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Monday, August 11th – Tuesday, August 19th, 2025 World Tour Days: 283 – 291 Arrival In Shkodër Our travel day was scheduled to be a 4 hour taxi from Lake Ohrid to Shkodër. As it turns out the Balkans have been discovered, but the infrastructure has not been able to keep up with the number of tourists. The 4 hour drive ended up being 9 hours with traffic. We were not prepared with snacks in the car so that was pretty brutal. Our driver did know of a nice seafood restaurant that was halfway, so that was a nice break.…
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Friday, August 8th – Sunday, August 10th, 2025 World Tour Days: 280 – 282 Day 1: Arrival Day & Mystery Event After our time in Bulgaria we took a taxi 5 hours from Melnik to Ohrid, North Macedonia. On the drive we saw numerous sunflower farms and vineyards. Nick loves how many places here use grapes as shade for driveways and outdoor seating at restaurants. We saw plenty of that on the drive as well. Our guesthouse was in the old town, with a lovely view of Lake Ohrid and the orange-red roofs of the other old town dwellings. Our…
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Tuesday, August 5th – Thursday, August 7th, 2025 World Tour Days 277 – 279 In the morning we did a quick last walk around Sofia, looking at some of the highlights of Old Town one last time before catching our afternoon train. It was 3.5 hours long and our stop was Damyanitsa. There were no taxis at this small train station, but luckily for us there was a worker who called one for us. From there it was a short 20 minute taxi ride to Melnik, where we would spend a few days before heading to a new country. Once…
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Thursday, July 31st – Monday, August 4th, 2025 World Tour Days 272 – 276 Sofia Our bus to Sofia departed at 6am. A fantastic sunset made the early morning nicer. The drive passed many farms and small towns. Everything went smooth and we arrived a short walk away from our hostel for the night. As it was too early for check in we walked instead to a boujee cafe and had a fabulous brunch. Nick got a much needed haircut at a Turkish barber and I am disappointed to let you know it was a typical haircut. So far each…