Warning: Septic infection impending

I was only counting UK as 4: W, E, NI & S

there's the bloke in Greece, dwb in CI, porl etc in Oz, is Big Tony in NZ
still? Mark in Canada, although not posting of late; USA various; gaz on
the Isle of Man

Then, if we recognise Catalunya as a separate state we can go to 19

Oh, then there's des, so 20

 

Heh. Make yourself at home, why dontcha.

 

I suspect that your definition of Europe differs greatly from mine,
hence my puzzlement.

 

d'oh!

But you did have some significant omissions

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Colin Irvine

"Oh bugger, I'm in the wrong joke!"

 

I'm not sure that Isle of Man, Channel Isles and Catalunya count as
countries, although I take your point that they might be nice places to
visit if one was touring Europe via UKRM sofas.

Who's in Greece then?

No Baltics, proper Eastern Europeans, Scandiwegians or Portugese Italians?

 

I think we had a Croat for a while. He's not posted in ages.

and I've just remembered we have an ex-pat in Turkey

Israel is in the Eurovision so should count...

 

I want to know what I'm doing in thirty years, dammit!

 

We intermittantly have John B in Norway and a Swede in the form of Mrs
Beav(1)

(1)When she's not being thrown down the road from the pillion natch.

 

But she, presumably lives somewhere near Beav, who, AFAICT lives in the UK?

If we were counting nationalities represented, real and imaginary, by
UKRM and spouses, the list would probably go on for quite some time.

 

I dunno, but you can have an eiderdown.

 

Well, of course, but let's not worry about it, it was merely a vehicle
for casting aspertions while I was pondering the thorny Scanderwegian
problem.

 

On Feb 27, 7:45 pm, doetnietcomputeren <>
wrote:
[...]

Right, if anybody needs to stay for a few nights in Poznan or Warsaw,
the email is not munged.

 

Sorry, no. I understand that you folk are under the influence of
something called weather, which is a rarity here in SoCal. I'd like to
minimize it, if possible. (Summer in mid-April? Somebody is, what's
the word, barmy?) The tentative itinerary is to depart ~May 1st for
Germany, go to Southern Italy, then get through the Riviera before
tourist season hits and work my way up the West coast, from Gibraltar
to John O'Groats. There's an idea festering to do the 4 corners of
Europe - including Istanbul and Nordkapp, but not sure if that'll
happen. I'm thinking 2 months or more for the whole trip.

 

I am humbled and impressed by the offers of hospitality. Perhaps those
offers would be wiser kept under wraps until it's ascertained whether
your prospective guest is prone to excess snoring, flatulence,
midnight raids on the fridge, and general Yankee obnoxiousness.

 

Interesting choice of route. I guess you're unlikely to get lost.

That depends on whether you want to actually experience Europe, or just
say you've been there.

A former colleague from when I worked in SoCal recently asked me for my
thoughts on his plans for a European vacation he was planning.

London England,
Edinburgh
Amsterdam
Paris
Berlin
Somwhere in the south of france
Barcelona
Lisbon.

I thought it sounded pretty good until he told me they were doing it in
a two week duration.

 

Should fit right in.

 

Yeah. Sorta, "Keep the sea on your left and you'll be OK."

Akshewly, already BTDT. Spent 4 years in Berlin (2.5 as a GI, 1.5
afterward) and 5 months in London (Crouch End and a Freston Rd squat.
FWIW, I have a stamp in my passport that says I'm the American
ambassador to Frestonia, dated 1974.) I bought a BSA Thunderbolt when
I was a GI, then later rode it up to Norway, where I worked on a farm
for the summer. I've done a bit of travel elsewhere in Europe, too.
You're absolutely right, though. You can't really say you've
experienced anywhere in just 2 months, but you can have a hell of a
lot of fun trying. I really don't have a time limit for this trip, but
it's hard to buy an open-ended plane ticket nowadays.

 

FFS, you're a septic, they're givens.

Consider it a penance for Hollywood, Springer, MJ,... ad nauseum.

 

Indeed, a charming place. And the ride south next to the Rhine valley
has some stunning roads, as I'm sure you're aware.

Oh, and it's just a couple of hours from us here, where of course the
OP would be welcome.