Sorry! Sorry! I know, I've not posted once and it's almost been two weeks. I honestly haven't been able to find an internet cafe to upload photos at, and I'd feel terrible hogging a hostel computer and shoving it full of my photos.
Even though I have no photos to share, I have so many stories! In fact, too many to share on here. Although I can say that we have experienced more than a few mishaps and broken down buses and been lost practically the whole time, we have experienced so much kindness in all sorts of ways from all kinds of people. We went to the ballet in Sofia wit Bikchee from Hong Kong, we watched a protest whilst sitting on a socialist statue, climbed a mountain with all our possesions on our backs, swam in a forbidden alpine lake, got stuck in a lightning/thunder/hail storm on top of said mountain, gotten lost on the way down from said mountain and taken in by kind ski lodge owners who spoke no english but provided warm beds and food which was more than enough, and even a ride into the nearest town so we could find our way again. We've had personal concerts, had much home-made wine and raki, and spent lots of time listening to awful pop music on crowded buses. We've been walked to hotels by strangers to make sure we would find our way, had our taxi paid for by strangers, and been given so many great pointers and much help.
I should say I have found sufficient evidence this trip to up my opinion of general humanity's goodness.
There has also been beautiful backdrops to all this in the form of alpine forests, ancient cities, crazy geographical phenomenons and so forth, which we have also enjoyed, to say the least.
That's all for now (off to Albania and Corfu!)
The blackberries are ripening and I'll have to pick them and jam them with someone else. I'm glad for your adventures but I miss your presence.
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