Month: September 2021

Arrival @ The Hague, The Netherlands, September 27, 2021

Arrived in The Hague, the final destination of this trip. This time I drove around 2,700 km in three weeks. When I left the car in Greece a year and 7 months ago, I had no idea about what would happen to it later (donating it was one of the options I considered). And now, …

Last border crossing @ Szeged, Hungary, September 21, 2021

Last border crossing On this road trip, I drive from Greece to The Netherlands, while only visiting two non-EU countries, North Macedonia and Serbia, although I spent most of the traveling days in those two countries. And leaving Serbia and entering Hungary meant going back into the Schengen Zone, and it was going to be …

with Danilo and Nevena @ Belgrade, Serbia, September 19, 2021

with Danilo and Nevena It was already a coincidence when we crossed paths in Plovdiv, Bulgaria two years ago. And what are the odds that I was sighted on the street in their home country? This has to be called pure luck! Meeting people again is a special experience for me, and it is even …

Tetovo reminded me how I want to travel @Tetovo, North Macedonia, September 12, 2021

Tetovo reminded me how I want to travel Tetovo is a city in the northwestern part of North Macedonia, and it’s about 45 minutes of driving to get there from the capital city, Skopje. As much as I enjoyed the wide variety of things that Skopje offered, I got the impression that things were quite …

Statues and beliefs @ Skopje, North Macedonia, September 10, 2021

Statues and beliefs I admit that I was pleasantly surprised when I walked into the main square for the first time in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. The size of the statue of Alexander the Great (or the Macedonian Alexander, as some call it) was far bigger than what I had imagined. And the …

The last chapter begins @Thessaloniki, Greece, September 7, 2021

The last chapter begins Last year in March, I stopped traveling by land and left my car in Thessaloniki, and turned myself into a backpacker. The plan then was to continue traveling through Central Asia and Eastern Russia, which was going to be the last chapter of the trip, but what happened afterward is an …