This time for 3+ weeks to the Balkans in southeastern Europe (named for the Balkan Mountains in Bulgaria). The Balkan area is comprised of a dozen countries, including parts of Greece and Turkey, and the ten countries to their north (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia). Those countries largely comprised the former Yugoslavia. And all are either 6+ or 7+ hours ahead of East Coast time.
I’ll have a car on this trip, so a lot of driving back roads, sightseeing, museum hopping, and hiking. The weather should be spectacular this time of year, with warm-ish days and cool, crisp nights. The languages will be particularly difficult in many of these countries, but I’m trying to learn a few words or phrases to be polite. And Google Translate is a life saver! Plus, only four of the countries use Euros; the others all have their own national currencies. Definitely not easy like traveling in Western Europe.
I leave Monday, September 29th, flying to Sofia, Bulgaria, via Istanbul, Turkey. I hope you have a chance to follow my blog to check out the posts and the pix.
Before you go…
“Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.” (A quote often attributed to American cartoonist Bil Keane, whose Family Circus comic strip featured the line in 1994.)
A Captain’s Adventures 