{"id":2296,"date":"2006-03-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-28T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/2006\/03\/01\/j74-3-1-2006\/"},"modified":"2006-03-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-02-28T23:00:00","slug":"j74-3-1-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/2006\/03\/01\/j74-3-1-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"J74 &#8211; 3\/1\/2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<h4 class=\"h4-1\">D74 &#8211; 74.2Km<\/h4>\n<h5 class=\"h5-2\">WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1<br \/>N40 54.960 E38 20.024 (entrance to de Giresun) &#8211; N40 51.680 E38 51.769<br \/>74.2 km &#8211; 9H06&#8242;<\/h5>\n<div id=\"descin\">            This morning the sky is overcast and the temperature 17degrees C.&nbsp; At the end of the morning we had some showers and in the distance the mountains were covered in snow. Serge crossed the city of Giresun, where dust is ever present.&nbsp; We are going along the sea on a wide double carriage way up to Tirebolu where we will split up: the camper with Rene and Laure will shop for supplies, then head toward the mountains to find a place to stop for the night, while Georges and Joel will take care of feedings.&nbsp; We will leave the Black Sea which we have been following for about 1000 kilometers.&nbsp; We all have the feeling that we won\u2019t be in contact with the sea very soon, not until Shanghai.<\/p>\n<p>Our camp is set up near a river and Adem, who was on his bulldozer and saw us going back and made a sign for us to stop.&nbsp; He offered the hospitality of his field for the night: without any explanation, he had understood what we were searching for.&nbsp; Space is at a premium in this narrow valley and we are happy to have come across Adem.&nbsp; One of the first questions our host asked us: is Turkey in Europe?&nbsp; We told him that it was a very political question\u2026\u2026 he agreed.&nbsp; It\u2019s the first time that someone has mentioned the subject, which no doubt is on the minds of many.<br \/>Since yesterday, the hills and now the low mountains are full of hazelnut trees.&nbsp; We counted thousands of them and they are slowly coming into bud.&nbsp; This is also a region where tea is processed.<\/p>\n<p>In spite of the rain and the wind, which blows in gusts, the camp is warm and hospitable.&nbsp; Serge likes this camp atmosphere, especially because the camper makes it possible for him to have a hot shower when he finishes.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">English translation by Lee Hecht<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <br class=\"clear\">      <\/div>\n<p id=\"closingbar\">THE INCREDIBLE SERGE GIRARD&#8217;S CHALLENGE<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D74 &#8211; 74.2Km WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1N40 54.960 E38 20.024 (entrance to de Giresun) &#8211; N40 51.680 E38 51.76974.2 km &#8211; 9H06&#8242; This morning the sky is overcast and the temperature 17degrees C.&nbsp; At the end of the morning we had some showers and in the distance the mountains were covered in snow. Serge crossed the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}