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Two V-stroms to Turkey and Bulgaria (less one) from Germany – Mike and Beverly

We are excited to become reacquainted with our two Suzuki V-Stroms near Heidelberg Germany where they are stored at Knopf Tours. For this trip, though, we are going two-up on the blue one. We are selling the redone. We will pick up the bike on April 23 for our 4th European tour. We intend to tour parts of Italy, Greece,Turkey, Bulgaria and Macedonia. The previous three tours can be found at:
http://2seniorsonabike.blogspot.comincluded parts of England, Spain, Morocco, France, Andora, Switzerlandand Germany

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/ride-tales/eastern-europe-two-v-stroms-59213 includedparts of Czech republic, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania,Bosnia, Greece and Italy

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/ride-tales/two-v-stroms-scandinavia-mike-64336included parts of Sweden, Norway, Finland, Russia, Latvia, Estonia andLithuania.

We intend to leave Heidelberg Germany on April 24, going first to Crazy Ludwig’s Castle, then to catch the Anek ferry to Greece. We’ll tour Athens and nearby, spend some time in the Greek Islands, then to the Turkish mainland. Our itinerary includes Cappadocia http://www.cappadociaturkey.net, possibly Goblekli Tepe, Istanbul and whatever else suits our fancy. Then to Bulgaria, Macedonia and then a ferryback to Italy. We will catch the Horizons meeting in Heidelberg on May 29 before heading back home to Selah Washington.

We intend to learn some history on this trip. We are not historians, we just believe that travel and history help us to have a better understanding of the people of theworld. And what better way to see it but on a motorcycle.

Before we start our motorcycle trip, we have a car trip planned which includes a visit to see Uwa and Martha, whom we met on the ferryto Oslo on our last motorcycle trip to Scandinavia, Russia and the Balkans. We enjoyed our travels with them through the mountains to Bergen, Sweden.

Before our motorcycle trip, we are taking a car trip. Our car route also includes Ypres (Ieper)Belgium, Normandy France, and Luxembourg.

Here is our intended route:
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