Don't Spare The Horses October 18th 2017 The best laid plans don't always work out. We'd booked this trip ages ago for a spot of R not R on the Czech beer. The mission was cast into doubt by the Ryanair scheduling fiasco. Flights cancelled. Pilot holidays take precedence. In all fairness, pilots are somewhat essential and the Pardubice express wasn't on the Michael O'Leary list of casualties. We were off. Well we would be once the car wa ... read more
Europe » Czech Republic » Pardubice Region » Pardubice Following the First World War, the closely related Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, the new country's leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the demands of ot... ... read more
The original purpose of the blog was the 20th wedding anniversary trip in 2006 / 2007 - Ashes cricket in Oz, setting off early in April and going the long way round!
The trip came to an end in February 2007 and for a while retrospective blogging was the only option (for reasons that you can find in the Road to Freedom).
There are still two to travel and the passport is now back in use in 2009. We get distracted in more than the odd football ground along the way, but it is all part of the journey.... full info