Comments on: We are in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2013/08/we-are-in-veliko-tarnovo-bulgaria/ TDA Global Cycling offers cross-continent bike expeditions ranging from 2 weeks to 5 months! Mon, 06 Apr 2020 20:28:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: Shanny https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2013/08/we-are-in-veliko-tarnovo-bulgaria/#comment-4082 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 13:02:57 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=11083#comment-4082 Thanks Len. We finished on Sunday in Istanbul. What a trip its been! Glad to hear you stumbled upon our route and our hotel in Veliko Tarnovo – have a great time on your journey also. Enjoy the hills in Bulgaria and Turkey.

Wishing you tailwinds from sunny Istanbul

]]> By: Len DeMoss https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2013/08/we-are-in-veliko-tarnovo-bulgaria/#comment-4016 Fri, 23 Aug 2013 04:58:13 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=11083#comment-4016 Hi Shanny, well I’m in Veliko Tarnov at the Hotel Alegro for 2 nights as I’ve been doing a self supported tour from Estonia down to Istanbul (but riding through southern Turkey first) and flying home to US Oct 15. The girl at the desk gave me your room at the hotel. Ha! I know what you meant about the final 10K into Veliko Tarnov. Carrying about 60lbs of gear on the back of the bike, I had to walk the final mile up that mountain after leaving Gorna, because I was trying to ride it and holding up a lot of traffic. I could walk the bike faster than I was riding. I’m leaving here Sat morning on the bike for Stara Zagora and then on down to Hamnli and the night at Lyubmets. Trying to find a secondary route to ride from Stara Zagora but can’t find anything on Google maps.

Wish I could stick around to see you guys come in, but I have to move on. It was funny how I found out you guys were coming. The girl at the desk when I checked in asked if I were riding the Orient Express and I asked her what that was. She told me Paris to Istanbul and then it hit me, and I asked her if the company doing the trip was TdA and she said yes. Then she told me you were Tour Director.

Have a good trip!

Len DeMoss
TdA 2011

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