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  • A Weekend At Lake Ohrid

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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

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  • 2.5 Days in Melnik

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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

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  • Sofia & Seven Rila Lakes

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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

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  • Belogradchik Fortress

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    Tuesday, July 29th – Wednesday, July 30th, 2025 World Tour Days: 270 – 271 It was time to leave Romania and head to our next country, Bulgaria. We walked to the bus station and waited for the bus that would take us across the border to Vidin. There was a strange man sitting across from

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  • Last Week in Romania: Sibiu, Timișoara, & Băile Herculane

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    Tuesday, July 22nd – Monday, July 28th, 2025 World Tour Days: 262 – 269 Sibiu I had not arranged transportation from Balea Lake ahead of time. The area is extremely popular for tour busses, road trips, hikers, etc so I thought it was safe to assume that there would be at least taxis up there

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