Thursday, 22 April 2010

Monday 19th April



slept well, woken once by noises, Lee said he saw a large wolf like dog-or wolf-we don't know, it was trying to get into one of the bins,,,, Yesterday we washed, cleaned and cooked so today none of that nonsense.....Bacon and egg for us, weetabix for Beverley, then off to Bran Castle......3pm The castle was as Beverley said "Brilliant and good fun" and Lee "Big and high with so many tiny steps"....there was plenty to look at and read about Vlad the impaler and of course Dracula----great fun ---souveigner shops everywhere,,Lee managed to talk Beverley into buying a T.shirt, it was only £5 but Beverley insisted she could make one for less, she wouldn't buy anything else!!!!! Finished with a picnic in castle grounds........Temp is 20 degrees---Lee changed wheel bearing, I re-arranged Landy again, there was so much stuff on top of the fridge it wouldn't open....Beverley reading and drawing....6.45pm Lee and Beverley both reading .. it's raining outside,, hope its just tonight......Toni sent the passports today, so now we wait!!should be about 10 days.........

Sunday 18th April



Yesterday evening as we drove excitedly into Bran, we saw a sign that said Vampire camping, we trurned in, could this be a proper camp site? Yes - hot showers, washing machine and wifi - luxury!! Settled in went to bed 9.30.....woke up at 9.30.. we had slept a full 12 hours!!! The sun is shining and I heard a cricket singin;g, I love this time of year when they start singing, it means summer will soon be here.........Toni the man who runs this site, lives here with his wife, he speaks English and is very freindly and helpful....Lee asked him if we could use his address to send off for our Russian visas....(we couldn't do this before because the visas don't last very long and we would not have time to cross Russia before they ran out)..........He said yes and as he was going to town tomorrow he would see to the correct postage for us....So now we all have to wait and see --- visas should be issued between the 18-26th April, all we can do now is cross our fingers........---......After having showers and doing washing ect. we walked up to Castle Bran, it looks great, better and spookier than I had imagined, after seeing many pictures and talking about being here, it feels like a proper achievement to be here...it is 4pm and it closes at 6pm so we make the decision to go in tomorrow and not have to rush. All around the castle are stalls and all the usual touristy things, so we had a walk around and bought a couple of pizzzas and a beer and coke, then back to base camp......The sun is shining and I am sitting here in a T.shirt, we will be staying here for a while---great not to have to pack anything for a change......Lee is lying on the bench moaning that he hasn't got a beer and Beverley is on the computer drawing whilst listening to Harry Potter.....In the field with us are sheep and a couple of them have bells on, it's a very pleasant sound, they started to wander towards the gate, the shepherd gives one whistle and they run to him, just like well trained dogs, they have three lambs with them--ahh so cute.....7pm there is one other caravan on the site and the people are getting ready to leave.........Toni comes over and asks if we would like eggs and cheese from the shepherd/farmer, we ended up with 20 fresh eggs a whole homemade cheese and its huge, and delicious, and apples--£6.50, can't complain about that!! Looking at our table we notice we have ,obviously, cheese and eggs form Romania---cheese from Hungary--bread form Germany--veg oil from France--wine for Slavenia---margerine from Tesco England and chile oil from Thailand -the chile oil we actually brought in France and has travelled with us since we left and we will probably take it back to its home in Thailand........

Saturday 17th April



Slept well and woke to warm sunshine....We had had visitors in the night---we had a 4 part ladder, now only one part! Some wahing gone and line cut---could of been worse! We were going to stop for the day, but now are going to move on, we think it wiser......On the road for midday, we are going to try and find the Fagarus highway that we saw on Top Gear....We pass lots of tiny tiny stalls selling cheeses and bread and then a Great Western Hotel with a limo on the drive, then a man sitting in a field by the side of the road (no fences) watching his cows....We see people working the land with horses, a man shepherding his goats on the railway line, and many slums, although they do seem to all have satelite dishes!.....1.30pm turned off towards the mountains covered in snow, passing through the last marked village on the map-----mountain marked as 2254m, don't know if I am looking forward to this climb it's going to be very cold.........500m trees full of mistletoe....670m signs fo snow tyres and chains, sun still shining, getting very windy...800m trees very thick, some being felled....935m--yawning--air getting thinner......1000m it's just corner after corner---1074m stopped to ,let engine cool down.....1113m snow.......1255m...road blocked, road has collapsed---Lee has to reverse very very slowly and turning---scarey...glad that's over!!That is a shame, to be stopped in this was.......oh well ---onto Dracula Castle!! 4.20pm getting close to Bran now, there are oxen and carts here with cows walking alongside....5.20pm...6km from Bran.....stopped at local shop for beer supply, me and Beverley went, Lee stayed with the Landy, they were very friendly and cheap......then we saw a horse and cart with a coffin in the back........

