First stop in the the winter trip is Athens. I have never been to mainland Greece, but the real reason for coming is not that. Kenneth and Viky are a couple of friends that I made while studying in Edinburgh back in 1995. He’s Danish and she’s Greek. They were both over to Scotland studying…
Category: Europe
Europe in between
So, that’s it, another big trip is over. After Europe, Oceania and South America in bicycle, Europe and North America in motorbike and a bit of kicking about in between I’m back on the mother land and on my way to spend a few weeks between the UK and Italy before I set off again…
Copenhagen
The last stop on the way to the UK is Copenhagen. I get there in the evening after a red eye from NY to Oslo and an afternoon flight from Oslo to Copenhagen. Oslo airport is nice but not nice enough to justify spending 6 hours in it. Unfortunately this is what happens when you…
Iceland
So, I first realised that going from Glasgow to Halifax was possibly cheaper if a stopover in Iceland was added. This grew into a “what about if I stop in Iceland for a week? Never been there”, and then, when I realise that various other reasons were going to keep me in Glasgow till nearly…
Resting around Europe
Hello again. It’s quite some time since I wrote anything and I think it’s time to put fingers to keyboard again. Since I got back from South America I have not been stationary too long but I also have not really done anything that warranted a day by day account. After enjoying the confort of…
Parking the bike in Italy
Ljubliana was rather special, and despite the fact that the hostel was pretty basic I sleep well. I get out of town and straight onto the motorway but, despite the fact I pass several tool booths nobody asks me for money and I get all the way to the border without having to pay for…
Passport day
Last day completely abroad, and it’s the day I’ll be going through more border posts. Also I’m going to go through the only ones that will require me to produce some sort of identification. I’m not apprehensive, more a little bit curious as I will go to through what apparently now is the frontline of…
The Slovak route to Vienna
I wanted as much time as possible in Vienna so I left Prague early, in front of me there is a long stint of motorway across the Czech countryside and then a lunchtime stop in the Slovak capital Bratislava. This borderless Europe is really easy, you go from country to country without having to stop….
A bit of Poland then Prague
“Just follow the motorway to Dresden and then head for Prague, you cannot go wrong”. This is what Lutz said to me as I left Berlin. I get indeed on the A13 with no problems but round about Lübbenau I do not notice that going straight means being on A15 and to stay on the A13…
Germany
Getting out of Brussels is not easy! This is more so if the weather is not great. The journey starts overcast but by the time I get to the border with Germany it’s positively chucking with rain. I’m wearing the overall but there is a limit beyond which any weather gear cannot go and around…