Back at home. First Finnish sauna enjoyed. More to come within a few days.

I wrote an entry yesterday in Bratislava but it once again disappeared probably due to some incompatibility with the computer in the Internet Cafe. Yesterday was a heavy day as I left the hostel around 9.00 in the morning and train left at 22.50 so I had plenty of time to walk around in old Bratislava. I had an excellent lunch in Pizza Mizza and a Slovakian gnocci dinner later. I the train I met some Finns who were on their way back home from China. They had flow...

Hi! According to my travel plan I should not be here, but as I found out that there were no bus or train connections from Ljubljana to Bratislava I decided to travel via Budapest (It was cheaper than route via Vienna).Two days in Ljubljana went fine although the first day was a bit rainy. Buildings were nice and snow-capped mountains in the horizon beautiful. Cafes everywhere.Here in Budapest I have traveled around with public transport and seen sights I had not ...

I have now progressed to Serbia. I stopped for two nights in Sofia, Bulgaria but did not find Internet cafe at a suitable time there. I did some walking around there and visited Natural History and Archeological museums. I took the train to Belgrade yesterday afternoon so I saw some nice valley views on the way. On the way I also decided to change my plan and continue from here to Ljubljana, Slovenia instead of Budapest as I had previously planned. From Ljubljana...

Now İ have done my tourism in Istanbul. Yesterday İ vısıted mausoleums of Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Great Bazaar, Cagaloglu Hamam and Archeologıcal Museum. After that İ was too tıred to walk to a cheaper area for late lunch and had to pay 36 TL for a nıce three course lunch. Thıs mornıng İ took a ferry to the Asian side of the Bosporus, had a lıttle walk there and came back wıth a bus over one of the bridges. Now I am at the bus statıon kıllıng t...