So, you may be asking:
where exactly do we plan to go?
Honestly, we’re still working on that. But here’s the basics:
I officially finish my service on July 3, 2012. Around the 27th of June, Will and
Zach will make their way towards Armenia.
My sisters will be visiting me until July 6th, so the six of
us (two sisters, two bikers, one sister’s friend, and I) will bum around Armenia
for a few days, taking in the sites, drinking some vodka, and eating some
khorovats and dolma.
On July 6, when my sisters and friend depart, Will, Zach and
I will take a train up to Tbilisi, Georgia.
From there, we’ll take a train to Batumi, Georgia.
From Batumi, we’ll bike across the Turkish border to
Kars. Because Turkey is ginormous, we’ll
train to Istanbul and spend a few days there.
From Istanbul, we’ll take a train to Thessalonika, Greece,
and it is from here that we will actually start biking.
We will bike from Thessalonika, along the northern border of
Greece to Igoumentisa on the coast. From
there we will take a ferry to Brindisi, Italy, and bike around there for a bit,
carb loading on delicious pasta and enjoying the south of Italy. Eventually, depending on how much time we
have, we’ll make our way to Bari, another sea port. Sadly, this is where we’ll lose Zach, who
will have to head home for various celebrations. Fear not, for Will and I will continue on our
merry way, heading to Croatia by boat.
This is where things start to get fuzzy, as far as the
planning goes. We want to bike up the
coast of Croatia as far as we can before shooting over to Plitvice National
Park, which has been dubbed as one of the most beautiful things on the surface
of the planet. We’ll play there for as
long as we can before heading to the capital of Croatia (Zagreb), take a train
from there to Munich, hang out in Munich for a few days before flying home on
September 13th.
That’s the plan. Or,
what passes for a plan at this point.
We’ll keep you posted.
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