Friday 16th April



Slept well, (no vampires or wolves).......Lit fire and put a joint of pork to cook in the dutch oven, we decided to stay here for a day, really nice and the sun is shining....Then we had a visitor, a Romanian man on his bike, seemed really freindly, his bike was equipped with almost everything you could need, but he said he didn't have a pump and could he borrow one, Lee tried to help but our pump was no good for his bike.....after he left Lee said, and we agreed, it was time to move off, the man was just too suspicious, all that equipment and no pump? Also Lee had noticed his tyre was quite firm anyway.....We packed up, a few miles up the road we saw the man cycling, perhaps he was ok, we will never know!!! As we drive there are horses standing and walking over the roads, we also saw one being carried on the back of a pick up truck....climbing up another mountain road, the forest is getting thicker and thicker, then all of a sudden we came to a cement works!!! We have to say that this country is definately full of surprises......Then we came to the town of Zlatra---yuk---slums everywhere you look....Lee says "Now I can understand the border guard, when he asked me WHY do you want to visit Romania?"...............Further on, another town Alba Lulia---new houses everywhere, we think there must be loads of money here..........3.30pm we pass an old shepherd wrapped in blankets, just sitting there watching his sheep, the traffic is crazy, the drivers take a lot of risks and inbetween them are the horse and carts, you can see an accident about to happen every minute, but somehow they get away with it, such a mixture fo people!! Leesays "Watching artics dodging pot holes on a motorway---love this place it's starting to grow on me"...We see yet another McD and signs for the Hilton Hotel....Drove on till we found another road side wild camping area, seems to bel all there is,here the river water looks clean so me and Beverley wash a bucketful......We ate the ribs of pork we had cooked in the dutch oven.....fantastic--beats TGI Friday's anyday!!!! We watched Pirates of the Carribean 3---glass of wine------bed.

Thursday 15th April

Slept well, it's 10.30! Well the clocks have been changed on us, it's not raining and the sun is trying to come out, great spooky castle on the hill above us. We will move on today, the camp-site is fine only no showers or washing facilities. It's next to a large river, which at first looks lovely, but as you watch you can see plastic bottles floating, I can count ten at a time!... Lee went to pay for our stay but they would not take any money, so we gave them a bottle of champagne, which we still had from England, it brought a smile....We don't know where to go for Draculas castle----we were supposed to meet A@A tomorrow, they have all the guide books and the connection for the internet, but they sent a message to say they will not be arriving for another week. We will find a way by ourselves!........1.30 it is beautiful here in the mountains (although it has started raining again) except for the rubbish, it's everywhere!! We are looking at the forests and the mountains and talking about how there are still bears and wolves living here...better watch where we camp tonight!!! There are sheep everywhere and each group has a shepherd, that proves the wolf theory....Going through the towns another thing that stands out is the gas pipes, they are all above ground, it's a right mess, also the amount of holes in the roads and loads of people hitch-hiking,and a man , with a baby, who came over to us begging for money, Lee told him where to go, he understood better when Lee showed him his machettte!!...........7.15pm This is more like it...wild camping....all sitting around the camp fire cooking dinner....Beverley is busy making a big wooden stake (with the pen knife we got last year is Switzerland) ready for the vampires tonight....scarey!!!! We are camped at the side of a river, where we have found some really strange bones, and we are next to the forest and it's becoming dusk....I wonder if we will have any visitors tonight!!!!! Beverley was going to bed, pitch black except for the torch, and we both heard strange noises, that was enough, tonight we all sleep together in one tent!!!!!

