Derangered

Hello again, Ive found a slightly cheaper alternative to net cafe's in Norway and that's using the internet in Sweden! How much easier can it be than to travel accross the border to use the net? It's not THAT much cheaper, probably save like $5aud althogether but thats better than nothing I think. I survived my first 11 days in Norway and looking back I didnt spend half as much as suspected but that's because im not constantly forking out for sightseeing excursions or museums, one reason for that is that most had already closed for the season, so I didnt see any 'Whale Museums' in the North or 'Seal Bashing Halls of Fame, with hands on Simulation Fun' which I would have liked, well at least some 'learn about how it all works here in ... read more

I finally made it to a netcafe but its not cheap in Norway, nope, not at all but I need to get this journal done because time is unravelling so fast on this trip that there is almost no time to keep getting these journals done, I worked out there's 3 more after this one but maybe ill have to do 2 from home and that doesnt sound like a travel journal at all, just a regular journal. So I better get started or ill never get it done. I didnt check my email for 6 days and had quite a few replies to get through but now all distractions have ended and I may continue here unheeded. This journal will cover my brief Swedish encounter with the awesome capital Stockholm and then a rather cheap ... read more

Im kinda angry becaue travel blog screwed up my last journal because I "maxed out" the text and the last 5 lines I tried to write would be deleted every time I tried to save, so instead of finishing Western Europe off in one last journal, I have to have a lingering Hamburg 3 night stay to write about in this one, which I wanted dedicated to Copenhagen and the Baltic ferry crossings, of which there were two. So instead of complaing I should start typing this new journal up. So yeah, you may gorge your eyes and rot your spare time reading my journey from Hamburg, including a run in with the "run off" from Wacken Openair festival, which if you dont know it yet, you soon will. After a big night on the town ... read more

I Loved Belgium but this part of my journey cannot be fully documented due to my choice of accomodation. I stayed with a friend and his family and my friend reads my journals and well... I dont want to be too honest because I certainly have no intention of offending him or his family or even the extended people who I met during my stay. Ill have to tread very carefully and try very hard to be entertaining but if I have nothing to complain about it's usually too boring. I guess time will tell and my readers (including my Belgian host) will be the judge. So let me begin this tale, one which spans 12 days, 12 of the best days of my trip so far, to be exact. The trip spans an early exit ... read more

My last night in Aumbach there was a giant thunderstorm and it started a fire somewhere near the town and the local fire brigade was summoned, but german outback style, via means of an air-raid siren. I could have sworn the allies had returned for one last bombing run and it freaked me out. I took it as a good as sign as any that I made a good decision to leave that next morning. The first leg of my european loop; first stop Zurich in Switzerland and then the 'quiet' town of Interlaken in Switzerland. My four fantatic weeks in Bavaria had come to a close and as I took the dog for one final last walk in the woods I realised how much I would miss that place but this was a small section ... read more