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Russy, France Six months ago, we boarded a plane and began the trip of a lifetime. Since then, we have travelled across the largest continent and seen so much. With our tongues firmly wedged in our cheeks, here are some noteworthy statistics: Countries visited (including revisits) 22 Litres of Fuel purchased 3264.5 for the car…
Oldenburg, Germany Now we’re back in Germany and we have to kill a couple of days before I can collect my Ausweise, so we headed north to Bremerhaven for a few nights. We found a campground at a place called “Spadener See” which was an older campground but was undergoing renovations – the bathrooms were…
Chojnice, Poland This is not a paid advertisement… but, If you are ever in need of work on your 4WD and you happen to find yourself in Poland, then call on these guys – Trasek Off-Road (http://www.trasek.com.pl/). They did a great job on the poor old Troopy – from diagnosing problems that we could face…
Overschild, Netherlands Now that our final commitment has been met (the Vierdaagse), it’s time to start exploring Europe. Oh, but wait – I have to go back to Oldenburg for an appointment at the Ausländerbüro to arrange my Ausweise. So, after a relaxing weekend to recover from the strain of walking so much, it was…
Nijmegen, Netherlands As many of you may know, Nick has been involved with the Royal Australian Air Force as a Reservist. As such, he has been a military participant the in the Four Day Marches which are held in Nijmegen, The Netherlands every July. The Dutch have a quaint organisation that governs “Road Marching” and…
Zwolle, Netherlands We are in Germany – to some sense of normalcy and logic! We made it to Berlin in plenty of time to get to our accommodation and then across town to my sister’s place as I was booked to cook dinner for my sister, her husband (Kate & Dave) as well as the…
Sopot, Poland I have to admit that originally, I wasn’t going to write a blog about our stay in Sopot but was planning on combining it into the next planned blog once we got to Germany. But, our visit here has been very eventful and therefore worthy of it’s own blog entry! When we were…
Kaliningrad, Russia Kaliningrad used to be Königsberg and was the capital of Prussia (before German Unification in 1871). Post-WW2, the name was changed by the Soviets after it was annexed. Because of its location, bounded by Lithuania, Poland & the Baltic Sea, it was a closed state and was only opened up to visitors about…
Trakai, Lithuania Leaving Russia wasn’t too painful – in fact, it wasn’t painful at all! However, let’s talk Border crossings…Ivangorod is the town on the Russian side of the border and it looks like it’s an old town, i.e. pre-dating the Soviet era. As a result, the roads are twisting and narrow-ish, which is not…
St. Petersburg, Russia As a nut interested in Napoleonic history, MJ really enjoyed her visit to Borodino. And that now completes her participation in the Tour of Napoleonic Battlefields – we saw Waterloo on our family jaunt to Europe in 2000, so enough is enough. Though I may let her visit some when we get…
Nick & MJ On The Road 