Wednesday 14th April

Wednesday 14th April........Slept well--on road for 9, it's just stopped raining.....We decided to head south for Arad in Romania---9,02 into Hungary---9.06 back in Slovakia, tallking in car the question arose as to how many countries we had visited so far--it seems to be 9....Holland-Belgium-Germany-Croatia-Italy, Hungary-Austria-Slovak rep. and Slovenia-------11.30 just leaving Budapest, another busy city, dreadful place, although mostly interesting.--11.40 stopped raining!!!!! 12.20 Sun--wow--first for days.......We will remember Hungary for rain - Tescos and lots of ladies with bright red hair..(.I'm sure it is lovely in the summer).----2pm ,,,looking a lot better--we are half way to Arad...sun shining, seem to keep seeing dogs in the middle of nowhere 4 or 5 just alone.------Stopped to buy bread at a tiny co-op in Szentey - very freindly, we bought 6 rolls and a big loaf it cost us 369 florints about £1.50---It's still dry with tiny patches of blue sky and sun......Having fun trying to pronounce the place names---the land is very flat and open----roads are boneshakers, so many potholes I'm gald we are in the Landy!! Everywhere we look we see machines called donkeys digging for oil......3.20 leaving Hungary everyone stopped for a police check --ok--then 3.30 (the time changed to 4.30) entered Romania stopped by customs who checked our passports ect.--ok---drove straight to garage to buy vignette-in Romainian Rovineta---road tax about £3 per week....Land is very flat, there are no fences and sheep everywhere looks very bleak--more oil donkeys----then within minutes we come to a large shopping complex with a Carrefore--Bricostore--Intersport, the same as in France---stopped to get some cash, me and Beverley stay with the car....Lee says it is the largest shopping complex he has ever seen--you can buy anything and half of it is English----not been expecting that!!!A few minutes later we arrived in Arad, it is easily as busy as London with crazy drivers and trams and horns and hundreds of people-----makes my toes curl with all this traffic---Lee says "Like driving in Paris" nothing bothers him, this is really not how we imagined Romania to be!! More and more shopping complexs--see advert it says 'house and land 50,000 euro' ooh no thanks---it's absolute chaos---i think there must be loads of money around-------pouring with rain again!!! The signs have a lot of French and Italian....6.15pm raining, road still very busy but getting a bit better......spotted camp site.......

Tuesday 13th April

Tuesday 13th April ....Slept well..still raining--on road for 10am---spoke to local who stopped by ..very interested in what we are doing.. he told us there is no freedom in Hungary any more--Lee went to Tesco and bought a phone charger--phoned visa--card back on,---- for 1195 florint (£6.50).......11am off to Slovak rep. saw another Tesco, stopped to spend the rest of Hungarian cash.........12.45 still raining......2pm rain seeems to be clearing , we stopped 41 km from Gyor crossed into Slovakia at 3pm, by 3.45pm we are thinking should of gone to Romania, don't like it , it,s still raining.. so we drove onto Sturovo where we stopped at a pizza bar---able to connect to internet, sent e-mails ---afterwards found a lovely layby------listened to Mr. Potter, glass of wine, then bed

Monday 12th April

Monday 12th April....Slovenia 8am raining,stopped just long enough to do tents==on road for 9,30. straight to ALDI (they are everywhere) and also SPAR, bought wine beer bread fruit--raining again, really miserable today ...11.35 popped into Austria again..11.41 back in Slavenia --11.55 at Munska Sobota--diversion and low bridge 2,5metres, stopped drove around town, no way our,,, back to bridge--height strips hanging down and we touched them, we just got under the bridge--then Sandy satnav got lost and took us to a factory carpark and told us to drive on!! Passed through town called Fokovci-- 1pm crossed border into Hungary, no one at border! Stopped to buy Beverley a new coat but the card will not work, drove to Keszthely and changed a bit of cash --Euro for Florint--looking for phone box to phone bank--it won't stop raining - yuk . Notice they have a Tesco and McD......Phone box will not take money-still raining, everywhere is closed====this is the lowest part of our trip so far! also we got internet conection for a few minutes and got an e-mail from A&A to say they won't get to Arad for another week. Also poured a can of beer all over myself just to add to it!!! Lee cooked tea while Beverley read to me and did a bit of writing--now sitting in Landy and just talking--it's good,...Beverley says she is going to have a series Landrover and a fire truck..-----Lake is completely obscured by closed businesses and fences.

