Back in Europe people are not as friendly (with some prominent exceptions described below), everything is frikkin expensive and the weather is generally miserable. But you can´t argue with clean trains, drinkable tap water and spaghetti bolognaise. Our progress from Istanbul to Switzerland (where we are currently enjoying the hospitality of the lovely Juhani and Karolina) has been swift.
For the record, and after repeated nagging from the penguins, here`s how we got here (Zurich) from there (Istanbul):
Train from Istanbul to Sofia, Bulgaria, where the penguins got addicted to gambling and Noelle got into the Easter spirit;
train from Sofia to Frankfurt via Belgrade train station, Serbia, where we avoided the attentions of bandits, donated drinks and pastries to a penniless young Aussie traveller with a bad cold and gave in to the penguins´ demands for yet another photo op;
train from Frankfurt to Dusseldorf, where we met the sublimely cute Maisie and the rest of Noelle´s cousin´s delightful family before they set off on their Easter hols.
Speaking of Easter, we´ll be back in the UK on April 9th, I´ll get to wear a different pair of trousers and you´ll all be spared my pathetic drivel on this blog for ever more. Hurray!
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The pic of Noelle and Maisie is soooo cute. I was grinning all over looking at it. and Lewis has had all his curls cut off! What a shock. I'm glad you made the trip and I'm sure Fi did as well.
Can't wait for you to get to this side of the world.
Love Mom
Will be good to see you guys, pity the beard could not make it the whole way back :(
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Hi guys, glad you made it back safely, what a blast! Just an update, Si, we can still get prmotion, and pretty much depending on our last 3 games of the season. Are you staying over in the UK for a bit? How long? All the best,
Christian - ckmex@web.de
Oh yeah, thanks so much you two for months and months of illustrated, eloquent escapism. It's been emotional. Congratulations and well done on a marvellous idea and execution. Legendary!
We'll be back in the UK for over three weeks running around like muppets trying to fit everything in before the big off to Canada. Hoping to make it down to Space on at least one Sunday...
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