee!!
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Day 38 A rest day in Vidin
In which Sid and Doris know they are in the Ottoman lands by visiting the town mosque.
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Slicing through history
When we were planning this Epic Journey, back in those heady days where every night we slept in the same bed as the night before, and the map was permanently spread out on the living room floor, Sid was really interested in seeing the traces of WW2 across this region.
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Day 37 Kladovo to Vidin
In which Sid and Doris cross from Serbia into Bulgaria and are utterly soaked in the first rain for weeks.
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Games People Play
Are you expecting this post to be about the psychological weirdnesses that some couples indulge in? No! This is about real games Sid and Doris play on Epic Journeys.
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Day 36 Donji Milanovic to Kladovo
In which Sid and Doris go through the Iron Gates and meet Steve and Tatiana, his boat.
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Day 35 Golubac to Donji Milanovac
In which Sid and Doris bravely ride through tunnels to Lepinski Vir and a friendly B&B.
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