Sunday 11th April

Sunday 11th April-----strong winds all night, Beverley slept through it all! Battered us all night long, but we still didn't fall into the sea!!! 1 nil to us!----sunny and warm, but so windy--decided will probably end up sitting in car, so will move---midday on the road again--heading for Lake Balaton Hungary...1pm have just driven up the steepest hill ever to top of mountain to be met by a snow blizzard...They are building the road as we drive--sheer drops and very bumpy. Wasn't expecting to see these conditions until we reached the eastern block! Passed through a bridge dated 1945 with a hammer and sickle on--very spooky! It's freezing cold and snowing--now hailing! Yuk! It was my stupid idea to leave the sunny seaside! -- Very heavy snow storm===2.10 drove out of the storm heading towards Slovenia...suns out getting warmer--stopped at border, Lee severely questioned on why do we carry diesel, why no cigarettes, what are those things on the roof etcetera. Anyway here we are back in the land of the portaloo, as Lee calls it, heading for Ljubljana on 106 keeping a close eye on Sandy satnav, because we don't want to go back to Croatia again because of border control..Satnav behaving 4.45 at Lukovica north of Ljubljana. Lee spota sign on wall 'Walkers exhausts' they are made in Tyseley in Birmingham.---Lots of houses--brightly painted lime green, pink and orange sometimes even on the same house, as if coloured paint has just arrived....Found layby in woods, home for the night,--cooked mash potato, noodles and sweetcorn--watched film-The Time Machine--glass of wine--bed.......

Saturday 10th April

Driving back to Crikvenica,to Camp Selce, we see the sea, it is crystal clear. We are speaking a mix of English-French-German and Italian, it works. Lots of boats, seems to be money here, cocktail bars! 20 degrees, asked again in tourist office - found it. It is magnificent, we are pitched 20 feet from the Adriatic , I can hear the waves lapping as I write this, sitting at our table under a fig tree. It's now 7.25 in the morning and its warm enough for shorts...Yesterday we had a walk along the front, bought a couple of delicious pizzas and a couple of beers--cost about £16----The sea is very cold but it didn't stop Beverley jumping in followed closely by Lee, I took the photos--after that we all went and had a hot shower---oooh luxury! Also did the washing, no machine but doesn't matter we have hot water!!!

Saturday 10th April----Slept well-up at 7.15--tea and bacon sandwich-9am Beverley gets up--tidying up tent, spitting with rain so we put up the awning, it's the first time we've seen it--brilliant can fit table and chairs easily underneath--11am raining--11.30 still raining but passing, still warm. Lee asked "Do you think we may have found a country without McD?". Beverley reading to me from the book of english magic....Very sunny and warm, go for walk to find shop, brought fruit, bread, beer and wine---had another pizza and beer, took a siesta--another walk, beautiful sunset. Met a couple from Malaysia who gave us their phone number and address and asked us to call in as we pass through-----getting windy now, passing Croation couple seem to be trying to tell us that we are going to fall into the sea? Must be a big storm coming.

Friday 9th April

Friday 9th April..........Found layby---cars passing very very fast---slept well----on road for 9am ---9.05 back in Slavenia again, bins and toilets everywhere!!!!---------9.45 Croatia!! It crept up on us, so used to crossing yellow boundary lines on our map------border control and passports---o.k straight through----they are literally building the road we are driving on.....Warm and sunny 17 degrees----have had breakfast---now want shop for fresh bread----do they have LIDL in Croatia?----Pizza restaurant every 200 yards!! Heading for main coast road---stopped to buy bread, they wanted KUNA they got euros! we all shrugged our shoulders--smiled and agreed that 20 Kuna was the correct change?? Rijeka, huge port town, it's getting hot, down to T.shirts---yes LIDL and all the rest---just another city!! the BBC advertising Walking with dinosaurs----signs for euros everywhere must be split currency at the moment.....went to tourist information they sent us to a camp but they are closed until mid-June, but told us of another........so far we have driven 1191miles.

