Day 10 Borjomi to Verkhnyi Lars (24th May)
We were woken at 4 am by voices near the van and peaked out of the window to see some folk unloading their potted plants and cacti behind the car … Read more
We were woken at 4 am by voices near the van and peaked out of the window to see some folk unloading their potted plants and cacti behind the car … Read more
The road climbs continuously from Gumushane through a number of tunnels until it reaches a pass at a height of 2,409 metres. There are snow-covered peaks on three sides while … Read more
The landscape on the way from Gerede to Samsun changes after Merzifon from low bush-covered hills to much higher hills and tall needle-type poplars began to appear in the valley … Read more
We set off early in the mornng after discovering that a large fleet of trucks had parked round us during the night. The landscape on the road from Kavalla to … Read more
Day 6 Meteora to Kavalla We got to the tour office for 08.30 and were taken on a bus to pick up other participants in the tour. The bus wound … Read more
The landscape from Skopje through Northern Macedonia and into Greece consists of rolling hills covered in dense shrub vegetation with the road meandering between the hills or powering its way … Read more
We woke up early and I bought 4 chocolate croisants from the Autogrill place for breakfast. We arrived at the Fusina campsite in good time and found it flooded due … Read more
Day 3 Offenburg to Vicenza After surviving a traffic jam in Freiberg we took the road to Donaueschingen (the source of the Danube) after a long series of hairpin bends … Read more
It would be nice if there was just one straight motorway running from Ypres to Karlsruhe. But there isn’t. Even using the satnav, we managed to get lost in Kortrijk, … Read more
Day 1 is traditionally the most boring day of our trip, and wasn’t helped by the need to drive to Birmingham to get the water flowing through the tap in … Read more