Participant Blogs

One of the first leads when we dreamed of what the Silk Route journey might be at the latter end of 2018, was the 2020 Olympics in Japan: “If we traverse the Silk Road from West to East, or from Turkey to China, we could extend it to Japan and serve as volunteers at the Games!”, or so we fantasized. I remember still adding, “Nations across the globe all in one place at one time—what better opportunity to reach out to so great a diversity of people groups than this?” Needless to say, this plausible idea fizzled out as the...

Now there isn't a Maccas in Maccas. Don't come here expecting to treat yourself with a mcflurry whenever you get the craving, cause you won't get it. Macedonia slacked on paying the rights to keep McDonald's in the country, or something in that line. Nevertheless, they offer something else, but for the more savoury tooth. Burek. A phyllo pastry with white cheese inside. To go with it, you get yourself a Jogurt - plain drinking yoghurt, 3,2% - it's far from plain, it's a pretty insane combination.    Macedonia consists of Balkans, Albanians, Romas (gypsies) and more. Within 4 weeks,...