Happy Christmas
It seems a bit counter intuitive to be heading north just as winter arrives but we will be doing that for these first few days out of Istanbul. We have decided to take a route along the Black Sea coast so that we avoid the mountains in the middle of Turkey.
Today the temperature barely made it above freezing but with the sun shining and a gentle tailwind it was almost perfect weather for cycling.
We escaped the suburbs this morning and are back out in the countryside... Returning to being gifted tea by strangers and getting chased by dogs every 20 minutes.
Tonight we are back in the familiarity of our tent, being lulled to sleep by the sounds of a nearby flight path and the distant howling of wolves.
Happy Christmas to all who are celebrating, happy belated Yule to others, and happy weekend to everyone else! ⭐ -S