Month: September 2024

We got very little sleep last night as the car park turned into a meeting place for friends and couples who talked and laughed loudly until about 4am! We can’t complain because as far as they’re concerned, they’ve come out

We think we’re about 70 miles outside Istanbul. It’s taken all day to get here again – feeling like a long distance lorry driver’s mate! I knew I’d lost the plot this morning when I made a pot of coffee

We cut across country this morning in order to get back to the sea.Amrasa, particularly, sounded quite nice, so we thought that we shouldn’t miss what could possibly be the best spot on the Turkish Black Sea coast.Drove down through

It takes a very long time to get across the top of Türkiye, east to west. Spent virtually all day driving again, there’s not much of interest on the eastern side of the Black Sea coast, but when it reaches

Well, it’s been a much easier drive for Mr Bramley today …a flat, straight, dual carriageway running all the way along the coast of the Black Sea. In fact, it’s so close to the water most of the time, there

Knowing it would mean all day in the van, we decided to try and get to the Black Sea today. The route was slow and mountainous, but was the most direct and would bring us out at a place called

The rain finally stopped just before morning, so we set off for the ‘must see’ Ani ruins which are up by the Armenian border.On the old Silk Road, this medieval Armenian Capital overlooks a deep gorge and the Armenia of

After a walk around Erzurum this morning to see the rest of the monuments, including three early twelfth century mausoleums, we left our parking spot, lost signal on everything, and ended up in a busy market place – good start!

To say we’ve been driving all day, there’s sure been a lot happening on the roads.Lovely quiet night by the river followed by a surreal moment this morning as we were filling up with water. Firstly, the grassy area had

At the first sound of tyre upon gravel this morning, the excitable one was up making coffee. I swear it was nearer to four than five!🙄Sunrise at 6:20am though, can’t miss it, twenty minutes drive up the road (ten) and