Europe Road Trip 2016 - Mehmet Koçali

Europe Road Trip
2016

a 3.5-month-old baby, his mom and dad;
a family full of adventures..

Travel Facts

Visited 19 countries and more than 100 cities
Stayed in 47 different cities
Drove 20.470 km
Traveled for 100 days
Met 27 friends and 19 relatives
Spent € 6.506
Bought 1.544 liters benzin

September 20, 2016

Bulgaria, Our First Day

Our journey started in Bulgaria. We were supposed to stay at a place in Nesebar, Tomi Family Apartments, then the next morning continue to drive …

September 20, 2016

September 21, 2016

Bucharest and Trattoria Monza

Our first stop was Bucharest. We stayed at a very nice apartment in the city center. I’ve been to Romania twice before, for business, and …

September 21, 2016

September 23, 2016

Braşov

The next morning we drove to Braşov. The road was really nice, with Sibiu and other nice towns on the route. After several hours of driving, upon …

September 23, 2016

September 25, 2016

Breakfast at Casa Mia

Before going to meet Irina, we had a nice breakfast that Fulya prepared 🙂 And you can see how happy Korhan is for being in …

September 25, 2016

Meeting Irina Harau in Hunedoara

Our time we spent during the trip was always in a hurry, going from one place to another, packing things, putting them into the car, …

September 25, 2016

September 27, 2016

First Morning in Hungary

We said hello to our first morning in Hungary, a beautiful day for all of us.

September 27, 2016

September 28, 2016

Spending the afternoon at Lake Balaton

We wanted to spend our first day in Fonyod by seeing beautiful sights at Lake Balaton and drove until Siofok and then back to Szántód. It …

September 28, 2016

September 29, 2016

Day Trip to Pécs

Before leaving for our day trip to Pécs, we took some photos in front of the beautiful house we stayed in Fonyód. To our surprise, …

September 29, 2016

October 1, 2016

Budapest at Night

If you ever go to Budapest, one of the things you shouldn’t miss is a walk on the Danube and see the Parliament. The apartment …

October 1, 2016

October 3, 2016

Meeting Robert & Adrienn Nagy in Budapest

It was the summer of ’99 when I met Robert and Adrienn, the siblings from Budapest. Adrienn was the victim of our act with our …

October 3, 2016

October 5, 2016

Meeting Ümit Deda in Vienna

Our time in Vienna became special when we met our dear friend Ümit, whom I hadn’t seen for several years. He first took us to …

October 5, 2016

October 6, 2016

A Day in Vienna

The day after we met Ümit Deda, we wanted to wander around the streets of Vienna. Before leaving home we prepared our sandwiches. As you …

October 6, 2016

October 8, 2016

A Short Stop in Bratislava

Since we drove north from Vienna to reach Brusperk, Czech Republic, we decided to make a small stop in Bratislava, since it’s like only an …

October 8, 2016

October 9, 2016

Meeting Monika Kordula in Pietrowice Wielkie

Monika Kordula is Fulya’s friend from when she was working at Starbucks in London. It has been 7 years since they hadn’t seen each other. …

October 9, 2016

October 10, 2016

Lady Iza Barska

If you are in Krakow, not going to the Old Town is out of question. It’s truly beautiful. In the middle of the square is …

October 10, 2016

October 11, 2016

Meeting Paweł & Ela Adamczyk in Warsaw

I first met Paweł in the summer of ’99. He was there for two weeks, but in those two weeks, we got very good friends. …

October 11, 2016

Pediatrician holding our 4-month-old son and posing with mom and dad

October 12, 2016

Vaccination Time for Baby Korhan

Korhan’s vaccination schedule has the 5-in-1 combined vaccination and pneumococcal at month four. So, it was time to arrange it, but how? Thankfully, our friend …

October 12, 2016

Meeting Iwona Patyk

I met Iwona in Istanbul, maybe 10 years ago, when she was working at Mercedes-Benz Turkey. We quickly became good friends. She is one of …

October 12, 2016

October 13, 2016

Meeting Maciej Pucek in Poznan

It was time to see another old soul from Harrow House, a soul I met 17 years back. Maciej and Gilbert were like my best …

October 13, 2016

October 14, 2016

The Magic of Berlin, Tania 🙂

For some time I was looking for a suitable accommodation in Berlin for us, but listings were so limited on Airbnb and other services, I …

October 14, 2016

October 23, 2016

Prague, a Bohemian Rhapsody

It was time to drive to Prague, a Bohemian Rhapsody. Knowing that Prague was the hometown of Bedrich Smetana, the composer of one of my favorite …

October 23, 2016

October 24, 2016

Český Krumlov, a Romantic Getaway

On October 22nd, we were walking to the apartment we were staying in Prague, but Korhan had already woken up long ago and was now …

October 24, 2016

October 25, 2016

Hallstatt, a Heaven on Earth

Circa 2-3 weeks ago, one of Fulya’s friends had liked a photograph on Facebook, a photo from Hallstatt, a town at a lake with beautiful …

October 25, 2016