NORWAY | Wednesday, 7 Oct 2009 | Views [1230]
Hi All, Kirkenes ?????? claim to fame. 7km from Russian border and 37km away from Finland border. Needs the where the bloody hell are you? campaign...as far away from this place as I can get :-)). Remember that crappy town in the middle of nowhere ... Read more >
NORWAY | Wednesday, 7 Oct 2009 | Views [6410]
Hi All, The voyage http://www.hurtigruten.co.uk/norway/Voyages/Classic-Hurtigruten-Voyages/7-days-Voyage-North/ Hurtigruten run the mail ship daily from Bergen-Kirkenes the north leg is 2600km. This is a beautiful voyage. Book a ticket. Look ... Read more >
NORWAY | Wednesday, 7 Oct 2009 | Views [948]
Hi All, What a train trip!!!The claim is that it is supposed to be the worlds most beautiful train trip. It started of a bit slow but got more and more dramatic as we rose into the mountains with the lovely autumn colours and then the snow. Down the ... Read more >
NORWAY | Saturday, 3 Oct 2009 | Photo Gallery
NORWAY | Saturday, 3 Oct 2009 | Photo Gallery
NORWAY | Thursday, 24 Sep 2009 | Photo Gallery
NORWAY | Wednesday, 23 Sep 2009 | Views [788]
Hi All, Not quite sure about whether we made any savings travelling with ryanair. To get from Vienna to Frankfurt we spent 10 hrs on the train then to get to frankfurt hahn airport another 1.5hr on a bus then a wait of 6hrs before our 1.5hr flight ... Read more >
AUSTRIA | Wednesday, 23 Sep 2009 | Views [921]
Gruss Gott Still in Vienna. Sunday. Not a good day to find out that all but 2 supermarkets were closed and those that were open were a long way from where we were staying. We could have spend 3.6 Euro each and been there in a couple of minutes but chose ... Read more >
AUSTRIA | Sunday, 20 Sep 2009 | Views [981]
Hi All, There are no Kangaroos in Austria so the sign in the store window tells me. Thanks. Would you believe another travel problem. We headed off on the metro to the train station that we arrived at on entry to catch the 923am train only to be ... Read more >
HUNGARY | Sunday, 20 Sep 2009 | Views [1041]
Hi All, We continue our rapid country transit by heading from Slovenia to Hungary to Budapest. Now this should have been a straight forward journey catch a bus to Ljubljana then directly into Budapest on the train. Seemed so simple. There was track ... Read more >
AUSTRIA | Saturday, 19 Sep 2009 | Photo Gallery
HUNGARY | Saturday, 19 Sep 2009 | Photo Gallery
SLOVENIA | Monday, 14 Sep 2009 | Photo Gallery
SLOVENIA | Monday, 14 Sep 2009 | Photo Gallery
CROATIA | Sunday, 13 Sep 2009 | Photo Gallery
CROATIA | Sunday, 13 Sep 2009 | Photo Gallery
SLOVENIA | Sunday, 13 Sep 2009 | Views [754]
Hi All, Ljubljana, Slovenia. 2.5 hr train trip. Another easy customs clearance but they stamped another blank page. We need 3 double pages for visas for russia, china and mongolia and now only have that amount of pages left so we should be fine. ... Read more >
CROATIA | Sunday, 13 Sep 2009 | Views [1007]
Hi All, We have been on the move quite a bit lately... Ferry from Dubrovnik to Split. Cheap ferry ride at 12.5 Euro each for 8hr trip. Stopped at Korcula island. Beautiful old fortified town on beach. Regretted not planning to stop there. Arrived ... Read more >
CROATIA | Monday, 7 Sep 2009 | Photo Gallery
SERBIA | Monday, 7 Sep 2009 | Photo Gallery
CROATIA | Monday, 7 Sep 2009 | Views [1122]
Hi All, Kotor into Dubrovnik. Had a lovely new bus which was packed so we were glad that we booked our tickets the previous day. What a stunning drive. This must be one of the worlds most beautiful places with sleepy villages and churches on island ... Read more >
SERBIA | Monday, 7 Sep 2009 | Views [965]
Hi All, Arrived in Kotor after a long drawn out journey. Initially boarded the bus in Zabljak for Niksic and thanked our lucky stars that we were not on the bus with the four bald tyres. We didn´t actually have to cover a great deal of distance to ... Read more >
SERBIA | Monday, 7 Sep 2009 | Views [1008]
Hi All, Zabljak. The good weather didn´t hold out. We got chased off the mountains with thunderstorms either side of us on the previous day and took it easy with a walk out to the black lake via town. We picked up a dog along the way which despite ... Read more >
SERBIA | Sunday, 30 Aug 2009 | Views [1064]
Hi All, A market story. We liked the fruit market in Sofia. The fruit was cheap and some of the nicest we have had on the trip. It was a bit of fun getting the goods with the language barrier and the head shaking being opposite to the rest of the ... Read more >
MONTENEGRO | Sunday, 30 Aug 2009 | Photo Gallery
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