France
Getting There
Channel Tunnel via Calais
Dates and Days
Start: 21
June 2002
End: 29
June 2002
9 Days
To See
Travelling with Dan on motorcycles.
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Where
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What
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Days
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Dates
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Big Travel Day
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London to Normandy
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1
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21/06/02
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Normandy
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Arromanches, WW2 Beaches, Bayeux, Mont
Saint Michel
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3
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22 – 24/06/02
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Brittany
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Saint Malo, Quimper
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2
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25-26/06/02
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Loire Valley
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Blois, Chateau de Chambord, Chateau de
Chenonceau
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1
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27/06/02
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Big Travel Day
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Split up with Dan and sprint to Marseille
to get the ferry to Corsica on the 29th at 2015. Ferry is overnight and lands at .
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2
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28-29/06/02
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Rough guide only. Dates most
subject to change.
Corsica
Getting There
Via ferry. Marseille to Ajaccio. Then ride
to Porto Vecchio and the villa near Tarco
Dates and Days
Start: Arrive
at 7.00am on 30/06/02
End: 07/07/02
8 Days
To See
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Where
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What
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Days
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Dates
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Corsica
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Various
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30/06/02 – 06/07/02
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Big Travel Day
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Ferry to Sardina from Bonifacio. Ferry takes about 2 hours
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1
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07/07/02
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Rough guide only. Dates most
subject to change.
Italy
Getting There
If possible, try and get a ferry from
Corsica to Napoli OR
Go to Sardinia, stay a few days then catch
the ferry to Napoli from Cagliari
Ride up from Napoli
Dates and Days
Start: 07/07/02
End: 22/07/02
17 Days
To See
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Where
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What
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Days
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Dates
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Sardina
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Main attractions. Need to take ferry from Cagliari to Naples
(Leaves 18:30 takes 16hrs)
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3
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07-09/07/02
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Napoli
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Pompeii, Sorrento, Capri, Mt Vesuvius,
Herculaneum.
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4
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09-12/07/02
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Big Travel Day
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Napoli to Siena (stop at Montecassino on
the way)
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1
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13/07/02
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Siena (Toscana)
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Medieval city
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1
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14/07/02
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Toscana
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Countryside
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2
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15-16/07/02
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Firenze (Toscana)
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Main attractions
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2
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17-18/07/02
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Pisa (Toscana)
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Leaning Tower
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1
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19/07/02
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The Cinque Terra (Liguria)
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Cool villages along the coast.
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1
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20/07/02
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Verona
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1
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21/07/02
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Big Travel Day
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Verona to Slovenia
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1
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22/07/02
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Rough guide only. Dates most
subject to change.
Slovenia
Getting There
Cross at Gorizia and go along the border to
Bled. Will be pushing to make Verona to
Bled in a day but possible if I get up early.
Dates and Days
Start: 23/07/02
End: 26/07/02
4 Days
To See
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Where
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What
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Days
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Dates
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Big Travel Day
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From Italian Border to Bled. Possibly good roads in the Julian Alps
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1
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23/07/01
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Bled
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Castle, Lake
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1
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24/07/02
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Ljubljana
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Capitol of Slovenia
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2
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25-26/07/02
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Rough guide only. Dates most
subject to change.
Croatia
Getting There
From Ljubljana, Zagreb is about 200kms or a
morning’s ride.
Dates and Days
Start: 27/07/02
End: 01/08/02
6 Days
To See
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Where
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What
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Days
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Dates
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Zagreb
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Drive from Ljubljana. Check out city.
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2
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27-28/07/01
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Big Travel Day
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Zagreb to Split along coast road (meant
to be good)
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1
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29/07/02
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Split
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Old Town. Palace of Diocletian
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1
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30/07/02
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Dubrovnik
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Morning ride from Split to
Dubrovnik. Medieval city by coast
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2
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31/07/02 – 01/08/02
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Rough guide only. Dates most
subject to change.
Bosnia-Hercegovina
Getting There
Mornings ride from Dubrovnik to
Mostar. Stay on asphalt as lots of
landmines still about (shudder). UN (aka smurfs because of their blue helmets)
are pretty much in control and Sarajevo is starting to go off.
Dates and Days
Start: 02/08/02
End: 05/08/02
4 Days
To See
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Where
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What
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Days
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Dates
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Mostar
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Morning ride from Dubrovnik. Medieval
buildings in afternoon
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1
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02/08/02
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Sarajevo
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Full mornings ride from Mostar. Look around Sarajevo. Sniper Alley where
trams now run.
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2
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03-04/08/02
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Big Travel Day
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Travel to Pecs in Hungary through Bosnia
and Slovenia. Via Banja Luka in Bosnia.
