Continuing thoughts on “Mashallah” - Lothar, Alex, and I met at a campground in North Macedonia. I think we are all planning to ride to Tbilisi. The camp host commented on it - how did we cross paths? The hotel breakfast was disappointing (small), so after I bought picnic ingredients from a grocery store, I was still hungry and thirsty. Even though I had a bottle of spicy fermented red carrot juice. So I was excited to find a spring early in the ride. I dug into my conainer of peanuts and dried figs to retrieve the melted nougat and walnut blob that was originally delicately layered when I bought it in Safranbolu. I saved it because I had been feeling weird from eating too much sugar three days ago. But now it was so good covered in peanuts. So yes, I probably overdid it yesterday, trying to get to the hotel in İnebolu. Today, I felt very slow. I’m camping next to the sea tonight, so I should sleep well to prepare for the ride tomorrow to Sinop, where I reserved an apartment for two nights. My first rest day since Istanbul.