Travelling the Black Sea with a baby (30 images)
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German photographer Thomas Alboth and Polish journalist Anna Sulewska decided to do something novel when their daughter turned six months. Why not celebrate with six months of travel and discovery? From Germany to Turkey via the Balkans and Caucasus, the story of how two twentysomething parents ridiculed an ash cloud and inspired people from over 100 countries via their April - September travel blog. Images
Before hitting the road running, Anna and Hanna take part in a radio interview about their family trip in Krakow. German 'parents money', aka 14 months of 'Elterngeld', helped the young journalist couple fund their trip (Images: ©Thomas Alboth/ Anna Sulewska/ thefamilywithoutborders.com)
Packing the Renault Espace before crossing the Polish-Ukrainian border (Images: ©Thomas Alboth/ Anna Sulewska/ thefamilywithoutborders.com)
'A lot of people write to us,' explained Anna whilst on her travels to cafebabel.com. 'People who are still in a travelling mood and so afraid that life changes with a baby - no more backpack, no more hostels, no more adventures...why not?!' (Images: ©Thomas Alboth/ Anna Sulewska/ thefamilywithoutborders.com)
The family managed to get a Polish sponsor for the baby equipment. Tom and Hanna pictured at the Dniester river which begins in the Ukrainian Carpathians through Moldova (Images: ©Thomas Alboth/ Anna Sulewska/ thefamilywithoutborders.com)
Between Odessa and Crimea (Images: ©Thomas Alboth/ Anna Sulewska/ thefamilywithoutborders.com)
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Outdoor kitchen - check (Images: ©Thomas Alboth/ Anna Sulewska/ thefamilywithoutborders.com)
Moldova. Read a pros and cons list of travelling with a baby (Images: ©Thomas Alboth/ Anna Sulewska/ thefamilywithoutborders.com)
The Kosmonaut Hostel is Australian-owned in Lviv (Images: ©Thomas Alboth/ Anna Sulewska/ thefamilywithoutborders.com)
Ukrainian cows close to the Moldovan border, at the liman of the river Dniestr (Images: ©Thomas Alboth/ Anna Sulewska/ thefamilywithoutborders.com)
In a national park, Zaroslayak (Images: ©Thomas Alboth/ Anna Sulewska/ thefamilywithoutborders.com)
Ribalche on the Dnieper river, on route from Odessa to Crimea, Ukraine (Images: ©Thomas Alboth/ Anna Sulewska/ thefamilywithoutborders.com)
One of the largest salt mines in Europe (Images: ©Thomas Alboth/ Anna Sulewska/ thefamilywithoutborders.com)
Transylvania (Images: ©Thomas Alboth/ Anna Sulewska/ thefamilywithoutborders.com)
Romanian parliament (Images: ©Thomas Alboth/ Anna Sulewska/ thefamilywithoutborders.com)
Soroca, the capital of the Roma, with the 'Gypsy King' Arthur (Images: ©Thomas Alboth/ Anna Sulewska/ thefamilywithoutborders.com)
Waterfalls, Saharna (Images: ©Thomas Alboth/ Anna Sulewska/ thefamilywithoutborders.com)
Novorossiysk in southern Russia (Images: ©Thomas Alboth/ Anna Sulewska/ thefamilywithoutborders.com)
Fix your seatbelts and never go alone with a police officer. Just 40km after the Russian border (Images: ©Thomas Alboth/ Anna Sulewska/ thefamilywithoutborders.com)
Our most difficult moment: border closed for us (Images: ©Thomas Alboth/ Anna Sulewska/ thefamilywithoutborders.com)
On the ferry... (Images: ©Thomas Alboth/ Anna Sulewska/ thefamilywithoutborders.com)
...away from Russia (Images: ©Thomas Alboth/ Anna Sulewska/ thefamilywithoutborders.com)
Tbilisi: meeting local heroes (Images: ©Thomas Alboth/ Anna Sulewska/ thefamilywithoutborders.com)
The friendliness of Georgians
Baku: growth on the Caspian Sea (Images: ©Thomas Alboth/ Anna Sulewska/ thefamilywithoutborders.com)
Way to Nagorny Karabakh (Images: ©Thomas Alboth/ Anna Sulewska/ thefamilywithoutborders.com)
The Karabakh clouds were first separated from Armenia by Stalin (Images: ©Thomas Alboth/ Anna Sulewska/ thefamilywithoutborders.com)
Plane trees (Images: ©Thomas Alboth/ Anna Sulewska/ thefamilywithoutborders.com)
How the Black Sea brought the best fruit. Pictured, the smallest Alboth via a hospital scan in Georgia. The family without borders will no doubt be back in 2011 (Images: ©Thomas Alboth/ Anna Sulewska/ thefamilywithoutborders.com)