The route

The first leg of the trip starts at Toulouse. From there, we head East, through the Cote d'Azur into Italy then into Croatia, then Serbia, through Bulgaria before crossing the Bosphorus into Istanbul, Turkey. Hopefully, there'll be opportunities to see some interesting sites along the way. Certainly in Istanbul, there'll be a rest day or two. the plan is then to divert a bit and see some of the famous spots in the country. Future blogs will report on these. The final stage of this leg will be on the Black Sea coast town of Trabzon..