Thursday 8th April

Thursday 8th April........Slept well, warm and cosy, must have been very cold in night--condensation in tent and can see our breath...Toast and tea, and on the road for 9.30--warm and 15degrees, the scenery is epic, unbelievable!!!! Todays agenda is breakfast in Austria--------lunch in Slavenia and tea in Croatia........Sandy the satnav has surprised me and taken us the other side of the mountain to what I thought was the route!! so now it's 11's in Italy....Got out and made a big snow ball, then walked down to river. Then stopped at 1000metres at a fantastic lake with fresh salmon and wild trout......Note to Top Gear---try and take the Predil pass and take fishing gear.......................12 o'clock Slavenia...we are high up 1186metres .....now going down slowly, stopped for cup of tea in layby with portable toilet...3 vans turn up full of portable toilets and then a lorry with gravel for layby, there are more people in this layby than we have seen together for ages!!... As we drive you see a portable toilet every couple of miles, listening to radio Slavenia---lot of english music--language sounds latin based, we stand a chance! 2.10 Italy again, warm, sunny 24 degrees. Down to Trieste--saw the sea----3.40 Slavenia again-----4pm back in Italy--getting annoyed with satnav now.....looking for somewhere to stop---Croatia will have to wait till tomorrow.

Wednesday 7th April

Wednesday 7th April.........1 week in........8.30 slept well, on the road for 9.45. Can see mountains with snow! Beverley and Lee very excited and want to get to snow, I think I do as well, busily thinking where the exra clothes are! 10.30 breakfast on the move, put sunglasses on and the mountains become clear against the sky---beautiful!!!!Austrian Alps WOW! WOW! WOW!!! heading to Austria for lunch...Ate at restuarant, 2.05 mountains getting closer, loads of snow....3.30 arriving at Austria/Slovenian border at Villach---satnav and road signs say we have to go on a train--the words "how hard can it be" spring to mind again, lets go and see!!!!.....Ski lifts and people carrying skis everywhere, climbing up 970metres--my ears have gone-----first patch of snow on road!...1035m---1082m......4.45pm.......Yes have been on train through tunnel now 75k to Villach, still warm and sunny 16degrees. 1195metres........starting to go down now...753m brakes are cooking and steaming!! stop for 10 minutes, Police- polizei arrive to see if we are ok, no problem....got to bottom of hill still cooking--saw sign for campsite, thought might be a good idea to stop for a bit, but place is deserted, drove on.....found layby surrounded by mountains covered in snow.......cooked mashed potato etc....in car for glass of wine and Harry Potter-----bed.

Tuesday 6th April

Tuesday 6th April......We had all slept very well, although Beverley was not happy at having to sleep in a completely PINK bedroom (Jasmines'). Kirston let me use the washing machine, then we put it all outside in the warm sun to dry 19 degrees....Lee changed front brake discs and pads because he is not happy---something wrong..then had shower. Beverley on computer, not a lot to say. we all went out to lunch and had pizza (again) but have enough left for tea, got some bread and fresh fruit at Aldi.....Then went to see Harley Davidson man Tosh and his wife (Lee met them last year) the bikes he is building are unbelievable;, then we went and played with their five lovely husky dogs (no I did not cry, even though one did have two blue eyes), we bought 2 T.shirts, one each for Lee and Beverley. Tosh said he would try and send us the address of his aunt in Sydney and insisted we visit her.......Arrived back at Holly and Kirstons about 2.30--told them we were off to Innsbruck, but Kirston said that it was snowing there and it is the highest mountain in Germany and all the winter sports are on---whoops----ok so now we are off to Salzburg...........7.30 making sandwich , looked up, here we are in Munich!! Looking for somewhere to stop--too built up! 8pm found good layby, heated up pizza and make a cup of tea......Couple of chapters of audio Harry Potter, glass of wine====bed.

Monday 5th April

Monday 5th April.....Sorted out Landy and trailer, got cooker set up in the back of Landy, it didn't work well outside in the wind, much easier to make tea now!......11am on the road to Munich, through the woods and then very very narrow streets.....satnav said "board ferry" what? Beverley says "satnav needs to go into mental hospital especially for insane satnavs"....The ferry is there to cross the river, satnav seems to think we are driving a mini, me and B. say "NO WAY" but Lee says "Why not? How hard can it be?" We're aboard----cost 7.50 and we crossed the Rhein from Boppard to Kestert...This is a beautiful valley stepped with vines; at a place called Lorch we see sign...The Reisling Route. There is so much traffic on the smaller roads, we think because of bank holiday, have decided to go back on the motorway for a while and get moving----Mainz--Karlruke--past Stuttgart to Ulm or just underneath Ulm at a place called Laupheim, the home of Holly, Kirston, Tim and Yasmin, (whom we met on holday in Austria last year) should arrive about 6.30.-----Arrived--parked on drive-no-body home, started chopping onions and garlic for sauce and cooking pasta....7.30 Holly and Kirston drove in behind trailer, (without the children, they had stayed at their grandparents), good surprise for them.They insisted that we sleep in their house---Holly kept saying "our castle is your castle"...After many beers off to bed.

