Bulgaria to Greece, October 2020 In summer, Kalives is a popular resort on the Aegean Sea. In October, it is a sleepy small village with the population of 1,600 people. Kalives is located in Halkidiki region between the two fingers (smaller peninsulas) of Kassandra and Sithonia, The third finger is the famous Holy Mount Athos,
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Green Bird Farm, Bulgaria, Sep-Oct 2020 My 90 days without a visa in Bulgaria were almost up. It was time to move. I thought long and hard about my next destination and chose Greece where the number of COVID-19 cases was low. The coronavirus made traveling really tricky. There were many factors to consider. What
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Green Bird Farm, August 2020 At the farm I went to the ostrich farm a few more times and finally met other volunteers there. Many who wanted to come this year had to cancel their plans because of the travel restrictions. So during my first 2 visits, I was the only volunteer there. The main
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Byala, Bulgaria, August 2020 It was one of the “idle days” when I thought that I should spend some of my free time on doing good deeds instead of lazing around. Googling volunteer opportunities came up with a new site workaway.info that I hadn’t seen before. Apparently, it is possible to volunteer almost anywhere in
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Belgrade, Serbia to Byala, Bulgaria The time in Byala is always pure enjoyment. It is not a kind of feverish excitement but a blissful relaxed state that comes from being surrounded by beauty and nature. The biggest part of it is of course the sea. I can see it from anywhere in my apartment and
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Denver to Amsterdam Passport control at the airport asked no usual questions about the purpose of my trip, length of stay and so on. I showed my Australian passport, got a stamp and was free to go. Serbia did not care. My driver met me outside of the airport. As I explained in the previous
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Denver, USA to Europe, July 2020 My one-way ticket Denver – Dallas- Amsterdam – Belgrade on American Airlines was $600. It was for Wednesday, 22nd of July, which was only 4 days away. I intentionally bought it for the next cheap flight to have more chances to leave as planned. The tickets to and from
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“Travel, which is nearly always seen as an attempt to escape from the ego, is in my opinion the opposite. Nothing induces concentration or inspires memory like an alien landscape of a foreign culture. It is simply not possible (as romantics think) to lose yourself in an exotic place. Much more likely is an experience
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A quick round trip from Denver to Houston was a necessity. Otherwise, I would never venture into a COVID-19 hotspot amid the pandemic. The thing is that once a year, I must show up at a Russian consulate to confirm that I am alive. A notary public could issue a paper certificate in Colorado where
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My husband, Sergey, and I got up at 4 a.m. Our breakfast was leftover pizza from the last night’s dinner. I was on edge and could barely swallow a cold slimy slice of pizza. Our guide, Luis, met us at the hotel at 4.45 a.m. and we walked to a bus stop. The first morning
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