http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Dav-Anji/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Dav Anji en-us Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:18:39 +0000 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:18:39 +0000 Day 52Friday 31st July Goodbye Germanyhellip. Hello Czech Republic After a great sleep in we were up packed had had our breakfast in the carpark and were away by 11am heading back towards Dresden on our way to the Czech Republic capital of Prague.After somehow managing to escape the forcefield that is Dresden we finally crossed over into the Czech Republic in the early afternoon. Flo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/blog-445155.html Day 47Sunday 26th July Long drive north back into Germanyhellip and the lsquohandbrakeingrsquo incident It was an early start to the day as the plan was to drive up to Berlin in one day if we could a good 700km away. We were packed and away from camp and the psycho lady who worked therehellip seriously she was disturbedhellip apparently our car was too noisy by 8.30am to begin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/blog-445151.html Day 43Wednesday 22nd July Day trip back into Germany to check out the Disney castle After moving our tents out to another section in the campground not sure why we just did as we were told we hit the road for our day trip back into Germany to check out Schloss Neuschwanstein the pictureperfect castle made famous at least to many children around the world by Disney. The drive there was j http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/blog-445143.html Day 40Sunday 19th July Rothenburg ob der Tauber The lovely Danish couple Ilse and Jan woke us at 10amhellip They were off for the day and both wanted to say goodbye as well as give us our amended extension cord back. Craig had got talking to Jan the night before about our issues with the camping electricity outlets being different to the adapter we had and kind Jan had a spare camping end an http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-445136.html Day 34Monday 13th July Arriving in Sailauf We had a great sleep in until the school bell woke us all up at 9am on the dot. Any hope of then getting back to sleep was of course out of the question with hundreds of screaming children without volume control running around above us.After packing up camp we headed over to the pool to spend the morning there doing some itinerary planning for the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/blog-443278.html Day 31Friday 10th July Crossing into Germany Had a fantastic sleepin until 10am the constant drizzly weather is hardly motivating and on the road just before lunch. It took us ages to finally cross into Germany as the weather was so terrible with a quick lunch break at a service station seeing us all crowded under the open boot of the car trying to avoid getting wet.On the exciting sid http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/blog-419417.html Day 26Sunday 5th July A flying trip into Aachen Germany then on to Maastericht Had a good sleepin the little cretins next door still sleepingin themselves. We really should have gone and played ball right next to their tent just to even up the score card...Packed up and away by 11am swinging into Germany to explore the city of Aachen. Once again Flo let us down with her lsquocampsiters http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/blog-419409.html Day 23Thursday 2nd July Crossing the English Channel into France and up to Brugge in Belgium After a lovely last breakfast of scrambled eggs thanks to chef Carolyn we were off and away by 9.30am leaving a poor heartbroken dog behind us Bodhi knew something was up and I have never before seen a dog sulk with such a sad sad face before...From Bedfordshire we drove straight across to Dover an http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Belgium/blog-419199.html Day 16Thursday 25th June There were a few queezy bellies in the morning and so our journey out of town was a little longer as we tried to find a KFC or McDonalds to get an infusion of greece into the hungover bodies in the car... We had no luck however and this also put us a bit off course meaning a later start to the day.Our destination for the day was Alnwick Castle where parts of the fir http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-419172.html Day 9Thursday 18th June The wind really picked up in the early morning hours causing the tarp to flap about like crazy waking all four of us... and probably all of our neighbours too. So after an early morning tarp demolition it was back to bed and a nice little deserved sleepin.The morning weather when we woke for a second time was again quite miserable so after packing all our belongings http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/blog-416374.html Day 7Tuesday 16th June The sun beating down on the tent meant an early start to the morning and so after the boys had a quick dip in the stream we were on the road again. Our first stop was the township of BetwsyCoed a cute little village that was quite sweet. We all had a walk around buying a few souvenirs and having a drink before once again hitting the road.From BetwsyCoed we said http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-416226.html Day 3Friday 12th June After packing up camp it was a couple of hours drive before we crossed over into Wales our sixth country Our destination for the night was a town called Barry on the south coast where we were staying with Lynne a lady Dav and I met in Ireland. We were a little early to go there but a little late to head into Cardiff so we stopped just outside of Barry at Cosmeston http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/blog-416211.html The preparation the packing... Back in England we were spoilt rotten with Carolyn Lucretia and Craigrsquos landlady cooking up massive feasts at each meal for the five days we were there getting ourselves organised. Needless to say it was hard to leave although she did bake up a heap of muffins and flapjacks kinda like Anzac biscuits for us to takeaway Lovely Day 1Wednesday 10th J http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/blog-414066.html Madrid The flight to Madrid was fine although our welcome to the city was not ideal... Taking the metro in from the airport into the city Dav and I were travelling up an escalator between platforms when Dav felt a slight tug on his shorts. Looking down he saw a little hand belonging to the young girl behind him on the escalator deep in his pocket fingers around his wallet and trying to p http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/blog-413356.html Ben and Laurenrsquos handcuffing ceremony Being back in Santiago after our week and a half stint in Portugal was fantastic almost like we had come home Ben and Lauren had even booked the same unit for everyone to stay in so we even had our old room again For dinner we caught up with everyone who was already in Santiago for the wedding being Benrsquos folks Ross and Caroline Laurenrs http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/Santiago-de-Compostela/blog-413339.html ...end of May... Porto Dav and I managed to grab a lift down to Portugal with Ben and Lauren as they had hired a car and were picking Laurenrsquos parents up from the airport in Porto. Their plan was to check out some of Portugal with Laurenrsquos folks and then head back up to Santiago at the end of the month in preparation for their wedding in early June.So after saying goodbye to Ben a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/blog-411526.html Santiago After completing the Camino we spent a couple of days exploring Santiago. We managed to score fantastic accommodation only 5 minutes walk to the cathedral a three bedroom apartment complete with full kitchen and washing machine fantastic news as did we have some smelly clothes badly in need of a wash. On the Saturday night while we were waiting to meet up with Ben and Lauren who http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/Santiago-de-Compostela/blog-411511.html Day 45 Tuesday 11th May Another terrible nightrsquos sleep... We were unlucky enough to have one of the two snorers in the whole room right beside us... So again we were up early no point just lying there listening to his rumble and off on our last dayrsquos walk. We only had about 20km to walk to reach Santiago but it was actually quite tougher than Irsquod hoped as Irsquod alread http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/Santiago-de-Compostela/blog-411507.html Day 44 Monday 11th May I woke a few times to a silent room which was just lovely... but then someone obviously rolled on their backs and the snoring started... So since we were all awake we got up at 6.30pm and started the day. It was very obvious that we were now on the Frances route with constant clear arrows... although Dav and I somehow still managed to get distracted and lost taking a s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/blog-411505.html Day 43 Sunday 10th May The day that greeted us was once again beautiful with blue skies but not too hot. The path today was the best in quite a few days as now that we have joined up with the Coastal Camino we are on a more travelled route complete with lovely gravel paths following the road so much nicer on the feet than bitumen.We made really good time reaching Arzua just after 1pm. We http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/blog-411504.html