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Europe » Portugal » Sintra » Cabo da Roca July 1st 2009

got to airport 2hours early to pick philippa up. had a bit bother working out how much parking cost and walked on some train tracks a few times.ha ross got wrong off some miserable cow for sitting on the barrier, what a stare! decided to drive to cabo da roca tnight and through some fog and be scared. found the lighthouse in the end and we're all ready for bed now after figuring out what that noise was!!!! ... read more
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Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto June 29th 2009

we got to porto on the night and managed to make our way to la ribera. we got there and we got ready to go out but found that everywhere was closed for fuck sake! we got back and taylor started to cook. we made friends with 2 old women who insisted trying to talk to us in Portuguese thinking we would understand. as usual every1 relied on me to talk! they told us the police would end up causing a fuss with us parked where we were parked because the whole area was a public transport area for taxi's, busses and trams. they ended up pinching about 5fags and a glass of port but in return they give us a glass of home made wine, 4croissant type things, 4pears and a brush to clean the ... read more
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Europe » Spain » Castile & León » Salamanca June 28th 2009

we were supposed to stay another night in madrid but decided not to after what happened last night and because pretty much everyone knew that we were in a bright orange camper van! we then set off again, for porto, but decided to stop off at salamanca and selpt at a service station with a shower....and what a lush shower it was....even if the door was hanging off! there was lots of history in salamanca.ha i got knighted, and taylor lost his camera! ... read more
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Europe » Spain » District of Madrid » Madrid June 27th 2009

right then....next capital we started to head towards madrid. we got so far and everything turned to mountains and i was worried about Jim. we decided to stop at a service station as we hadn't seen one for miles. it was literally cut out of a mountain. we parked up in between 2 lorries and had our first john wests! the next day we woke up and it was canny hot. there was some hells angels on motorbikes next to us and me and danilo went over to talk to them. one of them was apparently an arrab.ha taylor was having problems with his phone so spent about 2hours and £20 sorting it out. we got to madrid canny late and it was a saturday night so it was busy. we found it hard to find ... read more
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Europe » France » Île-de-France » Paris June 26th 2009

finally got to paris but couldnt seem to find the car park we found last year. we eventually found it and it had never changed, exactly the same. we parked up, ross had an accident....then danilo and taylor shit in a bucket behind the burger van!ha....then we cooked food beside a shitty wetwipe! we walked up under the eiffel tour and found out that Michael Jackson was dead, wtf! a few people heard our conversation and started asking questions then i decided to tell some french police who weren't too impressed, one of them didn't even say anything, he just looked at me, so i walked off! we sat on a bench in the park looking for black people with hats on!ha....then danilo got shat on by a bird in a tree. i asked some french ... read more
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Europe » France » Nord-Pas de Calais » Calais June 25th 2009

we parked up at the same place as last year in calais. as soon as we parked up, an unmarked police car pulled up beside us and decided to search us. they even wanted to know what the metal pole was for. when we told them it was the table leg they said ok. they only decided to search me and made me empty out all my pockets. they asked us if we had any drugs then they told us there was a political stir going on and there were riots in calais that night we seen a gang of people shouting and making loads of noise, walking in the streets. when police arrived they were still shouting and making loads of noise right outside the police car, at the police. we ended up in a ... read more
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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Kent » Dover June 24th 2009

we drove to dover today. it took longer than i remembered from last year. another difference from last year is that we missed the ferry! was ok though because as long as we were within 2 hours we could get on the next one.... read more
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