Ok, it’s been a long working week since we arrived in Sofia but at least things are starting to look better. Our room isn’t quite as a mess as it was in the past 3-4 days and the most necessary of paperwork is done.

As promised earlier on, here’s the brief story of our trip to Sofia… We left the Netherlands on October 2nd and headed to our friends Ali and Sonja in the Stuttgart area of Germany. We ate lots of big (and quite fat, I must admit) American food (Friday evening), had a good laugh at 10 Drugs You Shouldn’t Use While Driving… took a walk in the area around their home and slept well (!). Saturday was ice cream day – a super treat in itself. All in all – we had a great time in Germany. Thank you Ali and Sonja for having us over! We’re already looking forward to coming ’round again. On Sunday morning we hit the road. Around noon the German traffic police decided we’re an interesting case with out handmade transit license plates, so they pulled us over for the traditional (for me at least) 40min. check. At least this time the car was so packed, they didn’t seem to have any interest in checking our luggage. After that the travel was quite smooth.

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Looking back at the time we’ve spent in Holland it’s a pity we didn’t get to see Rotterdam in more detail. Oh well, at least we covered the basics. Here’s some shots of Rotterdam at dusk I had a chance to take a couple of days ago. Looking at them, I’m actually thinking I might miss the city (as much as I think it’s rather boring compared to most other places). Perhaps it’s the cleanliness and order that I’ll miss most. On the other hand, I won’t have to worry that all stores will close down at 5:30pm. Ha ha. Well, enjoy the photos as we are starting to pack up for the trip.

Oh, I almost forgot to mention… I’ve planned on turning this trip to Sofia into a photo trip. I’ll try to capture the fun, strange, characteristic or beautiful sights that we’ll encounter on our journey through six countries and well over 2000km. I hope you can become a part of it this way and share in our excitement, that quickly turns into road-trip  boredom, and successfully takes us to previously unknown levels of tiredness. Stay tuned!