Those of you who follow my blog may have noticed the change in it's sub-title (graphic to come soon, when pics are taken).
I am listening to the weave-like voices of Ensemble Mzetamze, a group of Georgian Women who try to preserve folk songs from their rare Caucasian culture. They beacon to me. They tempt me to take the trip I should have taken in '07 but couldn't because of my speed addiction.
Now, I am free of addiction. At least, physical addiction. No need to worry about securing a fix, and therefore free to roam.
Tomorrow I leave to Vienna with my parents. From there, instead of staying in Vienna, we decided to take a detour to Sopron, a nearby Hungarian city much preserved from medieval times - only an hour away, bus directly from airport. Perfect!
After sleeping in Sopron, the next day we return to Vienna and fly from there to Montenegro, where I'd attend a cousin's wedding on the beach in the city of Budva. After this is done, I have a good part of 20 days to explore the area.
Exploring the rest of Montenegro, the Republic of Ragusa (aka Dubrovnik, for a day), and Bosnia were always on the schedule. But lately I've been playing with the idea of going from Sarajevo to Nis (Serbia), and from there to Istanbul.
From Istanbul, find the fastest way to get to the other end of the country (Trabzon or Erzurum or somesuch place), from which I set out to explore the area known historically as "greater Armenia". From there, from the shores of Colchis (Georgia), I'd take a ferry to The Crimea (in Ukraine), and from there another to Bulgaria, from which I return to my starting point.
Of course, the boat may never sail, so I will make preparations to take a flight back to Istanbul.
The "other" Black Mountain would be an area known as Nagorno Karabakh, which incidentally means the exact same thing as Montenegro in different tongues.
The logisitics looks promising - I can, for example if I wanted, cross the entire length of turkey from Istanbul to Trabzon in only 24 hours. Of course, assuming I stop somewhere in the middle, that is still just 2 days (3 max) parting my two Mountains. That gives me ample time to explore said area. Maybe even venture south. Far south. Into forbidden territory...
Wish me luck!
I am listening to the weave-like voices of Ensemble Mzetamze, a group of Georgian Women who try to preserve folk songs from their rare Caucasian culture. They beacon to me. They tempt me to take the trip I should have taken in '07 but couldn't because of my speed addiction.
Now, I am free of addiction. At least, physical addiction. No need to worry about securing a fix, and therefore free to roam.
Tomorrow I leave to Vienna with my parents. From there, instead of staying in Vienna, we decided to take a detour to Sopron, a nearby Hungarian city much preserved from medieval times - only an hour away, bus directly from airport. Perfect!
After sleeping in Sopron, the next day we return to Vienna and fly from there to Montenegro, where I'd attend a cousin's wedding on the beach in the city of Budva. After this is done, I have a good part of 20 days to explore the area.
Exploring the rest of Montenegro, the Republic of Ragusa (aka Dubrovnik, for a day), and Bosnia were always on the schedule. But lately I've been playing with the idea of going from Sarajevo to Nis (Serbia), and from there to Istanbul.
From Istanbul, find the fastest way to get to the other end of the country (Trabzon or Erzurum or somesuch place), from which I set out to explore the area known historically as "greater Armenia". From there, from the shores of Colchis (Georgia), I'd take a ferry to The Crimea (in Ukraine), and from there another to Bulgaria, from which I return to my starting point.
Of course, the boat may never sail, so I will make preparations to take a flight back to Istanbul.
The "other" Black Mountain would be an area known as Nagorno Karabakh, which incidentally means the exact same thing as Montenegro in different tongues.
The logisitics looks promising - I can, for example if I wanted, cross the entire length of turkey from Istanbul to Trabzon in only 24 hours. Of course, assuming I stop somewhere in the middle, that is still just 2 days (3 max) parting my two Mountains. That gives me ample time to explore said area. Maybe even venture south. Far south. Into forbidden territory...
Wish me luck!
