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We have done it! Sold the house and farm and we are off to see the world. A pair of old-ish Australians who plan to see it all before the backs, hips and knees make it all too hard. We will be on the road, sea or air for as long as it takes.

We have seen a fair bit of the world already but there is still a lot for us to see and to experience. This is the project that is now underway. Unlike the projects that we have undertaken for the last 40 years or so there is no timeline with this one. Of course, unlike the projects that we have carried out for the last 40 years or so, no one is paying for this one. With any luck our funds will outlast our desire to look around the next corner or over the next hill.

Our biggest challenge, and we will do our best to meet it, is to take our time, move slowly and give ourselves time to experience places. We are not always good at this but we will give it a go.

We hope to see you along the way.

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By Slowfeet
October 31st 2009

We're... In London Still Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London

Katie Price signing books.
Getting to know these celebs wandering about eh?

And so we are in London. My Mum would be pleased that we are finally visiting the UK properly. The rest of the world is there and important, of course, but the UK is really the place you should visit. Better still, I know, that we get ourselves up to Scotland but London and its area is good for now. We have been here before but only for 5 days and we were pretty busy doing the visa shuffle in preparation for a trip through to Russia and along the Silk Road. Still a bit of visa work going on and [View Full Entry]

By Slowfeet
October 26th 2009

Northampton on a Rellie Run Europe » United Kingdom » England » Northamptonshire » Northampton

Pretty Typical
This doesn't look so bad. Gets a bit busier when all of the cars come home.

It is possible to get the impression that they don't get a lot of tourists in Northampton, or perhaps that tourists are pretty insignificant in the scheme of things. Not for a moment did did we feel unwelcome and we were always treated well. There are some indications though. There are signs, for instance, to the Tourist Information Centre around the town area but actually finding it is difficult. You need to go into a theatre where there is no indication that there might be any information, wander about watching people practising for plays, past small groups having cups of tea [View Full Entry]

By Slowfeet
October 20th 2009

This Time For Real Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane

Queensland Road
Used TomTom to find the shortest route. Only done the trip 20 times but still took us a different way. Possibly 100km shorter overall.

It has been a while since I posted. My apologies to those who look to this blog for light relief. I almost put something up a few weeks ago to say that we were back on the road again but we had to quickly rearrange things, cancel the flights and spend some time in Canberra. This time though we are on our way. The plan on our return to Australian on 25 July was very simple. We would drive to Darwin from Brisbane, finish the loading of the shipping containers with our gear, have them collected and then scurry back to [View Full Entry]

By Slowfeet
July 22nd 2009

Midnight Sun - There are Pros and Cons Europe » Norway

Beasties
There are many, many of these about

If you never have enough hours in the day, always struggling to get the planned activities completed in the allocated timeframe and always pushing the hours out then 24 solid hours of sunshine repeated every day for a couple of months sounds like a godsend. Certainly sounded that way to us when we moved across the Arctic Circle into the land where the midnight sun was shining brightly - well actually it was pouring rain but you know what I mean. And just a side note for the disbelievers, among which I might have been numbered until a few weeks ago. [View Full Entry]

By Slowfeet
July 17th 2009

Through Sweden and Finland to the Top Europe » Norway » Nord-Norge » Nordkapp

Flash Bridge

An apology is in order. The Danes aren't alone in Scandinavia in their capacity to charge. The rest of Scandinavia is right there with them, although we have concluded that Sweden offered a little more for our money than the others have so far. The prices are not really unexpected but they do make you blanch a little. And what is the Australian GST? A pissy little 10% was it? Try whacking 25% on everything you buy, or at least everything that we seem to have bought to date. We decided to make this run up and around Scandinavia because we [View Full Entry]

By Slowfeet
July 5th 2009

Running From the Rain - Budget Takes a Hit Europe » Denmark » Region Midtjylland » Nyborg

Main River
in Frankfurt. Not as ugly as they said

We had a plan. We reckon that it was as well-considered and reasonable as possible, given the scope and nature of the project. Traveling around the world, and in the way that we are doing it, requires management of many variables, some of which are definitely going to be a surprise when they arise. We knew that there would be countries that would be cheaper than others and we set our budget to take this into proper account. We also knew that Europe would be up with the most expensive places and that countries like Vietnam and India should be a [View Full Entry]

By Slowfeet
June 22nd 2009

Little Old Slovakia Europe » Slovakia » Bratislava Region » Bratislava

Mihalovce
The scene of the forgotten bag drama involving a quick sprint, a very nice lady and lots of resolutions

Starting to wonder whether this plan to post on each country makes sense but I will try to keep it up for a bit longer. So what do we know about Slovakia? There was one of those filler programs on TV program that focused on British people who bought houses in Slovakia. It basically showed a beautiful country that had cheap houses and an easy atmosphere. Slovakia used to be part of Czechoslovakia until the Velvet Revolution when the Communist regime was removed and elections were fought by more than one party. Slovakia supplied a couple of Prime Ministers at least [View Full Entry]

By Slowfeet
June 21st 2009

Magyarorszag Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest

Szeged
A lovely building of its type nicely restored or maintained

We have become used to easy and quick border crossings, even between countries who don't always get on, so it came as a bit of a surprise to spend over 2 hours making the crossing from Serbia to Hungary. The queue on the Serbian side was long but it paled into insignificance with the one on the Hungarian side. Luckily there was a toilet in the area between the control gates. No drama at all at the acutal gates. The Serbian people were friendly and relaxed and the Hungarians the same. The Hungarian customs checker - interested in grog, cigarettes and [View Full Entry]

By Slowfeet
June 18th 2009

Serbia - Deserves a Mention Europe » Serbia

Construction Underway

'Why would you want to go there?' Delivered in a flat, cold tone by a woman who had been scrupulously fair and reasonable in our discussions when we mentioned that we intended to travel through Serbia. She was Slovenian though and that may have been part of the reason. Signs on the motorway from Zagreb only started to indicate that we were on our way to Belgrade after we were well on the way. Croatians just don't mention the place. In Montenegro there is a much greater acceptance and friendliness towards Serbia and, of course, the two seem to have been [View Full Entry]

By Slowfeet
June 16th 2009

Hanging Out in Hrvatska Europe » Croatia

The Road

Croatia - now get that out of Hrvatska. Not that easy, at least for me. You are supposed to be able to. Hrvatska is the name of the country after all. A lady in Austria pronounced it for me but I had no hope of copying her. The only effect for me is one a little like the one a lot of Chinese blokes are looking for first thing in the morning. I have to say that Croatian does not seem to be the most romantic of languages and, in this and a number of other ways, it is similar to [View Full Entry]

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