ROUTE 2012: On the road to Trabzon

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“After Samsun, the road follows the southern coastline of Black Sea, where you see beachside resort towns with modern planning and infrastructure. People here are very friendly and always very positive to communicate”

Dimosthenis Loukisas

“Arriving at Trabzon and after 2.209 km, overall fuel consumption of Ford Focus 1.0 Ecoboost is 6,9 lt/100 km!”

Tom Kolokithas

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The morning started with a little nagging from our 3 friends, because of lack of coffee and an accident that had blocked the road just before the big bridge which connects the two parts of the city, the hallmark of Constantinople and the link between West and East! Demosthenes, Tom and Costas narrate what they saw on the route from Istanbul to Trabzon: "In this part of the route, traffic jam is very common and delay can be great! Fortunately, it took us little time to get away and having already entered the highway E-80 Istanbul-Ankara, we stopped at a gas station for refueling and travel supplies. Here it looks like Italian landscape, like the province of Tuscany. After Bolu we left Ankara and took the road to Samsun. The whole day spent in the Focus, stopping only to change driver, at shops and petrol stations and to take a few photos. The road up to Samsun, about 627 km, it is uphill for several hours and is spread among dense forests and mountain villages. After that, it descends sharply to reach the Black Sea (Karadeniz). Thomas drove the last 500 km to Trabzon. After Samsun, the road follows the southern coastline of Black Sea, where you see beachside resort towns with modern planning and infrastructure. People here are very friendly and always very positive to communicate. In Havsa, a group of young girls gathered around us, smiling, as we were shopping from a grocery store. After 14 consecutive hours of driving, the Focus 1.0 Ecoboost has brought us to Trabzon. Exhausted, we entered in the first hotel that we found...”