north from Istanbul

to Bulgaria, Romania, and Ukraine

2,277 km (1,415 miles) over 107 days from March 30, 2012 to July 14, 2012

Topic: Bicycle Touring
Categories: Tour diaries, 1-3 months
Locales: Europe, Bulgaria, Turkey, Romania, Ukraine
Year: 2012

Permalink: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/10276

Status: Completed Jul 2012
Last update: Thursday August 23, 2012 02:56 (US/Pacific) (edited Wed 16 Apr 2014 14:04 (US/Pacific))
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the plan

setting out: after staying up til 3am the previous night... not smart

campsite-north-of-istanbul to Saray: headwinds and hills - more of the same

Saray to Kirklareli: and a good day at last!

Over the border: into Bulgaria

passing Burgas: and north along the Black Sea

over the hump: north

destination day...: varna!

Part 2 begins at last: Varna to Tervel

Bulgaria done!: Tervel to Dragalina, Romania

Dragalina to Smeeni: wishing wells and uncertain mile markers

Up towards the Carpathians

Raminicu to Adjud: biking more intelligently

Adjud to Bakau: headwinds

Bacau to the middle of the Carpathians

the monastery to a small village in the middle of the carpathians: good luck?

Lunni to Radau

into Ukraine: made it through Romania!!

Rest day - a bus trip to Kamnyets-Podolsky

Chernivtsi to Bylobozhnitzya: Lonely roads

bylobozhnitsva to berezhena

berezhena to near Lvov

near-Lviv to Lviv: short day

rest day in Lviv: crumbling architecture and capitalist ventures

Lviv to Chernovograd: the last day, sadly

extra - istanbul to Canakkale to Kesan: maslak to tuzla

Tuzla to nearly-Iznik: ok... this was a mistake

Nearly-Iznik to Mudanya

Mudanya to Karacabey

Karacabey to somewhere on the Marmara Sea

somewhere-on-the-Marmara to Canakkale

Canakkale (well, Kilitbahir, actually) to Gelibolu

Gelibolu to Kesan: The last day

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