Polaroids of my Odyssey Trip in 2023
Some of my favorite Polaroids from my road trip in Eastern Europe in 2023
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A collection of the Polaroids I took on my road trip with my Bonneville T120 in 2023.
🚩My red flag is that 90% of the time I forget I have my Polaroid with me, and when I do remember it I take three similar photos of the same subject.
Odyssey 2023
September 2023
This was my first bigger multi-country road trip, in a very limited amount of time.
I first went to Italy, to get the ferry from Venice to Greece.
Then from Greece I drove all the way north to Warsaw, and then drove back home.
Flags collected:
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Greece
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First: I wanted to bathe in the waterfall on Mount Olympos. The water was extremely cold (as you can see), but what an experience it was.
Second: To sleep among the Gods on Mount Olympos. Somewhere on Mount Olympos there is a monastery, and they were kind enough to let me pitch my tent in their garden.
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Albania
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Somewhere in the north of Albania I took a break because Google Maps was sending me through those mountains you see behind me, and those clouds did not look friendly at all.
A German group of motorcyclists stopped, we chatted a bit and then I asked one of them to take this photograph of me.
We drove together for a bit, and passed the border to Montenegro together. A bit later we said goodbye, as I was going to Podgorica and they were continuing on to Kotor.
Montenegro
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The weather in Montenegro luckily got much better.
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Bosnia & Herzegovina
One of my favorite U2 songs (it's technically not even a U2 song, but anyway), is Miss Sarajevo. I decided to stay a few days in Sarajevo to really absorb the city.
The city were WW1 basically started breathes culture and history. I had a really great time there, wandering about and meeting people.
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Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia
From Bosnia & Herzegovina, I drove through the west of Croatia, towards Budapest, Hungary. From there I drove to the west of Slovakia towards Tatra National Park in Hungary & Poland
Driving through those little villages in Eastern Europe is such a nice experience. People are super friendly, curious about why you "chose" their village to ride through, and while Google Translate had to work overtime, it was very nice to connect with these fellow Europeans.
Poland
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I decided to stay in Krakow for a few nights, and use one day to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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Germany
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The last polaroid of the trip, Bonnie in front of the Brandenburger Tor, Berlin.