FOAK: European tour

I am taking my first holiday in seven years without SWUTHTBO [1] so I
have booked a ticket from Harwich to Hook of Holland and another one
from Calais to Dover two weeks later. Where should I go? A beer tour
of Germany, Czech republic and Belgium has its attractions but other
suggestions are welcome.

[1] She Who Used To Have To Be Obeyed

 

I'm going in the last two weeks of September, so I might make a run
for the South of France and North West Italy.

 

Garfagnana, Northern Tuscany. Stay near Barga, just got back from there,
it's brilliant.

 

Kinda what Bear and I had thought of.

 

or blast down the *free* German autobahn to Bavaria, across Austria and on
to the Adriatic coast of Slovenia & Croatia. Return via N Italy and SE
France.

 

Down to South Of France or Spain? The Pyrenees is nice. Austria/Black
Forest for a bimble in the Alps. Portugal?

 

Oh, belay my other post then - I'll be off sailing the coastal islands
of Cratia then.

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wow - that takes me back - I did a month of Interrail each year for 3
years between the ages of 17 and 19.

 

Sailing from Harwich on the 14th of September.

 

I've booked tickets for my *bike*, my *motorcycle*.

 

it used to have an upper age limit of 26, but then again, it also used
to only cost £160 and include *all* ferries as well as all trains.

I'd be up for doing it again, but I don't expect the SO would - she's
too used to her comforts.

 

I think the upper limit has gone, one of the chaps that used to work for
me recently came back from interrailing round Europe, and he's in his
early 30's.

 

Thinking about it, I wonder if recent age discrimination laws are what's
ended that restriction.

 

Paeage to Geneva. Switch to decent roads and go South through the big
Maritime Alps, end up at the Med, dick around in the mountains there
to your heart's content, come back.

Buy a michelin map.

 

What about the 2nd line woman?

 

what, you mean the ones they don't have in France?

 

<fx: looks innocent>

 

more the "carrying your own luggage all over the place" aspect rather
than the train bit. She's OK on the Eurostar as long as we get a taxi
to and from the Hotel.

Also, for me, Interrail equates to basically bumming around Europe,
only paying for hotels when absolutely unavoidable, and kipping on
over-night trains where possible.

 

Some mates (biking mates) of mine have a nice gite near Limoges, "La
Porcherie", and can show you a couple of brilliant roads up into the
mountains if you fancy stopping off for a couple of days on the way south?

Unmunge the email address if you're interested

--
Dave H.
(The engineer formerly known as Homeless)

"Rules are for the obedience of fools, and the guidance of wise men" -
Douglas Bader

 

I should hope so. 'Bout 20 years ago I had to argue my way into a YH in
Nurnberg because the German YHA had an upper limit of 26yo. This simply
hadn't registered with me as the UK YHA /SYHA have no upper limit and
made no mention of this in any of their paperwork regarding
reciprococity.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the
river cleaned out in a day.