Day 169 Sept 25 Tue - Highway Shell Petrol Station Camp to Sofia

Bulgaria tunnel has better lighting and wide shoulder than Turkey
Sofia Information Board approaching city
Road approaching Sofia
Hostel with 4 shared beds costs 18 lev or 9 euro
Praktiker - a big hypermarket 7km to the city

scenery better now than the 1st & 2nd days
Approaching the hills of 900m over
Houses scattered on the hill slope

700m long tunnel with wide shoulder and better lighting than Turkey

Today's Distance: 107km
Today's Temp: 12 - 31c
Average Speed: 17.3 max: 58
Time on Bike: 6 hr 12 min
Average climb: 2% max: 5%
Trip Altitude: 905 m max: 925 m
Today's spending: 29.3 lev
Total Distance to date: 10991km
Total spending to date:38.8 lev

Started to see some highland ,climbing gradually from 300 m to 900 m over ,more greenery and houses on the slope. Weather for the past 3 days had been good but temp dropped to 11-12c at night . I had to wear double on socks ,cycling pants and shirts with a face mask covered until the nose and a sun glass for the eyes. After the climbed , a long downhill and then flat all the way to Sofia at elevation of 620m. Reached Sofia at 4.00pm but not until 6.00pm settled in a hostel with 4 shared beds for 18 lev or 9 euro. Had dinner in town and wasted 2 hours failed to find any Internet cafe . Will try tomorrow morning.