A few photos from the random pile: Sarita and her stuffed chicken friend, scary basement dryers in Odessa, Bears and Llamas at the zoo hotel, Sarita and Caroline couch-sharing, the bus on the ferry crossing near Galati, Romania, and Don's gas station attendant friend adding a...
Eastern Ukrainian to the Russian border, July 24 and on to the Kazakhstan border July 25 Got a good start from the zoo hotel heading toward the Ukrainian border with Russia. Life on board settling to a new normal, with Pietro and Stefano fitting right in with...
Odessa Ukraine and onward to Kiev and further east-July 21-25 Sarita found us a pretty decent hotel for our two night rest in Odessa at the hotel Zhirka, nice except for prostitute floor (2nd) where Sarita and a few others were staying. We were on 4th,...
Eastern Europe July 16-21 We left out early and very hungover and tired from Klenova Castle. Our few hours' sleep was interrupted by a group of drunken ralliers playing golf among the tents. Unfortunately no one had the energy to get out of their tents and...
So lots of times, especially the horrible moments, I play a mental game I call "Bus or Couch" with myself. This invokes thinking how much easier life would be if we just stayed on the couch instead of taking this insane trip. Today was one where...