Christopher Deliso
Megalithic Macedonia: into the Unknown
October 20, 2008 • 0 Comments Bulgaria
The weekend before last I had the opportunity of visiting Cacev Kamen, the lesser-known cousin of the Kokino Megalithic Observatory, supposedly one of the world's most important, with Dr. Dusko Aleksovski. This Macedonian archeologist has done more work than anyone on the Cacev Kamen site and... Full Story
Adrien and Martin Joly
Arrival in Venice
October 14, 2008 • 0 Comments Bulgaria
We arrived in Venice on tuesday morning, with our bikes in a box… and no sleep at all.
The whole night we were annoyed by an horrible italian ticket collector who thought that we should pay him 100 euros in Cash for carrying the bikes.
At 9,00Am, on the platform of Venice train station,...
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Adrien and Martin Joly
From Jesolo to Portogruaro
October 14, 2008 • 0 Comments Bulgaria
After a long night of sleep, we wake up at 11,00Am, and already our plan to do a 100 km seems compromised.
It takes us hours to organise ourselves, to pack all our things, our bikes are new and need fixing, and adjusting.
We eventually start our journey accross the plains of Northern...
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Adrien and Martin Joly
From Portogruaro to Trieste
October 14, 2008 • 0 Comments Bulgaria
We leave the lovely Italian Family, wishing the best to Elisa who is about to get married to Stefano.
We have to be in Triest for the night, so we cycle all day long, part of it is along the coast. It is very sunny but we are still on the SS14 and have to deal with the heavy lorries.
We...
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Adrien and Martin Joly
From Trieste to San Antonio (Slovenia)
October 14, 2008 • 0 Comments Bulgaria
Early in the morning, we leave the youth hostel of Trieste, and are proud of ourselves. We stop in a supermarket to buy some food. Martin´s crucht breaks…. Nevermind, it is not indispensable to cycle. As we are leaving Trieste, Adrien´chain breaks..
That's a bit more annoying. We need to fix...
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The first New Year’s gift of 2009 to the citizens of many Balkan countries has come in the form of the season’s first significant snowfall, blanketing large areas in Macedonia, northern Greece, Serbia, Kosovo, Bulgaria and Albania.
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