Very nice suprise driving from Turkey to the coast. Burgas was my first Bulgarian stop and I was so suprised. The people are amazing and very European!

02.21.08 Istanbul, Turkey Let's hope my other Green Card works! 15,000 miles, nearly 5 months, 13 countries, and several accidents and close calls later here I am in Istanbul, Turkey.I have arrived at a bit of a turning point in my journey. I am now in the Far East, well at least the gate way to the Far East and as far east as my journey will take me. From now on I will no longer follow the compass headings of south and east, but now my magnetic needle will di...

Tomorrow Istanbul!!!

Not as big as I thought it would and defnitely not as grand. I would have though the gods would have chosen a bigger more pretty mountain to call home...oh well.

02.18.08 Athens, Greece Stuck in Athens Well there are worse places you could be stuck in a snow storm, and I don't necessarily think Athens is one of them.Not so much for Athens though, but for good friends and just good conversation.You could be in the most exotic places in the world with 2500 year old buildings and sometimes you just need people and that's all.Sometimes you just need to break bread with others and play silly games and laugh.So that is ...