reis – blog – travel
Here you can read short updates of our whereabouts.
Or Pelister national park as is its official name. It is situated near Bitola, a nice town with a cosy centre. We drove up to the park to go for a hike. Like most national parks there is a small entrance fee for cars; 50 denars which sounds like a … Read more
In Bulgaria a lot of nature’s wonders are attributed either to God, or The Devil. There are at least three devil’s bridges, and that are just the ones we came across. I guess if you put some effort in it, more can be found. Close to Yagodina there was a … Read more
While in search of the dangerous roads of Bulgaria (There is actually a web site called dangerous roads) we found the roads through the Boynovo Gorge and the Trigrad gorge. Both are situated in the Rhodope mountain range. After driving around we concluded that these roads are not so much … Read more
At the beginning of April we went for a walk in the forest near Kostenets. There was still too much snow, so it was a short walk as we couldn’t find the trail any more and the snow was simple to deep. It was near the Rila mountains and Kilian … Read more
We were in the area of Vratsa and had driven up the mountain to go for a walk to a waterfall, near a small ski resort called Parshevitsa. In this part of the mountains the snow was melting fast. The roads were mostly clear and most meadows were free of … Read more
Finally we had a sunny day and we enjoyed walking a part of a long distance route through the Belogradchic rocks and the Lepenitsa cave. Binkie walked with us and I guess he enjoyed it as much as we did.
We were really enjoying beautiful Turkey with its nice weather, great people, relaxed atmosphere and good food. And we really wanted to stay a bit longer than the 90 days that we were allowed. We thought it wouldn’t be a problem. We only wanted to travel a month or 2 … Read more
Last week Binkie posted a quiz online. His paws are a bit cold from all the snow so he has asked me to type the answer. We had several responses, but none of them correct! Most people seem to think we are now hunting vampires and/or Sarah Michelle Gellar. Although … Read more