Sunday 4th April

Easter Sunday 4th April---Woke up at 9, tea,coffee off for 10.---Set satnav --Off road to Frankfurt...11.30 driving back streets along the side of canal--interesting and funny, what a way to travel!!!9degrees and rainy--cosy in Landy---over 2 huge canals---12.10 left Belguim cutting across N.Lands to Germany---12.30 Aachan-Germany----How many families have travelled across the world using off road satnav? So far have been Hoek of Holland to Rotterdam to Dordrecht and Antwerp and back again, then to Breda, Maastricht and Aachen, now on the way to Koblenz.

Stopped at McD for coffee + wifi, but not free 8euro per half hour, so just had coffee. .Next to search for pizza, now 4pm.......Listened to 1st chapter of Harry Potter--really great idea!!! Thanks Paul.........Parked by river at a place called Winningham, by Mosel and walked to Pizza restaurant, great!.....Next the satnav got us stuck in the middle of a market, Lee reversed out to a round of applause, there are times when I'm glad I can't see out the back window!!----7pm, found a lovely spot in the woods, just about to set up tents we noticed a sign warning of dangerous large ants, I don't read German, but I can understand !!!!!! signs afer a picture...Found a proper parking pitch nest to a war graveyard, put up both tents......slept well.

Saturday 3rd April

2o'clock McD for wifi----YES Peiter has replied going to meet up tonight with Kees-Jacobyn-Peiter-Yana and Stein..Marie-Anne and Frank to be there also.....also e-mail from Holly (rude funny easter card) replied to say we will visit in next few days--it's all or no-one!!-----Waited outside port for AA, they followed us to McD for coffee and parking.

Sat 3rd April---Last night we all drove down to Peiters, B. very happy to see P again. they all watched the Lion King 3 together. Jac prepared a lovely fish meal for us all---much champagne and wine was consumed till 3am, many many good stories, great to catch up.--They have a beautiful house with goats, chickens rabbits and cats, we slept upstairs, slept well.---Had breakfast together and left about 12.30 heading for Germany.----AA off to Amsterdam, we meet up again Friday 16th April 5km east of Arad in Romania.----------3pm stopped for tea--6 stopped for dinner. Lee writes...7.30pm, not sure of time, got mugged by Marie-Anne for my watch, have just eaten a meal of mashed tater, sweetcorn and spam-delicious. Sitting at side of road at place called Heure-de-Romain, OUPEYE, Belguim, spoke to neighbour in French, no problem parking here, just enjoying a glass of wine in the rain.--8.30 took a walk to village-nothing----8.45 last glass of wine-bed...

Tuesday, 6 April 2010

Friday 2nd April





Hurray !!
Slept in the car, it's now 6.30am, and still haven't heard from AA (they said they would phone when they started out)
Excited ! All's well !.....9.00 o'clock onto ferry, it's HUGE ! We phoned AA, they're still in St Neots ! !!
Good crossing, good food, tea, coffee etc.
Arrived at 5.00pm local time, 6.00pm in Rotterdam, loads of greenhouses and water everywhere ! Headed for McD to see if we had contacted Pieter...7.00pm local time, no reply.
Heading to Roosendaal for somewhere to stop, looks quieter on the map, we shall see !?

Friday 2nd April
Sunny day, 15 degrees, great night in tent at the truckers yard (cost us 4 Euro's for 2 beers to stop there) Coffee and toilets good.
10.00am, called AA, they are now on the ferry and want to go to Amsterdam, should arrive about 3.30pm.
10.30am and we are in Belgium heading for Antwerp.
11.30am must be a jewish area, different clothes and BIG HATS ! Great to see, and very different.
Cycle lanes everywhere and they take right of way/ OUr first bad tarmac roads, paid to go through 2 big tunnels.
12.10pm - back in Netherlands, got off the main roads, through villages with thatches cottages and windmills ! (Sat-Nav now on OFF ROAD setting) now we can see people ad countryside, this is MUCH more fun ! very, very flat with THOUSANDS of wind turbines.

Heading slowly back to Rotterdam to meet up with AA - lovely weather !
2.00pm, in center, people on motorbikes with no helmets... VERY BUSY !