Greece!

So, on our last day on the Black Sea, we took the truck down to the next port to get some dinner, and disaster - the clutch made a big clunk and the smell that followed was overpowering to say the least. Luckily, our friendly Hotel waitress 'had a friend' who may be able to help, so we blasted across town to a backstreet truck garage. The mechanic had a quick look on the forecourt and then decided he wanted a further look from underneath, so hopped in and drove it towards the pit which they usually use to inspect lorries. Terrifyingly, he didn't seem all that bothered that he was in a vehicle about half the width of his usual customers - and it was only a second mechanic shouting and waving his arms that prevented him from disappearing into the pit (in our truck!). Unphased, he realigned himself and drove on - the final result being that only about two inches of rubber each side supported the whole weight of the car while he inspected it. A final thumbs up and he reversed it back out of its precarious position at about 30mph.

I thought that this was the end of my little micro adventure, however, negotiating rush hour traffic trying to keep up with our waitress was a whole new experience - we went through car parks, across gardens, pavements, forecourts - all hilarious.

I quite like the Bulgarian style of driving now!

Bulgaria was quite cool, hot and very cheap - all seems to be being bought up at a tremendous rate by us Brits.

We did a 13 hour drive today and have made it to the Aegean Sea in Greece - it would have been quicker but the Greek side of the first border we tried was closed - brilliant - love those borders.

Off to Thassos tomorrow so will write as soon as we can.