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A trundle around Europe
How do all
This is my first post so here goes - I am planning to leave mid April to Santander across to Portugal then doing an anti clockwise, sort of circle of Europe going to Andorra, France, Monaco, Italy, Vatican City, San Marino, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia and Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia then the ferry to Finland up through Sweden to Nordkapp in Norway, back to Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg then home to dear old Blighty.
I am reckoning on 3 months to do it in and the first and last parts will be two up with the memsahib (Helen), the rest I am doing alone. We are taking camping gear as we need to keep the costs down as much as possible. I also found an interesting site that may help with this (you probably know about it anyway) that I am thinking about registering with - Free Accommodation world wide through Hospitality Exchange - Hospitality Club
We have toured Western Europe quite a bit but never the eastern countries so I am really looking forward to a taste of the different cultures.
My original plan was to do the trip on a Velocette 500, but whilst kick starting it I tore the muscles in my calf (an old injury that I thought had healed), so I am back to using my 1150 GS which is a much more sensible option anyway (funny how you get these silly ideas in your head isn’t it!).
What I would like to know from any of you galloping globetrotters is, are there any places that I would be crazy to miss or crazy to go to? On one of the forums someone said not to do the Mediterranean coast but didn’t say why, is it traffic, boring slow roads, expensive area or what.
Any tips and help for any of the countries will be very much appreciated.
Thanks Les
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