Crossing the border from Poland to Lithuania we were hoping for one thing – better roads. You wouldn’t believe it but the change was instant. The drivers on the other hand are complete nut cases! We drove into Kaunas, on old medieval city and were beginning to see some clear Soviet influences. We found our […]

With a race against the seasons (beating a Russian winter), we aimed to drive rather hastily through Europe. A bit of a shame as I feel we may have been able to see more had time permitted. However, driving through towns where no one speaks English, or those that do marvel at what we are […]

OK. Confession time. Having lived in England for six years and only one visit to Poland, the city of Krakow, I believe I have had a fairly distorted view of this country. I know I am stereotyping, but I had images of men in track suits with bumbags, ladies with severe hair and make up, […]

You can’t beat having a local tour guide. Christophe was exceptional. Before we met up with Christophe we had to rely on the very unhelpful lady at the Tourist Information in Ypres, and some British war enthusiasts. I’m not sure whether these Brits gave us poor directions or we were too stupid to follow them. […]

So we finally got on a ferry! It feels like such a leap of faith, out into the big wide world. I felt like a child on their first day of school – full of excitement yet still a little scared to let go of mum’s hand. Our arrival in France was rather unexciting, I […]