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In and around Australia
Outlined herein is a travel blog of Johny & Michelle's grand European Tour which started on 26 June 2007. We hope you enjoy viewing our photos and hearing about our adventures over the next few months and welcome your comments to any of our journal entries along the way.
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler JohnynShell
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London, 27-28 June
Wednesday, 27 June
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4 hour layover in Hong Kong Airport
After a very long and almost sleepless night, we arrived in Hong Kong. We decided to treat ourselves to a shower, decent b/fast & a 15 mi... Continue reading »
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London, 29-30 June
Friday, 29 June
We work up to turn on the news an... Continue reading »
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sunday 1 July
Sunday morning we got up and left Gerry's place earlier than previously anticipated due to the High Ale... Continue reading » -
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Bruge
Tuesday, 4 july
We picked up the car in the morning (ah, at last we could get the backpacks off our backs).Drov... Continue reading »
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Brussels to Reims (Champagne region)
Friday 6 July
We left Brussels at 8'45am and headed for Reims. Driving past the most beautiful french countryside we s... Continue reading » -
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Paris, France
Saturday 7 july
We arrived in Paris around 6pm & checked into a self catered motel which was quite nice (but again... Continue reading » -
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Bordeaux, France
Tuesday 10 july We headed to Bordeaux quite early but got stuck in really bad traffic going through paris (for about 90 min... Continue reading »
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Pamplona, Spain
Thursday 12 July
For the first time, I (Michelle) did my share of the driving on the wrong side of the road.... Continue reading » -
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Barcelona, Spain
Saturday, 14 July We left Pamplona around 10.30am and arrived in Barcelona around 3.30pm. Even hotter again... 31 degrees... Continue reading » -
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Nice, France
Monday, 16 july
After a little bit more eating, relaxing, sitting in the sun, wandering the shops we went to bed... re... Continue reading » -
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Lucerne, Switzerland
Wednesday, 25 July 2007
Drove out of Interlaken towards Lucern (1 hour drive) and checked into our budget hotel... Continue reading »
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Fussen, Germany
After driving to Fussen, we checked out the tiny town of Fussen, which was seriously touristy!!!. We went to see the two Castles on Sunday.
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Prague, Czech Republic
Saturday, 4 AugustWe headed out of Munchen via Regensburg, a very charming... Continue reading »
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Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic
Tuesday, 7 August 2007 We left Prague around 10.30am and hea... Continue reading »
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Salzburg, Austria
Friday, 10 August We arrived into Austria aruond 2pm and it was a little colder here in the mountains... about 14 degrees. We check... Continue reading » -
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Bled, Slovenia
Monday, 13 August When we crossed the border into Slovenia... Continue reading »
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Florence, Italy
Sunday, 19 August
After we drove through Bologna, (we had lunch there and it was the best bolognese we've tasted yet)... Continue reading »
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Ancona (Italy) to Split (Croatia)
Friday, 24 August
We woke at 3.40am and left the campsite at 4am and headed towards Ancona... unfortunately our GPS to... Continue reading » -
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Mljet, Croatia
Sunday, 26 August
The boat started sailing at 7.45am and we got out of bed around 9am... almost the breakfast timeslot... Continue reading » -
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Dubrovnik, Croatia
Monday, 27 August
Another beautiful day on the Damlatian Coast... sailing in the Adriatic Sea... approx 35 degrees. We woke up around 8... Continue reading » -
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Korcula, Croatia
Tuesday, 28 August
We woke up just in time for breakfast... luckily because it was french toast with cheese today. Aft... Continue reading » -
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Hvar, Croatia
Wednesday, 29 August
After brekkie we sailed for a bit then stopped for a swim, followed by lunch, I know it's all sta... Continue reading » -
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Brac, Croatia
Thursday, 30 August Slept for most of the viewing as we sailed to the island of Brac, probably a good thing because it wa... Continue reading » -
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Split, Croatia
Friday, 31 August
We woke up to another sunny day and headed to the top deck... we had to eat just fruit for breakfast... Continue reading » -
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Split, Croatia
Saturday, 1 September
I (Michelle) woke up in the morning feeling violently ill... throwing up uncontrollably... terri... Continue reading » -
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Napoli, Italy
Sunday, 2 September
Around 5am I (Michelle) woke up and started to drive to Napoli and Johny and I took turns driving... Continue reading » -
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Rome, Italy
Friday, 7 September
In the morning we drove from Portici, Naples to Rome. We arrived aruond 12.30pm and checked into C... Continue reading » -
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Cinque Terre, Italy
Monday, 10 September
We left Roma in the morning and headed to Cinque Terra via Pisa. We arri... Continue reading » -
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London, United Kingdom
Saturday, 15 September We woke early in the morning and drove 1.5 hours to Milan Malpensa airport. When we got there, a representative from Renault m... Continue reading » -
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Hong Kong
Monday, 17 September We arrived in Hong Kong airport after 12 hours of flying, 2 movies and about 3-4 hours sleep, feeling a little sleepy. We caug... Continue reading »
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