I like big hills and mountains. As @h4nnes put it: "every climb is nice: prepay for next downhill"

Todays hills where small, but there where many of them. An endless series of small bumps that take your energy but don't give much back downhillwise, as you are already at the next ascend when your muscles have just relaxed from the previous one.

The night before, the long predicted rain had finally started to come down - and it came down impressively, it was raining in heavy gushes the whole night while i was snuggly sleeping in my tent - i love rainy nights outside! During the day, the rain had turned into a mist that wets your skin and blinds your eyeglasses within minutes, there's no cover under hoods and caps, as this kind of rain doesn't fall, it floats in the air. I didn't even bother to get the camera out.

Turkey is the joyous place i had imagined it to be - the turks are very friendly and hospitable(Although i've only communicated with men so far, as expected).

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Fish market in Saray - fresh from the black sea.

I've also stopped stashing food for the evening - lunch and dinner is provided at the Lokanta - a turkish type of restaurant where you can choose from a nice variety of readily prepared dishes(And grilled meat per order) - i wished i was not confined to the small size of my stomach, i could eat all day...

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Physically, my requirements are fullfilled - unfortunately, mentally the outlook is worse, i've lost a lot of passion for this journey and i'm not sure how i'm going to continue for the next 2-3 months. My 1-week-stay in Istanbul will hopefully bring me to a conclusion.

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Still hilly and hazy

Hazy start in Turkey, so no photos for today.
Foodwise it's gorgeous - so much choice, so much taste!

"One more hill, one more hill. Ok, this is the last one, you can do it." Thats what i told myself most of the day - my legs where pudding after yesterdays long climbs...