Round The World Travel – Packing and Gear List

Still in Lithuania, Vilnius this time (the capital). Seems very nice. Authentic old world city.

Lithuania. I was on the way to Vilnius (the capital) an someone told me to come here so I . . . → Read More: Kaunas

Capital of Latvia.

Long day. Boat, bus then another boat. Staying in Tallinn a couple of days.

All very nice. Spent a week or so here and in Falun. Will write more later.

Bit run down in places. Pavement in bad condition here and there. But still nice. And nice people too. . . . → Read More: Oslo

Yes, it’s wonderful. Went to see the little mermaid of course. Most interesting part was the journey here. Huge . . . → Read More: Copenhagen

Been here before, maybe 20 years ago? Still looks the same, more coffee shops than I remember now, though. . . . → Read More: Amsterdam

Same as Luxembourg, just passing through (all the trains from Berlin to Amsterdam were full, so went through Belgium)

OK not a real visit, just on the way to the next city. Had a quick look around, though, . . . → Read More: Luxembourg

The one major city in Europs I always wanted to see but never did. I wanted to come here . . . → Read More: Berlin

Oh Vienna, (Rigsby’s cat’s name). Passing through, looks very nice from the train, even though it is raining. I’ve . . . → Read More: Vienna

Slovenia. Just south of Austria and just east of Venice so get a lot of people here on the . . . → Read More: Ljubljana

Croatia. OK here, still very hot, although had a spot of rain today.

Nice church that looked like the . . . → Read More: Zagreb

Bosnia and Herzegovina. What a surprise. A very nice little town. Bullet holes everywhere too but lots of history. . . . → Read More: Sarajevo

Another ‘B’, didn’t stay here long, very hot, though (38 degrees?) And humid. Lots of buildings with bomb and . . . → Read More: Belgrade

Hungary. Funny how lots of European capitals begin with the letter ‘B’. Berlin, Bratislava, Bucharest, Belgrade, Brussels, Bern, Budapest . . . → Read More: Budapest

It’s in Slovakia. The capital I believe. Just stopped off between trains, walked down to the Danube and back. . . . → Read More: Bratislava

Not much to say about this place. It has a museum feel, not the site of a mass murder, . . . → Read More: Auschwitz-Birkenau

Krakow was nice, stayed at nice hostel and ate traditional food like a real tourist.

Really just a stopping . . . → Read More: Krakow

Technically, didn’t really go to Warsaw, just the railway station, which kind of counts.

The parts of Warsaw I . . . → Read More: Warsaw

Six countries in about 24 hours.  Trains started in Spain, passed through France, Switzerland, Austria, Germany then Czech Republic.

. . . → Read More: Prague

Wanted to see Eiger north face (Eigerwand). Train from Pamplona to Irun, Hendaye to Geneva, then famous Geneva to . . . → Read More: Grindelwald

July, Pamplona, only one thing going on, seven day San Fermin festival. Can not describe what it is like, . . . → Read More: Pamplona

Back to Madrid, then on to Lisbon. Everywhere you go in Spain you have to go via Madrid it . . . → Read More: Lisbon

Went here for one reason only, to see Gibraltar (not Morocco, did that years ago). Stayed in nice (cheap, . . . → Read More: Algerciras

Wanted to go from Cartagena to Algerciras, no direct train as noted before. Only way to get there via . . . → Read More: Madrid

Spent the day walking around Cartagena, about 5-6 miles. Ate lunch on a bench in the train station, fresh . . . → Read More: Birthday

Absolutely nothing happens in this village. Most exciting thing today was waking up to find that there was no . . . → Read More: Water cut

Walked from Los Nietos to Los Belones today. Not bad walk, past fields full of ripe melons. Very hot, . . . → Read More: Buses

In Los Nietos. Translates quite literally as ‘The Grandchidren’, as in ‘What are you dong this weekend?’, ‘Oh, I . . . → Read More: Los Nietos

Took the bus to the end of the peninsula today to Veneziola. About £1. Had to wait over an . . . → Read More: Veneziola

Sitting in a café today, a bloke drove past in quite a nice car, custom job, could hear the . . . → Read More: Ra-ra…

Just ate at a two fork restaurant. The Spanish have a fork system for restaurant rating, but it is based on . . . → Read More: Manga, Manga

First night sleeping outside. Beach house was locked so had to sleep on the balcony. Not bad, though. Front . . . → Read More: La Manga

Stayed at the Carlos III first night, very nice hotel, recommend it. Small room but very clean, under 50 . . . → Read More: Cartagena

Back again (for the second time). Stayed in Hotel Ingles the first night which was OK (i.e. cheap) and . . . → Read More: Barcelona

Second largest city in France. Seems quite small, though. Metro has 2 lines which cross eachother, also buses and . . . → Read More: Marseille

Left London today, Eurostar and TGV to Marseille.