I’m Back in the EU
Greetings from Bulgaria and the European Union Camping in a petrol station near Swivelgrad for my first night May be in Bulgaria for about eight days them its Romania Lovely people. First impression roads and signposting are terrible and no shoulder to run on. When I ran up to the border I ran through the disinfection lane with Nirvana by mistake. So we got sprayed by accident.. Then again on the way out much to the border guards amusement. So I started telling the young lad about how great it was to be able to run into Bulgaria because when I was on my cycle trip all those years ago Bulgaria was closed to me…. Behind the Iron Curtain was like another planet. He just laughed as if to say ‘ dont go crying on my shoulder Granada!’ There was no welcome to Bulgaria sign as the whole area was literally a construction site to add lanes for ease of movement. Then the next immigration officer told me he worked in Ireland for a few months. How times have changed Europe is going to be a bit like central America… A country a week for about 13 weeks! Bulgaria is country number 29. Talk soon Back in the EU… You don’t know how lucky you are boys.. Back in the EU… Back in the EU Well the Ice Cream girls really knock me out they leave the west behind And Munster girls make me scream and shout! OK tony enough of that!
June 15th, 2014 at 1:14 am
You are sounding very excited Tony, slap slap!!! Stay focused, they didnt spray you down twice for nothing!!!! Enjoy the E U Ann -:)
June 15th, 2014 at 5:24 am
Ha ha Ann thanks
But they didn’t spray me I ran in the car spray lane by mistake turning on the automatic sprinklers and when I tried to get out I turned them on again!
June 16th, 2014 at 9:58 am
Welcome to my country! If Sofia is on your route, I will be glad to say hi. If you need anything while in BG, you can always drop me an email. I’ll be glad to help with advice or whatever you need
Cheers!
June 16th, 2014 at 9:44 pm
great update tony. my advice is to leave the singing and the poetry to the professionals………your progress is massive. well done.
June 18th, 2014 at 2:43 pm
Thanks for your invitation Ivan. I am enjoying Bulgaria and your lovely people so much
Unfortunately Sofia is not on my route but thanks
I did not realize so many of the routes to Romania required a ferry across the Danube river. So I have decided on a route change. I will run to Vidin where I can cross at a land border. This means more time in Bulgaria and less in Romania
From there to Timisora Romania to Vienna which means I will be including an extra country which is Serbia
So that will be 42 countries in all and same number of kilometres in a marathon
Thanks again Ivan
Tony