Nice to knock off early from the driving. It was our intention to have stopped off for a couple of days in Bulgaria to look at some of the sights but we decided to push on and cover the majority of the trip eastwards as quickly as possible. Istanbul was a put off as mentioned in the last blog. So here we are at Safranbolu, a very pleasant quiet town, suitable to the likes of people who find Bellingen just about right in size. Many of the buildings are old, built quite a few centuries ago. They resemble the Tudor style of construction with the timber beams and brick or mud daub infill. The upper levels hang over the cobbled paths though some of the oldest places show signs of assimilation with the 21st century by way of the pay TV dish stuck on the outside mud wall.
Passing through Serbia I was almost once more paying over money to the Serb Treasury by way of a fine for exceeding the speed limit which happened to be 40kph at the time. This time though, when he heard we were from Australia he let us go with a warning. The police stopped us a further 3 times that afternoon but it was the rarity of seeing an Australian registered vehicle that made them pull us up.
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