My solo journey of the heart and World
I had one more day left and I decided at the last minute to do some gift shopping for my bestie and often travel partner, Jodi. She had joined me on my trip to Morocco earlier in the year and had bought a few things for her home there and Turkey had many of the same …
One of the other things I wanted to do on this trip was visit Princes Islands, a series of small islands off the Asia side coast. They are more low key and nature filled then in any of the areas on the three mainland points of Istanbul and I did not get a chance to …
I wanted to see and do more things that I did not get a chance to on my last visit. I had not gotten a chance to visit the Asia side of the city last time so I booked a walking tour of the Asia side. It was a small group with two older ladies from the …
The hotel finally got the Wi-Fi working to allow me to connect by VPN and that made it a lot more convenient to get my work done and I spent a lot of time just wandering around the city and having tea or a snack or coffee at local little cafés. I didn’t spend a lot …
I awoke the following morning and got myself up and ready to have breakfast at the carpet shop and walked 8 minutes mostly uphill to get there. My apartment was located at the bottom of a hill and the fastest way to get to the main square in old town was a pretty steep uphill climb. I …
I really enjoyed my time in Plovdiv and would visit there again but wouldn’t be in a hurry to return to Sofia. The night of my train trip to Istanbul, I took a taxi to the train station and boarded my train at 9:45pm. My assigned cabin was the first one after the doors and unfortunately …
I took the 2 ½ hour bus trip to Plovdiv and then tried to figure out what bus to take that would get me closest to my apartment. I waited awhile and then after no bus came with the route I was looking for, I asked a taxi driver how much it would cost. They quoted me …
I left the bunker site in the morning and decided to take the bus to the airport outside of Edinburgh. I wasn’t in a huge rush, I had to be at the airport around 10:00am and the bus would only take about 25 minutes. I stopped in the common kitchen to get some coffee and the …
I spent the next day resting and working. To be honest, staying out past midnight does not suit me and I was feeling a bit sluggish. So I took the day to rest and work and to plan some things for after I leave Inverness. I had nothing arranged beyond the next 3 days so I had to …
My final evening in Ullapool I decided to go out for a few pints at one of the local pubs as I typically do. I am not sure why I feel like on my last night I want to soak up as much of the culture of the place I am in as I can. So I …