Saturday, April 3, 2010

balkan express (night train to istanbul)


apologies for bad spelling and hemingway-style brevity, but i'm writing this from my phone on the train to constantinople. having fun with tom (dad) and tom (not dad) in the balkans.  we walked all over sofia on thur and tday we went to rila monastery before driving to plovdiv.  i think plovdiv is one the coolest cities you've never heard of - roman ruins,beautiful BG architecture  and a lovely pedestrian mall.  (dad said before we got there: "a mall??? why would i want to go to the mall when i'm in europe?") now we are crammed into our triple-bunk sleeper cabin as we roll towards asia. whee!  i miss my wife, but i'm sure she'll have a great time in africa without me.  above is a pic of dad on his train bunk.    looking forward to the 3am border crossing!

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