Europa 2008 - the 1st month of travel

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June 13th 2008

Published: June 13th 2008

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kris mashman

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Poulets a GO GO! - this one is for you Jimmy ;)

I have been on the road for a month now. Not had much opportunity to update an online blog. However i am keeping a personal journal that i update nearly every day. Something that i hope will keep me relatively sane! I aim to update this online blog every now and then when i can, and also to put my favourite photos here.

So.... the 1st month, very briefly.... I left Bristol, UK on 14th May. Ferry Dover to Calais. Spent a bit of time near Saint Omer (not far from Calais). Visited Florian in Paris and undertook a night time bicycle tour of the city. Then via Dijon to Switzerland.

Visited the H.R.Giger museum in the Freiborg region, that was pretty cool! After switzerland i crossed the alps by tunnel which cost about £25 to enter!!! But seeing as there was a major storm and a torrential down pour at the time i consider it was the safest option!

Roads in italy are pretty bad, unless you pay to use the autostrada, But it is usually best to pay the toll. I whizzed it down to Pennabilli (about 30km south of Rimini) a mountain town where there

Paris - boats on the Seine

was the street artist festival.

After the festival i spent a few hours in San Marino, then headed to the coast between Cattolice and Pesaro. Found a camp spot with a bella vista! stayed there for a few days then journeyed down to Lago Trasimeno where i stayed by the lake for a few more days.

Now i am in Perugia. An interesting city that has the old town atop a massive hill.... or even a mountain. Fortunately there is a monorail station (metromini) very near to where i am parked so it is cheap and easy to go up the hill to the old town. There are many winding narrow streets that are great to explore. Think i will stay a few days as it is the 1st city in Italy that i have visited on this trip that has really appealed to me.

Check the photos as they probably say much more than i have compressed into a few paragraphs here!

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