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22/12/2024

☞ "𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥." (Confucius)

𝗔𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗢𝗳𝗳 𝗠𝘆 𝗕𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁 ✔️

In September I finally managed to visit the Meteora monasteries in Greece. Right before I visited the animal shelter on Thassos (feel free to check out my last post for that), Meteora was my first stop in Greece. 🇬🇷

However, it wasn't my first time in Greece and not my first time I tried to visit the Meteora monasteries. Already in 2021, I planned to visit them when I moved from North Macedonia to Bulgaria. Unfortunately, the weather was horrible in those days and I decided to pass on it.

If you've been there before, you might know how foggy it can get there, and if that's the case, you pretty much see... nothing. 😅 Just 20-30 min before I took this picture, I could see absolutely nothing. But fortunately, the fog cleared up and I could enjoy some incredible views.

If you've never been there, I'd highly recommend you to visit the Meteora monasteries. But be aware. It must have been the most crowded place I've ever been to. 😂
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08/09/2024

☞ "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨." (Albert Einstein)

𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 👀

When I think about this year and the last months, I mostly think about the countless of hours I spent in front of the computer. This year, I started working for an AI company - full-time. I've enjoyed it very much so far, but it's also quite demanding.

So demanding, that I kinda forget that this year was even much more travel action then in my recent years! Hungary, Denmark, Germany, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, and country no. 7 which you can see in this picture - Malta. 🇲🇹

In Malta it was the first time that I drove a car on the left side. Damn, was nervous. Believe me when I say that it's so weird to sit on the right side of a car and drive on the left side. 🤣 Well, at least for me. I'm pretty sure some of you don't know it the other way. 😁

Anyway, it all went well and seven days were enough to explore Malta and to take the ferry to Gozo. Unfortunately, it was rather windy and surprisingly cold at the end of April, so beach days were not really an option.

But that was reason enough to take advantage of the car and explore the rugged coastlines and picturesque cities of the world's tenth smallest country. By the way, in this picture you can see the famous basilica of Valletta - the Basilica of Our Lady. 🙌
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29/08/2024

☞ "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺. 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴, 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴." (David Attenborough)

𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗽 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮! 🇷🇴

My last post was about Budapest, a city I had planned to visit for such a long time, but it took me years to finally end up there. The same goes for Romania. It was pretty much right in front of my doorstep for years, but eventually I always ended up in different places for various reasons. 🤔

Not so this year! A couple of weeks ago, it was finally time for that Romania road trip, and what a trip that was! I've been dreaming of seeing bears in North Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Turkey, but it never happened. In Romania, I saw 20 bears in 2 days—the first 14 bears in just 70 minutes! On the roads, next to the roads, bear cubs with their mothers, the full package. 🐻

And the best thing is: just a few minutes before the first bear encounter, I mounted my GoPro on the roof of the car, and it recorded EVERYTHING! All 14 bears in just 70 minutes. 😄

If you would like to see it, feel free to click on the linktree in my bio, visit my brand-new YouTube channel, and watch my first video there. And when you are doing that, I'd appreciate it if you could subscribe, leave a like and comment under the video. 🥳🙏
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17/04/2024

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21/03/2024

☞ "𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴." (Robert Brault)

𝗛𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝘆 👋🏻

You haven't heard from me in a while, so I thought I'd show you a sign of life. 😁 My last post was from Serbia, where I lived for three months until the end of September, what happened since then? Things got rather wild and busy 👀

I flew to Germany to stay with my family for 3 weeks, then flew back to Bulgaria to celebrate Christmas and New Years with my girlfriend and her family. There we made a trip to Kardzhali in southern Bulgaria over New Years. And then in January we decided to go to Germany again, but on our way there, we had two city trips to Budapest (here in the picture) and Copenhagen. 🇩🇰

And as if this wasn't enough travel action, after 2 weeks in Germany we took the car and my cat Muki (which I left at my parents place when I went to Germany in December) and together we drove aaaall the way back to Bulgaria, with a stop in Zagreb to visit the Croatian capital city. 🇭🇷

Now, for one and a half months, I'm enjoying life in a quiet village in Bulgaria, not knowing yet if or when I have to leave the country again.

Anyhow, Budapest was amazing and I also like Copenhagen very much, two beautiful cities I planned to visit for a long time qnd I'm glad I finally managed to do so. 🥳
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