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1
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05/08/02
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Rough guide only. Dates most
subject to change.
Hungary
Getting There
From Sarajevo to Pecs
Dates and Days
Start: 06/08/02
End: 09/08/02
4 Days
To See
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Where
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What
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Days
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Dates
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Pecs
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Another large and historical city
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1
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06/08/02
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Budapest
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Travel to Budapest from Pecs. Capital of
Hungary. Baths. Castle. Old Town.
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2
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07-08/08/02
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Danube Bend
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Palaces overlooking the river. Szentendre,
Visegrad. Finish in Bratislava
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1
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09/08/02
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Rough guide only. Dates most
subject to change.
Slovakia
Getting There
From Gyor to Bratislava
Dates and Days
Start: 09/08/02
End: 14/08/02
6 Days
To See
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Where
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What
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Days
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Dates
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Bratislava
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See the sights. Party with Dan
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3
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09-11/08/02
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E75, E50
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Trencin, Tatra/Carpathian Mountains,
Levoca, cross border into Poland near Muszyna. Head for Krakow.
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3
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12-14/08/02
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Rough guide only. Dates most
subject to change.
Poland
Getting There
From Muszyna on the Polish border
Dates and Days
Start: 15/08/02
End: 23/08/02
9 Days
To See
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Where
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What
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Days
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Dates
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Krakow
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City
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2
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15-16/08/02
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Oswiecim
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Auschwitz/Birkenau. Stay overnight in nearbt youth hostel
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1
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17/08/02
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Warsaw
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Full morning ride to Warsaw. See sights
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3
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18-20/08/02
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Malbork
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Teutonic Knights Castle
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1
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21/08/02
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Gizycko
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Hitlers Wolf’s Lair
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1
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22/08/02
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Big Travel Day
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Hitlers Wolf’s Lair to Vilnius
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1
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23/08/02
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Rough guide only. Dates most
subject to change.
Lithuania
Getting There
From Warsaw
Dates and Days
Start: 24/08/02
End: 26/08/02
4 Days
To See
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Where
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What
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Days
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Dates
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Vilnius
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City
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2
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24-25/08/02
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Riga via Kaunas and Siauliai
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Kaunas is the ‘heart of Lithuania’.
Siauliai has the hill of crosses.
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2
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25-26/08/02
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Rough guide only. Dates most
subject to change.
Latvia
Getting There
From Vilnius
Dates and Days
Start: 27/08/02
End: 03/09/02
8 Days (includes travel to Sweden)
To See
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Where
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What
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Days
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Dates
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Riga
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City, catch up with Julia & Sveta,
party with Dan, day trips out to other parts of Latvia.
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6
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27/08/02 – 01/09/02
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Travel to Sweden by Ferry via Riga or
Tallinn (more probable)
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Hopefully can get summer ferry to
Stockholm. Otherwise, will need to travel to Tallinn and get ferry from
there.
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2
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02-03/09/02
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Rough guide only. Dates most
subject to change.
Sweden
Getting There
From Riga or Tallinn via ferry
Dates and Days
Start: 04/09/02
End: 08/09/02
5 Days (includes travel to Sweden)
To See
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Where
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What
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Days
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Dates
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Stockholm
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City, Drottningholm and other nearbt
palaces.
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3
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04-06/09/02
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Gothenburg
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Drive from Stockholm, Check out villages along the way.
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1
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07/09/02
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Malmo
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Catch ferry to Copenhagen. Is there a bridge?
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1
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08/09/02
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Rough guide only. Dates most
subject to change.
Denmark
Getting There
From Malmo or similar via ferry or bridge
if there is one.
Dates and Days
Start: 08/09/02
End: 08/09/02
5 Days (includes travel to Sweden)
To See
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Where
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What
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Days
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Dates
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Copenhagen
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City
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3
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08-10/09/02
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North Zealand
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Drive around castles, beaches and wood
lands
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1
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11/09/02
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Somewhere else in Denmark then onto
Germany.
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Somewhere else followed by Big Travel Day
to Germany
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2
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12-13/09/02
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Rough guide only. Dates most
subject to change.
Germany, Czech Republic, Holand and Belgium
Getting There
From Denmark.
Dates and Days
Start: 14/09/2
End: 20/10/02
36 Days
To See
Haven’t got time at moment to add
everything in so just high-level
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Where
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What
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Days
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Dates
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Germany
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Berlin, Dresden, Munich, riding along the
Rhine, Cologne, Oktober Fest
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Czech Republic
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Prague and a few outlying places
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Holland
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Chilling in Amsterdam and a few other
cities
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Belgium
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Bruges, WW1 battlefields
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Big Travel Day
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Back to London via Calais
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Rough guide only. Dates most
subject to change.
