The plan:
Covering five countries: Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland and Italy
Along 6 major European rivers: Elbe, Vltava, Danube, Inn, Etsch and Po (the Lala is a dipsy bit tinkywinky at the moment)
Over a few big hills: The Šumava mountains in southern Bohemia and crossing the Alps by the old Roman route known as the Via Claudia Augusta.
Travelling a distance of about 2500 km (hopefully) in about 4-5 weeks.
The stages:
Week 1: Down the Elbe/Vltava rivers to Prague - nice and flat
Week 2: Through the southern Czech Republic and over the Šumava - hills and moderate mountains
Week 3: Along the Danube/Inn towards the Alps - mainly flat (we think)
Week 4: Past Innsbruck and over the Alps - er, probably a bit difficult at times
Week 5: Rolling down the Alps into Italy and along the Po to Bologna - spaghetti time!
Here is a (very rough) overview of the full itinerary (click to enlarge):
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The journey begins July 1, 2007...
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6 comments:
Piggin hell!! That'd better be some seriously good pasta sauce !!! (especially for an ex-veggie! ;-p )
Wow! What a trip! You'll have an amazing time and I'm dead jealous. Just think of all the guilt free, huge meals you'll be able to have in loads of interesting little restaurants along the way. -
"Balls meat" anyone? (http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6075/2807/1600/CIMG0758.jpg )
Hopefully it's not the rainy season in all those countries you'll be passing through! Make a nice change.
Can't wait to hear more of your journey. Good luck when you set off, I'll be keeping an avid eye on the blog. And remember, try not to go in any circles!!
Have fun.
Cheers Nils!
I'm presuming our Stockholm tour last year will be valuable experience. I now know some of the things not to do, like big balls meat lunches, having dodgy rain gear, weird maps...
And I will try and do Neil-style stretching more often this time: http://www.musicforinternet.com/ben/neilonway.jpg
Der Mutter wird es schon jetzt ganz schlecht, aber heutzutage gilt das ja nichts!
Don't worry mum, I'll take my
parachute. :-D
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Hello Tina und Ben,
das ist doch ein tolles Idee, so ein blog zu machen, ich werde oft dadrin kucken!
viel Spass und Glück (wegen das Wetter),
ihre Hélène Hinze
Merci Helene!
C'etatit un super weekend avec vous a Oxford!
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